[3][4] For fundraising purposes, Minko promoted the CNVLD Honorary board as including Prime Minister Hun Sen as Patron, Christopher Minko as Director General, Okhna Suor Pheng as Chairman, Wolfgang Kitz as Vice-Chairman,[5] and the directors included International Women's Rights specialist Mmaskepe Sejoe and Dean Cleland (CEO ANZ Bank Asia).
Women selected to participate receive a small salary of $40 per month (funded by the International Red Cross), educational opportunities, and high quality training sessions with professional coaches.
[citation needed] Minko has been outspoken about his repugnance for NGOs in Cambodia[12][13] and its participants, who he has frequently called 'band aid parasites'[14] with 'questionable fund raising tactics'.
Minko stated that "CNVLD does not accept donor funding, choosing instead to develop long-term corporate relationships with partners such as Nike, ANZ Royal and The Government of Cambodia".
Minko wrote a heartfelt e-mail to Leonard Cohen about Cambodia and the situation of the disabled people in the same country, suggesting that a charity concert could be held in Phnom Penh.
[20] The Leonard Cohen concert was cancelled three weeks before its scheduled date due to slow ticket sales and costs of production, and poor management.
According to Minko, Prek Ksay pagoda in Neak Loeung, Prey Veng Province will be the beneficiary of this contribution, and the money will be used to build a state-of-the-art, environmentally friendly school complex including sports facilities and a disability centre.
It was released by Minko's 'Mekong Sessions' label in VCD format, sold in stores in and around Phnom Penh, and featured on Cambodia television and radio.
The band is also made up of Sophea's sister, Sopheak Chamroeun, Cambodian bassist James "Mao" Sokleap, and Australian guitarist & English teacher Jimmy Baeck.
[27] Soulful, meaningful, and engaged with social questions, Minko and Sophea Chamroeun's songs – through moody and poetry-like lyrics and minimalistic and introspective melodies – confront harsh themes such as sexual trafficking and its consequences, and other uncomfortable issues and scenes that are common in the streets of Bangkok and Phnom Penh.
Krom's musical inspiration comes from a long and varied list that includes Leonard Cohen, John Fahey, Gustav Mahler, Johnny Cash, Leo Kottke, Beethoven and Chet Baker.
The album, included the song "Lil Suzie" based on photographs by Jonathan van Smit[30] which show the harsh reality behind the life of a prostitute in South East Asia",.
[31] The Mekong Delta Blues album and the song Lil Suzie were submitted by Krom's promotional company Musik and Film for consideration to the 2017 Grammy Awards voting process but were not nominated from among the over 20,000 entries.