NGO - Solidarity : Ermine Norodom, a princess heart
Ermine Norodom is a French national who used to work in fashion and design. Over the years, Ermine felt the need to change her life, to get back to essential things and then to focus on a more humanitarian-oriented action. The discovery of the kingdom of Cambodia, a country she will visit repeatedly, made a strong impression on her. Amazed, but also motivated by the emotion aroused by this country and the encounters she made there, Ermine Norodom quickly felt that she should get involved into the life of this beautiful, but still affected by poverty, country. Mother of two and married since 2003 to Prince Norodom Narithipong, she definitely settled in Cambodia in September 2010.
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| Ermine Norodom and her husband Prince Norodom Narithipong. Photo Christophe Gargiulo |
Since then, Ermine Norodom got deeply involved and put much energy into the "Bang Paoun Project", a NGO that actively helps the children of the poorest areas and slums of Phnom Penh.
The desire to give and the will to share brought her to spend most of her free time with this association as a volunteer. Later on, Ermine Norodom created her own NGO that bears her name and launched the Shanty Town Project, an initiative aimed at helping ten families of the poorest neighborhoods of Boeung Trabek, located south of Phnom Penh. This NGO basically supports the health and children's education while also providing support to mothers in their daily lives. Involved with a lot of energy and compassion to fulfill the basic needs of these families but willing to help other communities too, Ermine Norodom recently extended her network to other areas of Cambodia, and got quickly involved into helping some families and disadvantaged kids from Kandal Province (housing and education project), in Takeo with The NGO Mercy (Education and training for kids).
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| Ermine Norodom and Arun with some members of the community supported by Shanty Town Spirit |
Acclaimed for her action by other NGO managers, Ermine Norodom also coordinates some new programs in Cambodia such as the The kōya an aquaponics project that plans to work with local and international aquaponics experts to build small and inexpensive aquaponics systems in schools in the kingdom and worldwide. Ermine is also building a partnership with Huy Kattia, another devoted woman. Those two actually created Shanty Town International in order to facilitate the development of Shanty Town Spirit. Ermine Norodom also owns the boutique Le Marais Paris Fashion in Aeon Mall in Phnom Penh where some of the profits go to her charity programs.
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Ermine Norodom : +855 (0) 90 22 74 33 (French & English)
Phirun Prak (Arun) : +855 (0) 96 663 6666 (English & Khmer)
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