Mengly Jandy Quach

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Mengly J. Quach
គួច ម៉េងលី
Born	(1969-03-25) 25 March 1969 (age 52) Battambang Province, Cambodia
Education	University of Massachusetts Amherst, Spartan Health Sciences University, University of California at Berkeley, Belmont High School (Los Angeles)
Occupation	Medical doctor investor entrepreneur
Years active	2005–present
Known for	Founder of Mengly J. Quach Education
Board member of	Board of Director of the Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace
Spouse(s)	Lyhong Ung (m. 2004)
Children	2
Parent(s)	Quach Leng Hoa (father) Sov Sok Huong (mother)
Awards	Knight Grand Officer in the Royal Order of Monisaraphon
Website	www.mjqeducation.edu.kh
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Mengly Jandy Quach (Khmer: គួច ម៉េងលី, Kuŏch Méngli [kuəc meːŋliː]; born 25 March 1969) is a Cambodian businessman^[1] and philanthropist.^[2] He is a survivor of the Cambodian genocide. He is the founder of the Mengly J. Quach Education.^[3]

Biography[]

From childhood in Battambang to the refugee camps of Dongrek mountains[]

Quach was born in Battambang Province, Cambodia on 25 March 1969.^[4] During and after Khmer Rouge regime, Quach survived in Dângrêk Mountains areas.^[5] Quach and his family were resettled in the United States in 1984 from Khao-I-Dang refugee camp after the war (their first attempt was the journey to Nong Chan Refugee Camp in 1979).^[6] He was raised and educated in California.^[7]

From asylum seeker to doctor in America[]

He attended University of California, Berkeley in 1991 for Pre-Med^[8] and received his Doctor of Medicine in General Medicine from Spartan Health Sciences University in 1998.^[9] Quach also completed his medical clerkship at the University of Illinois Hospital in Chicago. He received his Masters in Public Health Practice from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2007.^[10] Quach was a Professor at the Cleveland College in California until 2002.^{[citation needed]}

Returning in Cambodia and investing in education of the Khmer youth[]

In 2002, Quach returned to Cambodia where he worked as public health advisor of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) for Partners for Development ^[11] and taught at the Pannasastra University of Cambodia and University of Cambodia.^[12]

In 2005, Quach founded Mengly J. Quach Education. Its Aii Language Center and American Intercon School,^[13] engage in education, health care, food, media and financial services. By 2019, his educational programs had grown from a single classroom with just four students into one of Cambodia's biggest educational networks, with fifteen school buildings, over 14,000 students, more than 1,400 staff and boasts 50,000 alumni.^[14]

Quach was the owner and advisory board of ThmeyThmey.com. It was launched in 2012 as part of Mengly J. Quash Holdings. In May 2017, Quach resigned from advisory board of Thmey Thmey. In his resignation letter, he said he sold his shares and has no more connection with ThmeyThmey.^{[15] [16]} Quach was an elected Board member of Transparency International Cambodia during 2010 - 2013.^[17] He was also known by a controversy for criticizing the Cambodia's public health in 2016, saying that nine in ten doctors in the country were sub-par and treated their patients badly. He also commented that Cambodia’s system for educating doctors remains weak and the training for doctors in Cambodia is very short. His comments prompted a government-affiliated doctors’ association to demand an apology and retraction.^[18] Then, since 2017, his medical license has been denied.^[19]

Legacy[]

Philanthropy: Khmer helping Khmer[]

Quach started doing his charitable works since he was 10 years old by helping to provide food to poor people in the US.^[20] He used to work in a charity that provided free medical services to the poor and homeless while he was a medical student. He stated that his grandparents and parents liked showing kindness to others and helping the most-in-need people. That was the reason he wants to give back to society. Quach emphasized that the success and sustainability of a certain company can be seen through its CSR projects. The more they create programs that benefit the society, the farther they’ll go in the business journey.^[21] To him, every stakeholder should take part in nation building, so that the country can develop further, people can enjoy peace and security.^[22]

Quach founded MJQ Foundation in 2005.^[23] The majority of its funds are the profits of his businesses. MJQ Foundation has been helping the communities through various programs and projects.

Earning public influence: helping Cambodian schools react to Covid-19[]

As the COVID-19 pandemic developed in Cambodia, the founder of the school, Quach warned that "the pandemic itself was not the biggest problem for schoolchildren but the mental and physical trauma they had to go through with keeping up their studies via online and staying home for so long."^[24] the American Intercon School was part of select schools to remain open in July 2020, due to higher compliance to official rules of the Ministry for Health.^[25] While calling for prudence, the founding of the school, Quach also alerted the government on the urgent need to reopen schools in Cambodia because of the very limited access of the population to technologies used for online learning.^[26]

Since the pandemic began, most schools did not have enough tuition fees to cover paying wages, rents, utilities and interest on loans and they would have to suspend their operations. Rental fees were the biggest issue, and while there were some supports from the government and financial institutions, these simply were not enough. As an educational institution, funding requires more than just solely the tuition fee. It also relied on the school bus, food, uniforms, books and other administration fees to support the business model.^[27][28]

Like other private schools, Mengly J. Quach Education was struggling with financial hardship during Covid-19 period. In a meeting of Cambodian Higher Education Association, Quach stated that he tried to negotiate with the building owner, while other school owners have also attempted similar negotiations without any success. Thus, numerous private schools in Cambodia were expected to go bankrupt since many of them took loans to open their schools.^[29]

An oknha with values: gaining popularity through social networks as a public speaker[]

As an oknha, he has insisted on the importance of Virtuous Leadership in Khmer society, through many publications in virtue ethics and business.^[30] In partnership with the Office of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Cambodia, he defends the idea that businesses should care more about human rights in Cambodia.^[31]

Quach is also notorious from a range of philantropic endeavours, from sponsoring spelling contests,^[32] to sponsoring education and most recently during the economic crisis caused by the Covid-19 outbreak.^[33][34] For that reason, Quach has voiced criticism against crony capitalism and abuse of power by certain okhna in Cambodia "I think this re-drafting should be considered because some Oknha have used their titles in the past to protect themselves from the consequences of committing immoral acts, which create discontent among the public. We know that some oknhas have committed violence, or had crooked business dealings. Some have even been involved in deforestation. The actions of those who hold this title affects the honour of the King who bestows it."^[35]

"Some oknha have not been seen helping anything ... They are not suitable to be oknha."^[36]

— Mengly J. Quach

Personal life[]

Quach lives in Phnom Penh with his wife and their two daughters.^[37]

Recognitions[]

In 2009, Quach was made Knight Grand Officer in the Royal Order of Monisaraphon and given the Khmer Royal title of Oknha by His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni.^[38] In 2021, he was given the Khmer Royal title of Neak Oknha by His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni for his community, charity and philanthropic works. ^[39] He also received various local and international certificates and awards from around the world. ^[40]

Selected publications[]

• Quach, Mengly J. (2020). Quach M. J., Poems from the Heart, Mengly J. Quach University Press. ISBN 978-9924-508-20-5
• Quach, Mengly J. (2020). Quach M. J., The Philosophy Collection, Mengly J. Quach University Press. ISBN 978-9924-508-17-5
• Quach, Mengly J. (2019). Mengly J. Quach’s Business Ideas. Mengly J. Quach University Press. ISBN 978-9924-508-14-4
• Quach, Mengly J. (2018). Mengly J. Quach’s 108 Ideal Practices. Mengly J. Quach University Press. ISBN 978-9924-508-12-0
• Quach, Mengly J. (2018). Dangrek Mountains …unforgettable. Mengly J. Quach University Press. ISBN 978-9924-508-11-3
• Dharmendra, Singh K.; Quach, Mengly J. (2016). Dr. Mengly, Coffee and Me: Healthy Conversations. Mengly J. Quach University Press. ISBN 978-9924-508-01-4
• Quach, Mengly J. (2016). Dr. Mengly’s Business Concepts. Mengly J. Quach University Press. ISBN 978-9924-508-02-1
• Quach, Mengly J. (2016). You Are The Good. Better. Best. Mengly J. Quach University Press. ISBN 978-9924-508-02-1, LCCN 2017-355440

References[]

Sources[]

• Oeur S., Torn V., Sem R., Hang P., Yeng Chh., On K., A Collection of Short Stories, My Role Model Oknha Dr. Mengly J. Quach, Mengly J. Quach University Press, January 2020
• Oeur S., Dr. Mengly J. Quach's Poems and Me, Mengly J. Quach University Press, August 2019
• Hang P., How I came to know Dr. Mengly Jandy Quach, Mengly J. Quach University Press, August 2019

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