Becoming part of the community – the Aussie who wants to be a Cambodian Citizen

Caleb Maddocks is an Australian citizen who has lived in Cambodia for decades after first arriving with his family in Siem Reap province in 1992. Still living in the same village today, Mr Maddocks yearns to become a Cambodian citizen, but has settled for work as a local security guard as a way to contribute to the community.

Caleb Maddocks is an Australian national living in Siem Reap province’s Siem Reap city, where he has lived over two decades and now works as a security guard in Kantrak village. Mr Maddocks, 30, says he first came to live in Cambodia in 1992, when his family uprooted their lives and settled down in the village, which is part of Svay Dangkum commune.

He says his father, Tim Maddocks, 55, at the time took a position with Adventist Development and Relief Agency to manage a rice crop improvement project in the province. He adds that his father served in the position until the December 1995. In 1996, Mr Maddocks says his parents went on to manage a local church in the village, where the family continued to live. He says he is the eldest of two siblings and has a younger brother named Shannon. The family lived in the church compound, which spans 19 hectares.

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