On the podcast today we welcome the incredible Weh Yeoh, founder of OIC Cambodia, an initiative that aims to establish speech therapy as a profession in Cambodia. Weh has volunteered with people with disabilities in Vietnam, interned in India, studied Mandarin in Beijing, and milked yaks in Mongolia. He started OIC in 2013, and handed over leadership to a local Cambodian team in 2017. He is now co-founding Umbo, a social enterprise bridging the gap for rural children to access allied health services. 

In this episode we get into: 

Why physiotherapy wasn’t the right career path for Weh 

How Umbo started 

The initial resistance to telehealth 

Umbo being a pioneer in online therapies delivered online to rural communities 

Using a key worker model and coaching model while leveraging local resources 

Creating a work environment for clinicians that suit what they need 

How Weh and his team stay connected, especially during lockdown 

The benefit of having people all over the country and having a diverse team 

The types of therapists that come to Umbo are people who care about the social mission, are very open minded and flexible open to learning new things 

What advice Weh would give to a new allied health professional embarking on their career 

What the plans are for the future of Umbo 

Weh’s suggestions on what needs to change in the pediatric landscape 

Links: 

Umbo Website 

Umbo Facebook 

Umbo Instagram 

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