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Former Hollywood Executive Wants to Leave a Legacy for Cambodian Children


Former Hollywood Executive Wants to Leave a Legacy for Cambodian Children
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For the past decade, a former Hollywood film CEO founded Cambodian Children's Fund has made a difference to the lives of thousands of Cambodia's disadvantaged children and their families through education and subsidized food. Scott Neeson, who left his 26-year career in the film business, said he decided to open a center for children after seeing them scavenge at a dump, when he came to Cambodia as a tourist in 2003. "That was a real wake-up call because prior to that I was living a very privileged life in the West. As I was living in Hollywood as a single guy, lots of beautiful women, boats, cars, movie stars and all of the sudden, you're confronted with the other extreme and it's very hard to turn your back once you've seen it; I just couldn't turn my back on it."when he saw the children he saw hope in their eyes. "You just fall in love with the kids here; they are just amazing kids, so much potentials, so much hope and I thought I could do a whole lot more for the world than making movies." (Say Mony, Phnom Penh)

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