b'Before long, the foundation was making strides as a well-run Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), allowing Geraldine to concentrate on looking after the orphanages and raising money. Another of Johns initiatives was an education subcommittee to develop higher education opportunities for orphaned children.HOW ALLKIDS HELPS Things ran smoothly throughout the 2000s.In 2012, John helped establish the AllKids charity Established in 2012 by Paul Otto and with Paul Otto, Heidis brother. Paul had been involvedsupported by John George, AllKids helps with the foundation since the early 2000s, lendingeducate children in the Commune of Ream, his construction expertise to build and renovatenear the coastal city of Sihanoukville. It orphanages. Both Paul and John placed a premium runs four main programs: Kids to School, on education as a pathway out of poverty. CambodiaImproving Schools, AllKids Learning Centres had become an MGA Whittles family project.and AllKids Daycare Centres. The first AllKids Although the charitable initiatives were a significantLearning Centre opened in December 2013. success, differences over funding and administrationIt complements local public schools and 76 created a strain on Geraldine and Johns workingprovides resources and training to students relationship. In 2015, due in part to health issues, in rural Cambodia. There are around 1350 John stepped back from the foundation and children enrolled across the various AllKids channelled his efforts into AllKids.programs. More than 550 disadvantaged While he had been looking after insurance matterschildren participate in the Kids to School for the foundation, John became acquainted with anprogram. The aim is to help them attain their ambitious young insurance agent in Phnom Penh. AGrade 12 Leavers Certificate. Beginning with young guy from Forte Insurance used to come to seea team of five, AllKids now employs forty-two me, and Id go through the renewals with him, he says,local staff who manage the majority of the recalling his first meetings with Seng Chantol.operations in Cambodia. The MGA Whittles Group is a major sponsor. Kym Bache is the chair of AllKids, and Kyms wife, Keryn, isthe sponsorship program manager.The MGA Asia team celebrated ten years in business in2024 and is a valued member of the MGA Whittles family.'