Oroong village is 122km northeast of Siem Reap city and HFCA with our close NGO partner Build your Future Today have supported underprivileged girls in the village to join our football program since we launched in February 2020
Sarita Reth, a renowned actor and advocate for sports and girls rights, draws inspiration from her school football days, embodying values of leadership and resilience.
With over ten film appearances, Sarita's role in Love9 by BBC Media Action gained widespread acclaim in Cambodia. In 2022, she won the 11th Cambodia International Film Festival Actress of the Year award. Crowned Miss Universe Cambodia in 2020, she represented her country at the 69th Miss Universe edition in Hollywood, Florida.
Joining Sarita will be two HFCA players Penh Sreynou and Voeun Lisa from our Women’s football team in Phnom Penh which we run in partnership with Cambodian Childrens Fund. Sreynou & Lisa will run a coaching session for the village girls.
"I think that going to Oroong is so exciting for me and a great adventure! I want to meet all the girls over there and encourage them to be involved more in sports! Most importantly to interact and play sport with them"
Actor Sarita Reth
Our Sarita Reth press conference received extensive media with four TV stations such as BTV, CTV8, CBS Sports and MyTV covering it. Prominent media outlets such as Post Khmer, Sabay News Sports, KiriPost and Khmer Times also published.
