WOW!!!!
The story you’re about to hear will give you goosebumps. It will blow your mind. It will make you appreciate the comforts in life.
This is a story of hope, courage, hard work and sheer determination.
Tim Siv has all these qualities.
You may know him as the local pharmacist in the Clare Valley, with his big happy face plastered on the shop front in the Main street. But there’s more to Tim than meets the eye....way more!
Tim is a refugee kid. He tells the story of his his family fleeing the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia during the late 70s, facing death numerous times at gunpoint, starvation, and slave labour. Tim was born in the middle of it. He wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for a bag of fish.
Tim takes you back to Cambodia, to the refugee camp in Thailand, and then to his new life in Australia. His life takes a turn in high school, a turn which led him on a path to success and out of poverty. It's an inspirational tale of someone who started with nothing and now has something. A truly successful career, which he's built from the ground up, and a good and comfortable life, while still giving back to the place where life began, through his work with New Hope Cambodia.
This is a two part series. In this episode, you'll hear about life in Cambodia and the sheer horrors of war, and his early life in Australia.
Enjoy this extraordinary first part of the journey with Tim Siv.