Beauty Builds A Future For Srey Leak
This uplifting tale of how one of our students overcame real adversity to build a future for herself comes to us from Sokanha Vuthy, our Cambodian Communications Officer. “This is the story of one...
Category: News From Our Programs
Together, building futures… with ‘Futures’!
‘Futures’ is an exciting new initiative and approach for Cambodia, powered by Friends and implemented by partner NGOs Mith Samlanh and M’Lop Tapang with the tagline – “Together creating employment and entrepreneurs” ‘Futures’ is about...
A Silver Lining – Playtime (and more) In Siem Reap!
Siem Reap, Cambodia. Let’s hear from Anna, the Technical Advisor to the Friends Kaliyan Mith program there about a fantastic recent activity enjoyed by many… ‘Our long-term donor World Childhood Foundation has launched something...
7 Tips For Outreach!
Sharing best practice with partners and also between programs is another key element of the Friends approach. So, with this in mind the Mith Samlanh Saving Lives Coordinator Pin Sokhom from Phnom Penh visited Kaliyan...
Moringa – TREE of Life In Siem Reap!
The Moringa tree (also known as the tree of life) was the inspiration behind the name of the training restaurant Marum, which is run by our Kaliyan Mith program in Siem Reap, Cambodia. The highly...
Case Management In Action – Social Work In Siem Reap
Effective Case Management is an essential component of the social work that Friends programs do across SE Asia. For every young person and family we work with, there will be a social worker appointed...
Laos Program Success Continues
The Peuan Mit program of Friends-International was launched back in 2004. It is a collaboration with the Lao PDR Ministry of Social Welfare, and it provides a comprehensive range of services to children, youth and their families...
A Year With Friends – Friends-International Country Programs 2015
As 2015 draws to a close, we look back at a year of our Friends-International program work across South East Asia in the company of some of our real #everdayheroes – our Country Program...
Tourists, Donors and Families – ChildSafe Campaigns Continue To Hit Hard
Back in 2011 ChildSafe, the global child protection initiative created by Friends-International, launched a campaign designed to make the world sit up and take notice. ‘Children Are Not Tourist Attractions‘ matched an inarguable premise (who...
Thinking And Learning – A Journey With Friends
We are sharing another guest post with you from new staff member Maelle, as she continues to experience more and learn more during her time with Friends… “In the past four weeks, I have...
Changing Lives With Friends-International
Maelle is our new Vocational Training Business Advisor at Friends-International. We’re sharing this piece she wrote for her own blog, about her early impressions of our work from her orientation week. The orientation is...
Needs Assessed In Siem Reap
The active participation of young people and beneficiary groups is crucial to how Friends develops its service provision. One example of how this works in practice is currently happening in Siem Reap, Cambodia, where...
Off The Dumpsite!
Venny from our Lao PDR project contacted us with some great news this week. The program works with 120 children, youth and caretakers from scavenger families who live on the city dumpsite, KM36,...
Dropping In To Siem Reap
Drop-in centers (DICs) form a key element of much of our work across our programs. They allow our beneficiaries to access support and services outwith the times that outreach teams and services work, and...
3PC Phase 2 – Enhancing Child Protection In Cambodia
On Thursday 30th April representatives from the Royal Cambodian Government, Friends-International, UNICEF and 14 partner organizations met to formally launch the second phase of the groundbreaking 3PC program. 3PC, which is an acronym for...
