About
On January 16th 2008, Common Grounds Café was opened by Julie Martinez as part of our parent organization People For Care And Learning (PCL), with the vision of creating a missional business that gives poor and disadvantaged people in Siem Reap a working chance. Instead of giving handouts we believe in giving opportunity through providing on the job vocational training in the restaurant and hospitality industry.
Over the past 11 years we have provided training and jobs to dozens of Cambodian young people, and we have ecstatically cheered them on watching many of them go on to successful careers, some of them working in some of the top hotels and restaurants Cambodia has to offer.
In 2008, Dalath Loeut was hired as one of our initial 13 employees. He is from a poor family in the countryside of Battambang province and he had no previous job experience in the restaurant industry. He started working with us as a server and through hard work and dedication he learned and worked his way up taking on more and more responsibility. In 2015, Dalath became the manager of Common Grounds, and today he carries out all of our day to day operations. He is now on the other side of the spectrum, providing hope to young people with similar backgrounds to himself.
At Common Grounds we believe in:
- Fair salaries
- On the job vocational training
- Opportunity for advancement
- Scholarships for continued education
- Medical assistance and paid time off benefits
- Building strong character and integrity
- Developing future leaders
- Buying local food and supporting local farmers and artisans
- Loving and serving our customers
- Using 100% of our profit to do good
To learn more about our work visit our website at: www.pcl.is
Thank you for supporting Common Grounds Café!
