Florida-USA – On December 13 in the U.S., members of the Khmer Krom Federation in the states in the U.S. territory And some countries in the world such as Italy, France and Canada met in Thomicaram temple, (Orlando) Florida to join in the KKF end of year meeting.
The Khmers Kampuchea-Krom Federation stresses the importance of youth participation and had set 2014 to be the year of youth empowerment. KKF believes that the young generation of Khmer-Krom are the leaders and the hopes for building better future for the people of Kampuchea Krom.
In this meeting, Mr. Thach Ngoc Thach, president of Khmer Krom Federation had announced the appointment of Chau Serey, former youth president, as second vice pr6esident of KKF.
Mr. Samon Thach, a Khmer Krom youth human rights advocate from Washington State was elected as vice treasurer for the Federation, and Ms. Sothy Kien, was elected as youth president in place of Chau Serey.
This year has seen a large increase in interests and participation of youths. The 2014 year sees a call from KKF to connect with youths around the world and in Kampuchea-Krom to stand up and take their advocacy for human rights of Khmer-Krom people to another level and let the world know what Khmer-Krom people and young leaders of tomorrow want to see in their homeland.