What is BOBism?
One of CACO's dreams is to be able to send a handful of youth to Cambodia on a humanitarian mission. Each youth would be given a blank journal. He or she would begin his or her journal the minute the packing begins. The entire trip and experience would be logged in the journal. After he or she has returned, he or she would transform the journal into a paper. The paper would be submitted to CACO. Writers of the best few papers would be rewarded with some sort of a scholarship.
Where did BOBism come from?
In 2005 CACO Chairman Chanly Bob involved a group of friends and family to take on a humanitarian mission in Cambodia. Only pictures in his photo album (
see BOBist Chanly on Wave of Compassion)could accurately describe his hearty actions in the poorest parts of Cambodia. At his return, in his honor, CACO President Kilong Ung recommended the birth of BOBism. With much humility, Mr. Bob was embarrassed until Mr. Ung explained the achronymn of BOBism. BOB stands for Beyond Ordinary Borders.
Being a BOBist...
Anyone who does anything resemblant what Chairman Bob did would qualify as a BOBist. In addition to receiving scholarship for his or her paper after returning from the CACO Youth Humanitarian Mission, the youth is qualified for being a BOBist.
The vision and formal plan of BOBism is still in its embryotic stage. However, CACO hopes to formalize it in the following manners:
1. To be a BOBist, one must donate one week in a third world country (preferrably Cambodia) working on a humanitarian mission.
2. At minimum, the mission would include reading English to a child in remote areas of the country, taking orphans shopping for the first time, a gift of kindness to an old man, woman, children, or family, or any "humanitarian" act performed that affects another person's life in a positive way.
3. If a BOBist told you anything about BOBism, you are considered "Touched by a BOBist". Not exactly like touched by an angel, but you should feel good about it.
The act of giving is easy and anyone and everyone should do it. The experience is life changing on both the giver and the receiver. If you are TOUCHED by the experience, then you are a BOBist, and you've just committed BOBism. And no it isn't a crime to commit BOBism. =)