18 Years with Friends – Oum Mean.
As Friends turns 18 years old today, we join our longest serving staff members who share their memories of joining and working with us over the years… living examples of the truth behind our...
Category: Cambodia – Mith Samlanh and Kaliyan Mith
Sosense Education Matching Campaign
Sosense, a Swiss social enterprise platform, has chosen Friends-International as one of six ‘inspiring organizations’ for its Education matching campaign. This campaign begins Monday, July 16th and will run for two weeks until Friday,...
The adventure is on!
Work is progressing well on the latest addition to the TREE Alliance restaurants, ‘Marum’ in Siem Reap, Cambodia. We have had the following update from TREE coordinator Gustav Auer, who is with the team...
Their full, healthy smiles is enough for me.
Ms. HoutChinyary has been the Medical Assistant at the Mith Samlanh Clinic Center for over twelve years. Many of the children she sees at clinic having been involved with violence, drugs, abuse and/or come...
Sebastien Drops In
A blog post from Friends-International Executive Director and Founder Sebastien Marot, in Phnom Penh. ‘Today I went with Phally (Mith Samlanh’s Program Coordinator) to visit a few of our Drop-In Centers in Phnom Penh...
A Day In The Life – Mith Samlanh Cooking Teacher
In this edition of ‘A Day In The Life’ we are introduced to Nina, cooking teacher at Mith Samlanh. My name is Nina and I have been teaching the level 1 cooking vocational training...
Mechanical spare parts and tools donation from our German friends
Mr. Martin Lutter Johann, a good friend of the Director of Industrial DAIMLER TRUCK, Mr. Eckart Seybold, is a great supporter of Friends-International. On June 8th, 2012, a box full of mechanical spare parts...
Tall Hats and Happy Students!
We were recently delighted to welcome two special guests on a flying visit to the Phnom Penh training kitchens at ‘Friends the Restaurant’ and ‘Romdeng’. Lim Sien Chian, (Demi Chef) and Khoo Jit Yong...
International Children’s Day at Mith Samlanh with Singapore School of the Arts
In celebration of International Children’s Day on June 1st 2012, a team of young Singapore School of the Arts (SOTA) students and staff have spent over a week with Mith Samlanh students working on...
A Day In The Life – Mith Samlanh Dance Teacher
In this edition of ‘A Day In The Life’ we are introduced to Kunthea, dance teacher at Mith Samlanh. As a dancing teacher, Kunthea works incredibly hard! She is employed by the Ministry of...
For Cambodian Street Kids, Friends International Works to Redefine Normal
‘Hello dear sir/ma’am, Wish your vision and mission successfully life. Today I was just checking my t.v shows early morning suddenly my eyes stop in a channel named V.A. and then I saw lots...
A Day In The Life – Mith Samlanh Grade 1 Teacher
In this edition of ‘A Day In The Life’ we are introduced to Kamnhan, grade 1 teacher at Mith Samlanh. Kamnhan teaches the Grade 1 class in Mith Samlanh’s Education Center. She arrives early...
Partnership Programme with Civil Society Organizations to Strengthen Child Protection Systems (3PC) Project Launch
A Friends-International project funded by UNICEF and run in collaboration with the Cambodian Ministry of Social Affairs Veterans & Youth Rehabilitation (MOSAVY) was officially launched on Tuesday, March 20th, 2012 at the MOSAVY building....
Parent Representative Elections – Mith Samlanh
During an unusually cool morning in early February local community members gathered at the Mith Samlanh center for the eighth Family Representative Elections. The elections attracted participants from 23 communities, totaling 82 candidates (61...
60 Mith Samlanh Students Visit the National Museum
On 10 February sixty students from Mith Samlanh/Friends visited the National Museum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia to learn about their country’s Art, Culture and History. Coming from backgrounds on the margins of society, they...
