Join Our First Live Event!

We invite you to a special live session where we will talk about everything you have ever wanted to know about DNA but felt unsure about asking. Together we will explore family connections and make the science easy to understand. This is your chance to learn, share your questions, and discover how DNA testing can open doors to your past. Come curious and leave inspired.

This year, Cambodia Town Film Festival (CTFF) commemorates the 50th year since the Khmer Rouge takeover, honoring the past, educating the present, and inspiring the future. The Reconnecting Cambodia Project (RCP) is thrilled to partner with

CTFF and Rumduol to present "Cambodia's Lost Children," an event addressing family separation within the Cambodian diaspora and offering hope through innovative DNA-based reunification efforts.

Event Highlights:

●      Short Documentary Screening: "Reunited after 73 years", a DNA success story of Suzie Leng Yuk with her 7 siblings.

●      Panel Discussion & Audience Q&A: This segment will focus on DNA's role in reunification and address concerns about DNA testing safety and security. Moderated by Dr. Leakhena Tappero, Licensed Counseling Psychologist, the panelists are Mark Hopson, Co-founder Khmer Parents Association; Li-Da Kruger, Co-founder Reconnecting Cambodia Project; Suzie Leng Yuk, Reunited through DNA after 73 yrs; Meakara Mendez, Founder Missing People of Khmer Rouge Regime; Charles Song, Health Educator and Darith Ung, Lecturer CSULB.

●      DNA Testing: Opportunity to connect with RCP project members, receive assistance with free DNA sample collection and filling in consent forms.

●      Food & Refreshments: Served before and after the panel and Q&A.

●      Raffle Prizes

“This event will serve as a launchpad for innovative reunification approaches," said Li-Da Kruger, Founder of RCP. "We hope to empower families to begin or renew the search for their lost loved ones”.

The Reconnecting Cambodia Project offers hope for reunification through free DNA testing, fostering collaboration and community building.

Partners: CambodiaTownFilmFestival (CTFF), United Cambodian Community (UCC) and Khmer Parents Association (KPA).

Host: Reconnecting Cambodia Project, Li-Da Kruger (Founder) - +(0)7554 495775

MEET THE PANELISTS

  • Mark Hopson

    Co-Founder, Khmer Parents Association

  • Li-Da Kruger

    Co-Founder, Reconnecting Cambodia

  • Meakara Mendez

    Founder, Missing People of Khmer Rouge Regime

  • Suzie Leng Yuk

    Reunited Through DNA After 73 Years

  • Charles Song

    Health Educator

  • Darith Ung

    Lecturer, CSULB

  • Dr. Leakhena Tappero

    Licensed Counseling Psychologist

10th Year, Cambodia Town Film Festival, Long Beach

Co-founder Li-Da’s is full of gratitude that CTFF has selected ‘Prue Leith: Journey With My Daughter’ to be screened, in among all the other creative Cambodian talent. She is attending to Long Beach herself and will take part in a Q&A moderated by the esteemed professor of South East Asian studies, Christine Su, at University of Massachusetts Lowell.

Launching in the USA

Using the documentary as a platform to talk about her search for birth family and how DNA can help, especially when there is no other way to trace relatives, Co-founder Li-Da will travel to Long Beach and Lowell to promote Reconnecting Cambodia’s mission and share her story with Cambodian American communities. She will be bringing free DNA kits for people to join the project.