Who we are
Mony Sesvong
Cambodia Operations Manager
Mony
was born in 1984 in Takoa province Cambodia, this area is rich in
ancient Cambodian history and is thought to be the birthplace of
Cambodian civilisation.Despite the wealth of history, Takoa province is very poor. Mony's mother passed away when he was two years old; he and his older sister were raised by their grandmother who borrowed money to place both children in schools. Mony has since left the village to work and has been sending money home to pay the still outstanding debt; his grandmother is now in her late seventies.
Books With No Borders has ensured Mony is better able to care for his grandmother and clear the debt by sponsoring his advanced education in english classes in Sihanoukville, Cambodia.
Previously, Mony paid for his own further education and sent money home to the family out of a very meager salary he earned working up to fifteen hours a day seven days a week in the tourism industry. Mony has also been sponsored into university by Books With No Borders and he will be an even greater asset to us when he has completed his degrees. He is studying information & technology and we wish him all the best in his endevours with that.
Mony is well known and respected by his peers in Sihanoukville, he has gained the respect of senior teachers, politicians, councilors and business people through his work ethics and dedication.
We at Books With No Borders were immensley pleased when he accepted our offer of controlling our Cambodian operations.
Mony is dedicated to ensuring the Cambodian children have a far better life than he or his sister and he knows what it's like to go to bed hungry. His grandmother did all she could but the family really needed someone like Books With No Borders to help. Mony is now well placed to assist children who desperately require the assistance he and his sister were unable to obtain.
Matt Whittaker
Matt has spent many years in business and his pastimes have been restoring old cars and fishing and hunting.
He is a mechanic in a very remote part of Australia.
Matt undertook an unexpected trip overseas as a result of an ill family member and saw first hand some of the difficulties had by
children in third world countries, he was able to see simple things like going to school are beyond the reach of these people.
When the children do go to school they do not have any books, rulers or pencils.
Without education Matt could see these kids have no hope.
Matt was so touched and affected by what he saw, he has placed two children into school and sent hundreds of books to schools overseas at his own expense.
Further Matt has set up a small printing works and he and family members spend their spare time printing and making books to send to needy schools free of charge.
Matt says it the best thing that has ever happened to him. "I am so happy to be helping these kids, it's the best feeling i've ever had in my life. It has been a life changing experience for me and it has become my passion."
Matt hopes to be able to use his business skills, too, to help those less fortunate whilst continuing his business in Australia.
Warren Whittaker
Warren has worked in many community and service groups and held several management positions within large corporations.
Warren has been an exceptional sportsman in several fields giving him a determination not often found. As a young man Warren travelled extensively throughout Australia and the world .
Warren has used his vast knowledge and experience in assisting Matt in his plans of helping those less fortunate.
Whilst giving so much of his time and money Warren has had a massive battle of his own, he has been battling cancer.
Despite this Warren has given his all and unselfishly
been there at all times to help get the group Books With No Borders up and running, he further is in the process of sponsoring a student through school.
Thankfully Warren is on top of his personal battle and
he intends to continue to assist Books With No Borders where he can.
We at Books With No Borders thank Warren for his unselfish efforts and wish
him all the best for the future!
Bronson Scott
Our
young ambassador from far north Queensland is Bronson Scott. Bronson is
in high school in a small mining town on the tip of Cape York,
Australia. He is a very high achiever and well respected by fellow
students and his peers.
Bronson
is the vice captain of his school campus. He regularly attends inter
school competitions throughout the state for academic achievers such as
science and maths, he has not quite cracked a win yet, but he is
working at it.
Bronson
lives with his mother and father and has a younger brother named
Jarrod. He enjoys football, boxing, martial arts and his greatest love
is sky diving.
Bronson hopes to pursue a
career in law and intends to enlist in the Australian defence force. In
so doing he hopes to sky dive in one of Australias crack defence teams
and pursue his legal career through Australian dept of defence graduate
courses.
In
his travels Bronson promotes Book With No Borders donation schemes and
informs other students on how simple it is to help save another kid.
If you or your school are wanting to help, please email to bronson@bookswithnoborders.net Bronson will get back to you with all the information you need to get your school involved.
Bronson is passionate about helping the children less fortunate than he and his friends.
We at Books With No Borders along with Bronson urge you to get involved in saving kids lives. It is highly rewarding.
Vivien Renziehausen 
Vivien lives in the north-western part of Germany. Vivien is an avid
animal lover whose house is full of injured and discarded animals, she
works with her two own horses and competes at competition level show
jumps on a regular basis. Besides horse riding and caring for her cats
and chickens, she loves swimming, reading, inline skating, working in
the garden, chocolate and a cold beer on a hot day.
Vivien has achieved high academic levels and has applied those previously to administration for private enterprise. Now she is placing her energys into organisations that allow her to help those less fortunate than herself, animals and humans alike.
Vivien intends to apply very high standards of open administration and skills to Books With No Borders ensuring the donations of the public go to those intended and not squandred.
She hopes to spend a
reasonable period of time in Cambodia continuing her humanitarian works
in the near future and believes her skills as an athlete and equestrian
will give her the ability to handle many of the physical and mental
challenges that lay ahead.
We at Books With No Borders welcome Vivien wholeheartedly and thank her for her contributions, she has been our human dynamo.
Born in 1967 in France, Florence studied hotellerie and worked in Paris
until she met her Canadian husband. Then she moved to USA where her son
Morgan was born in 1991, and to Canada where her daughter Lily was born in
1993. In 1996, they lost their father and where left with no job, no money
and no family. Florence struggled to start a new life back in Nice, on the
French Riviera and with a little help from few friends, slowly created a
secure and warm environment for her children. She understood that it is
very easy lo lose everything and
raised her children teaching them to
respect and care for others. She now teaches english in a Merchant Marine
school in Nice. Ecologist, animal lover, she takes her children on trips
around the world showing them how lucky they are to live in France.That's
also the reason why she put all her economies in a 2 months trip in south
east asia on summer 2006, and on Morgan's 15th birthday in Sihanoukville,
they met Warren who enlightened that special day with his loving and caring
paternel smile. They had spent 3 weeks in Cambodia and definitely fell in
love with a "je ne sais quoi ?"
Now, Florence, Morgan and Lily are sponsoring a little girl Parra who also
lost her father and lives with her mother and brother, knowing that a
little help can save all the family and give hope for the new generation.
They finally found a family and hope it will become bigger and happier.
Books With No Borders welcomes Flo with a great deal of respect and
admiration. Flo has triumphed over immense personal tragedy, in so doing who better
to understand the plight of the very people we are offering assistance to. All of their stories are also extremely sad. No one can understand better than Flo just what a little assistance and
reassurance that others do care can mean. For many of our kids, it can be the difference between life and death. Flo brings a wealth of lifes experiences and compassion to Books With No Borders.
She is truly an inspirtaion to any and all who come into contact with her. We are humbled and more than glad to have her on board.
