Catherine and Leroy Dunfey Award - 13th Recipient
Changing Our World One Person At A Time

Discussion Leader and Award Recipient

Arn Chorn Pond

Most people would say "Impossible!" were we to tell them that, right in our midst we have a young man whose answer to the horror of his personal suffering and losses in the "Killing Fields" of Cambodia has been to honor the lives lost - including those of his own family - by working tirelessly to touch people's hearts and inspire reconciliation in communities from Phom Penh to Lowell, Massachusetts. But that is exactly the case, Arn Chorn Pond is there - and here, an "Everyday Hero" according to the Boston Globe's columnist, Stan Grossfeld. Among his many accomplishments, Arn is a founder of Children of War, an organization that teaches the skills necessary to survive trauma in the world''s most troubled areas, including inner cities in the United States.

It was Arn's flute playing that saved his life, and now he teaches music to students so they may better express themselves and learn to pass on their culture's traditions. It was at a Global Citizen's Circle in 1998, that Harry Belafonte, along with Children of War co-founders Judith Thompson and Arn Chorn, and several Child survivors of conflict shared their stories.  Arn has continued his involvement with Global Citizens Circle, becoming a member of our International Advisory Board and traveling to South Africa with us to honor First Lady Graca Machel, for her work on behalf of child victims of armed conflict.

To whose who would say "Impossible!" Arn Chorn Pond is living proof that "Changing Our World One Person at a Time" is not only possible, but fulfilling.   

Discussion Leader

Kerry Kennedy Cuomo pictured with Joyce Mwende Malombe

Moderator

Joyce Mwende Malombe

Co-Sponsor

The Center of New Hampshire-Holiday Inn
The Reebok Human Rights Foundation