See A Problem, Solve A Problem
When JWOC was founded it was under the ideal of See a Problem, Solve a Problem. The premise being that JWOC was here, on the ground and involved in the communities it was working with, a truly grass roots approach. Over the years See a Problem, Solve a Problem has come to mean a lot of things to a lot of people, here we have compiled what See a Problem, Solve a Problem means to those involved:
See a problem, Solve a problem means many things not only to me but to many Cambodians, either people who have been facing many problems or who are willing to help those in-need. Such a slowly developing country, Cambodia really needs support from outside such as water resources, economics, education and health. In response to these needs, JWOC has played a significant role as a supporter to Cambodians since 2005. Iʼm very excited to be a part of JWOC as I have seen many problems in Cambodia today and hopefully, this JWOC mission will be a part of making a positive change for Cambodian future.
Se Chinn, JWOC Scholarship Student Graduate
We all see challenging situations around us and would like to help, but often become intimidated and wonder "what could I possibly do to fix this?" This motto is about not being intimidated by the issues one sees, about not accepting the status quo, but instead making a decision to make a difference however possible. It's about believing that every problem does have a solution if you work hard enough to find it.
Stephanie Finigan, JWOC Volunteer
To me this is the heart of JWOC. We are not trying to solve the world's problems, but rather to help those we see around us as we travel thru Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar. By tackling the individual problems experienced by real people we can start a small movement to improve their lives which can grow and be carried into the future where those we helped might take what we gave them and change their world and the world of those around them; and who knows, perhaps begin to solve their world's problems for themselves.
Philippa Nigg, JWOC board chair
JWOC is involved in peoples' lives so it knows the troubles people face. After seeing what people have to overcome, JWOC can be an active force for change.
Brandon Ross, JWOC founder
It means we help people who really need it, such as giving wells, loaning money for small businesses and giving knowledge. These people are really poor and want to get their life better than before and JWOC can make it better in the future.
Neang, JWOC scholarship student graduate
To me it means no excuses. One of the reasons for starting JWOC was because there was so much discussion happening in Southeast Asia, but no action, everyone was talking about what people needed, but no one was doing it. We felt that by being here we could do more than talk, we could act.
Andrea Ross, JWOC founder
When we go to the village, most of the villagers are poor. They do not have enough for well or money for support their family. So when we see this problem, we help them by giving a well to a few house for one and tell them know how to use clean water.
Srey Mom, JWOC Scholarship Student Graduate
Most of the people want to make their own business but they don’t have money for support their business. So we have one project that we give the loan to them for small business, and then we will get back interest to our organization at the end of month.
Sophany, JWOC Scholarship Student Graduate
When I go to village, I saw all the people who they live in village, they don’t have enough water to use and when they need the water to use they must take it for away from their houses, difficult to take it some water not good. When we see like that we make decision help them.
May, JWOC Scholarship Student Graduate
"See a problem, solve a problem" is a JWOC slogan. It is an attractive phrase when people can see this because it means helping when people meet any problem. And it is really good meaning inside because now JWOC has three important projects which support poor people a lot such as teaching foreign language, micro-finance and clean water project. So this slogan really really reaches its meaning.
Veth, JWOC Scholarship Student
