During almost 2 decades living in slums and poor communities, Craig has established a series of initiatives to care for vulnerable children. For 8 years, Craig led Servants, a ministry within the slums of Asia. His postgrad research in International Development led to the publication of The Urban Halo. Craig's second book, Subversive Jesus, was published by Zondervan.
Craig Greenfield
Founder & Global Director
Jarod Ring
International Coordinator
Ismaila Diouf
West Africa Regional Coordinator
Reaksmey started as a volunteer intern after seeing our animation team on Facebook and reaching out to us. She was keen to develop her artistic ability and drawing skills. Reaksmey quickly became part of the team and was hired as a junior animator. She now divides her time between drawing the backgrounds and characters for our animated training series, and managing our new app, The School of Destiny.
Reaksmey Uon
Lead Designer
Hitomi holds a Ph.D. from Fuller Theological Seminary in the field of contextualized theological education. Her background in education, curriculum design and creative inner healing work has included ministry among young people in the US, Japan and Cambodia. A native of Japan, Hitomi grew up in both Japan and the US. As a competitive swimmer who loves the water, her favorite memories are swimming with wild dolphins in Hawaii and sitting in outdoor hot springs in her Japanese hometown.
Dr. Hitomi Gray
Training Coordinator
Paul is the father of three boys and a keen sportsman - playing soccer and Australian Rules Football, and going on morning runs around the streets of Phnom Penh. Originally from Brisbane, Australia, Paul has a background in teaching, coaching sports and accounting. He is currently learning Khmer language and advising our Finance team.
Paul Hodges
Finance Advisor
Phorn came to us after working as an animator for several years at another Christian NGO. As the first animator in our team, he began training others in the media team in animation skills and now leads our animation efforts. Phorn is the father of two boys and enjoys playing soccer competitively and singing karaoke.
Sophorn Sum
Senior Animator
Jesse is from Portland in the USA. He has previously worked with USAID in supporting young technology entrepreneurs and founded an agency advising NGOs on innovation. He has lived in Cambodia for 7 years with his wife Breanne.
Jesse Orndorff
Tech & Innovation Advisor
Daroth leads our Support Centre in Cambodia which provides logistical and admin support to movements around the world. As an Alongsider himself, he passionately believes in the vision to reach out to vulnerable children. Click on the image to watch his story.
Daroth Chhun
Support Centre Director
Suren comes from a background of NGO leadership in Nepal and the Asia Region. He previously worked in anti-trafficking initiatives and found that grassroots, community-based approaches are essential.
Suren Rasaily
Asia Regional Coordinator
Rachel Mhango
Southern Africa Regional Coordinator
Daly is known for his quiet, but wise presence. He is one of our senior Khmer leaders. Daly has a background of several years working in finance. He is a hobby photographer and enjoys going to the gym and playing soccer. In his spare time he leads a small group at his church.
Daly Gnou
Finance Team Leader
Pheaktra is our in-house IT specialist and keeps all our computers up to date and working well. Pheaktra is involved in a range of Alongsiders media projects including the comics, webtoons, animations and the new app, The School of Destiny. As an Alongsider himself, Pheaktra met and married Karuna, a fellow Alongsider.Tep
Pheaktra Tep
Junior Animator
Kimhong serves as an admin and HR assistant, she prepares documents and supports other staff. After work, she studies Office Administration at a local university. She is cheerful and welcomes visitors with a bright smile. She enjoys learning, cooking and reading.
Kimhong Kry
Administration & HR Assistant
Meas Kimleng
Media Team Assistant
Srey Mom is famous for her delicious cooking which we enjoy twice a week as a team at the office lunch. We still fondly remember the time she cooked stewed dog meat without telling us what we were eating. Srey Mom has four teenage children and works hard to support her family. She always has a cheerful smile on her face.
Srey Mom
Office Cleaner
Lakhina is a passionate advocate for children and she enjoys using her amazing language skills to coordinate the translation of our resources into 23 languages (and counting…) Lakhina oversees the production of all our comic books and animations. She is also a keen soccer player and loves all kinds of Cambodian foods. Click on Lakhina’s image to watch her video.
Lakhina So
Media Team Leader
Mart-Jan is a mechanical engineer by training, and worked as a project manager in Holland. More important to him is his passion for God. He lives in Kep, Cambodia together with his wife Talitha and their three children. Mart-Jan dreams of a camp filled with children, meeting Jesus for the first time, and joyfully worshipping together. His hobbies are photography and sailing.
Mart-Jan van der Maas
European Regional Coordinator
Eugene Twagirimana
East Africa Regional Coordinator
Nay Greenfield
Shalom Valley Advisor
Tim Amstutz
Asia Leadership Development
Alli is married to Paul and is the mother of three very energetic boys. Her professional background is in HR and she has worked in both the corporate and government sectors in Australia and the U.K.
Alli is a gifted networker and enjoys bringing people together to share their stories and learn from each other. Her happy place is a quiet spot watching the sun set over the ocean and marvelling at the beauty of God's creation. Click on the image to watch Alli’s testimony.
Allison Hodges
HR Advisor
Theara handles the Photoshop and InDesign work that goes into creating the comics used all over the world. He has become adept at working with multiple languages and fonts. Theara is also a former "little brother", who grew up to become an Alongsider himself. He runs a homework club for local kids out of his home. Theara is married to a fellow Alongsider and has two young sons.
Theara Bun
Building Coordinator
Bunhak is one of the original “little brothers” who grew up to become an Alongsider himself. He faithfully serves at the Alongsiders International headquarters in Phnom Penh by keeping the place safe at night, fixing any maintenance issues and making all kinds of beautiful recycled wood furniture. Bunhak is a talented craftsman. He married a fellow Alongsider and they recently had their first baby.
Bunhak Heng
Finance Assistant