CYTI To City – An Eventful Journey !
CYTI Coordinator Sebastien Le Mouëllic updates us on the new CYTI staff member and her eventful journey to HQ… ‘Our new Egyptian colleague, Jeannette Fawzy (who will be representing our CYTI Alliance in Egypt)...
Category: News From Our Programs
Japanese Youth Goodwill Mission Makes Friends with Friends!
In the past few weeks our HQ in Phnom Penh has hosted several visits from Japanese University study groups and rights-based organizations, fostering not only greater understanding of our work but alongside that the...
Join the ChildSafe movement
WHAT IS CHILDSAFE? Wherever people travel they become immersed in a new community and what they do and how they behave there impacts upon that community, especially on the children. In countries where the...
Ms.Forbes Facilitates Fun With Friends In Siem Reap!
This post comes from our Kaliyan Mith team in Siem Reap, who have been participating in workshops run by Laura Forbes, a musician, actress and facilitator from the UK. Laura spent some time working...
Praise For Peuan Mit In Vientiane Meeting
A report from our Friends program in Lao PDR, Peuan Mit, on a big day in Vientiane… ‘Today Peuan Mit had its annual Advisory Committee (AdCom) Meeting with participants including it’s ministry counterpart, the...
Short Term Foster Care Training in Siem Reap
This month saw the start of monthly training sessions for the Kaliyan Mith (KM) team of 10 short-term foster carers. The short-term foster care project places babies and children aged under 3 with foster...
‘Mission in Manila’! CYTI and ChildSafe promoting partnership and child protection.
This update comes from our dynamic duo of Sebastien Le Mouellec (CYTI Alliance) and Khemreth Vann (Tito from ChildSafe), who are currently swimming around Manila in the Philippines supporting partners there and creating new...
Drug Training In Thailand
From Ann (Vuthaya Charoenpol), our Country Program Director for Friends Thailand, comes news of some essential work undertaken recently by Peuan Peuan alongside several local NGO’s. ‘Last Thursday and Friday, Friends Thailand...
Indonesia Blog #2 –‘These streets are made for walkin’…’
Our second post in the series on the development of Teman Baik, sees the team hitting the streets of Jakarta, learning about the city, its moods and the habits of the children and families within...
Olympic Gold for our Siem Reap Team!
As the UK celebrated the first anniversary of the 2012 Olympics last month, in Siem Reap Cambodia another Olympic event was taking place – read all about it here, in this piece from our...
CYTI goes to Egypt… and nearly doesn’t get back!
CYTI Alliance monitoring and support visits are often much more interesting (and challenging!) than staff may anticipate. Get the lowdown on a recent CYTI Alliance trip to Cairo in Egypt from the pen of...
Focusing On Young Women’s Health in Lao PDR
This week the Friends Laos Peuan Mit team (with support from the Laotian Ministry of Health) organized and facilitated a focus group discussion at the Drop In Center in Vientiane among out-of school girl...
Little smiles from the field… Friends Thailand, Peuan Peuan
Two lighthearted stories from the field about commitment and finding your way. By Peuan Peuan Country Program Director, Ann. Rean Reoun – Above and beyond the call of duty. Rean has been working with us...
Muddy roads, rice farms and wooden bridges – a journey to Latkhouay
Last week Kristi, a Technical Advisor with Peuan Mit, traveled to Latkhouay, a community our teams have recently begun working with. On this day the team met with 15 families. A story from the field...
A New Career In A New Town
From our Friends Laos team This week, Buavone, case management supervisor and Peuan Mit trainer updated the teams about a young graduate from Makphet, who, after completing her training in 2011, is enjoying a...
