Domrei Staff
Domrei Research and Consulting is run by two Directors, Ian Ramage and Kim Hour Ramage, and employs a dynamic team of Cambodian staff.
Ian Ramage – Director
Founder and Director of Domrei Research and Consulting, Ian has a Master of Science in Psychology from the University of Wollongong, New South Wales. He worked as a Psychologist in several juvenile detention centres in Australia and, as a consultant, prepared interdepartmental policies and guidelines on child protection and the mentally ill for the New South Wales State Government. He also developed and facilitated staff training on many sensitive topics. In Australia, he worked clinically with child and adolescent victims of various types of abuse for nine years. He moved to Cambodia in 1999, where he became a visiting lecturer and course advisor in Psychology at the Royal University of Phnom Penh. He was also Ministry advisor on the operation of juvenile detention centres and government procedures, capacity building and planning, at the Ministry of Social Affairs, Labour, Vocational Training and Youth Rehabilitation (MOSALVY). Since 1999, Domrei, under his management, has successfully completed over 120 contracts from NGOs and UN agencies mostly in programme evaluations and health research.
Kim Hour Ramage – Director
Co-director of Domrei Research and Consulting, Kim, was raised in Pursat Province and worked in many different industries, and is our resident expert on all things about Cambodian culture, society, and business.
Growing up, Kim helped her family run their small shop. Kim also helped her father, who worked as a conflict resolution manager for land and domestic disputes. She worked specifically on solving domestic violence disputes. While living in Pursat, Kim worked as a farmer, market vendor, and hair dresser. When Kim moved to Phnom Penh she quickly proved her adaptability and creativity and worked in a number of different industries. Among others, she worked in the garment factories, as a street vendor, house cleaner, and opened her own business as a wholesale fruit vendor.
At Domrei, Kim has overseen the development (including translations), implementation and evaluation of numerous survey instruments ensuring that they work effectively in the local Cambodian context. She also regularly reviews research results for clarity of language and works closely with the staff to hire, conduct training and oversee logistics. Recently Kim has had a critical role in research on violence against women and child labor and helped with the creation of the SKY project evaluation instruments.
Mark Kavenagh – Research Consultant
Mark joined Domrei as a Research Consultant in early 2009 and has worked on a range of projects with the organisation including data analysis and reporting for the UNESCAP Endline Life Skills Survey, CCJAP Stakeholder Surveys and the ICRW Baseline Survey of P.A.C.E Participants at Bright Sky factories. Trained as a registered Psychologist, Mark has worked in Australia in a variety of settings where he provided consulting psychological services to schools, parents, children and adolescents. Since coming to Cambodia, Mark has worked in Cambodia for a social services NGO to train and lead a team of Cambodian social workers in a training needs assessment and developed an M&E plan for a scholarships project.
Mark brings his current academic research training and his recent experience in Cambodia to Domrei’s work.
