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Mandy G

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Review for The PEPY Ride, Briarcliff Manor, NY, USA

Rating: 5 stars  

PEPY is a responsible tour company that offers tour participants the opportunity to work firsthand in development in Cambodia. Volunteers support long-term development projects and learn about development work by visiting NGOs that are doing the most socially responsible work in Cambodia. This is a great way for trip participants to learn more about the world of global aid while learning about Cambodia.

I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...

the rural areas that PEPY supports. The PEPY Ride School is one of the cleanest schools around with a great teaching staff and offers a quality education to kids.

If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...

focus on the Bike-to-School Program as a priority (as PEPY is doing now).

What I've enjoyed the most about my experience with this nonprofit is...

the energy, enthusiasm, and idealism of the interns and employees. They've really got the can-do spirit!

The kinds of staff and volunteers that I met were...

optimistic, idealistic, young, dynamic, and visionary

If this organization had 10 million bucks, it could...

expand its already successful programs to all of Cambodia and develop more projects that it is now planning such as establishing recycling in rural areas -- and it could hire full-time quality staff to capacity-build

Ways to make it better...

the intern duty reshuffling had been finished when I arrived so I knew exactly what my duties were.

In my opinion, the biggest challenges facing this organization are...

funding, keeping a full-time staff, and overcoming the growing pangs of expanding so quickly

One thing I'd also say is that...

PEPY rocks!

When was your last experience with this nonprofit?

2008

Role:  Volunteer & I was a 6-month intern at the Phnom Penh office.