CCF Founder and Executive Director Scott Neeson was honoured to join one of the world’s greatest thinkers and most admired spiritual leaders of our time, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, on stage for a special event in Perth. A capacity crowd in the Hyatt ballroom were treated to His Holiness and Scott speaking on-stage…
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The movie executive left Hollywood behind to work with children in Cambodia View the original article on the Wall Street Journal website here. By Alexandra Wolf – June 12, 2015 2:37 p.m. ET Original Article – http://www.wsj.com/articles/scott-neeson-from-hollywood-executive-to-philanthropist-1434134269 About a decade ago, in Phnom Penh, an 86-year-old Cambodian woman grabbed then-Hollywood executive Scott Neeson’s hand to lead him…
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More Houses inaugurated for the poor Friday, 09 January 2015; News by Khmer Times/Nov Sivutha and Ou Mom (L to R) Scott Neason , Hun Manet, and his wife at the Steung Meanchey housing project ribbon cutting. (KT Photo: Nov Sivutha) PHNOM PENH, Jan. 9 (Khmer Times) – The Cambodia Children’s Fund (CFF) in cooperation…
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The Cambodian Children’s Fund : A home for a home. STORY: Jim Tobler Original article published in Montecristo Magazine: http://montecristomagazine.com/business/the-cambodian-childrens-fun Scott Neeson was on a short vacation, having left his job as head of Twentieth Century Fox film studio, and about take over the reins at another studio, Sony. He made a stop in Phnom…
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Church Honours former Head of Sony Pictures and 20th Century Fox International Movie star’s irate call leads Scott Neeson to commit life to service Original article published in Mormon News Room: http://www.mormonnewsroom.org.au/article/church-honours-former-head-of-sony-pictures-and-20th-century-fox-international When Australian, Scott Neeson, was standing on a festering garbage dump in Cambodia in 2003, he was at the pinnacle of his career,…
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Former Hollywood mogul finds fulfilment in a Cambodian rubbish dump Scott Neeson left the movie industry for Southeast Asia and set up the Cambodian Children’s FundBY GERRY BELLETT, VANCOUVER SUN NOVEMBER 5, 2014 Original Article :http://www.vancouversun.com/Former+Hollywood +mogul+finds+fulfilment+Cambodian+rubbish+dump/10353483/ story.html#ixzz3IAXQQrzFo Scott Neeson first encountered the dump at Steung Meanchey district in Phnom Penh, Cambodia in 2003,…
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LDS Church will give ‘Standing for Something’ award to film executive-turned-philanthropist By Megan Christensen, Deseret News Original article: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865613643/LDS-Church-will-give-Standing-for-Something-award-to-film-executive-turned-philanthropist.html?pg=all Leslie Moore, a senior missionary for LDS Church Public Affairs in Sydney, Australia, first heard of Scott Neeson at a synagogue when a Jewish rabbi equated his story with Joseph of Egypt. “We sat there in…
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Why I Traded My Yacht and L.A. Mansion to Help Starving Cambodian Children Original article published on Nextshark: http://nextshark.com/the-inspiring-story-of-a-hollywood-exec-who-traded-his-yacht-and-l-a-mansion-to-help-starving-cambodian-children/ We all dream of that kind of life- you have an awesome job working with movie stars, you are a millionaire, have your own yacht, any sports car you want, and an L.A. mansion. You’d have…
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JEANINE BRAITHWAITE
Professor of Public Policy, University of Virginia.
Senior Economist, World Bank (Retired)
