FunFair Wrap
The warm afternoon sunshine brought a real feel good atmosphere to Mith Samlanh’s FunFair on Saturday in Phnom Penh. Love was also in the air as young (and not so young!) people took to...
Category: News From Our Programs
Alter-Entrepreneurs at Davos
Friends-International founder Sebastien Marot has recently returned from Davos. The attached article, originally in French, introduces many Social Entrepreneurs including Sebastien. It explains in some detail how Davos allows “Alter-Entrepreneurs” direct access to multinationals,...
New collection at friends@240
friends@240 proudly presents its new clothing and accessories line! New cuts and prints in store for you – now! In typical funky ‘Friends’ style, fashion meets recycling, transforming into a range of unique products....
FUN FAIR @ MITH SAMLANH, SAT 12TH, 1PM – 5PM
Mith Samlanh is delighted to announce that the next FunFair will be held in the grounds of the Mith Samlanh Center on Saturday 12th February, 1pm to 5pm – same great FunFair at a...
Idol Gives Back
Well, it’s a new year. Phew! They seem to pass by so quickly. Everyone at Friends is hard at work supporting our programs, producing our new Makphet Laos cookbook and international product catalogue, planning...
Season’s Greetings from Friends-International
Dear friends of Friends, 2010 was another year of changes and challenges for us all at Friends – we’re 16 years old now, and still as motivated and dynamic in our efforts to help...
Friends-International is pleased to announce the recent renewal of the Needle and Syringe Program (NSP) license for Mith Samlanh
Friends-International is pleased to announce the recent renewal of the Needle and Syringe Program (NSP) license for Mith Samlanh, making it currently the only organization authorized to provide this service in Cambodia NSP’s have...
Phnom Penh tragedy – Latest update
Dear all, Some fantastic news – Mith Samlanh has found a 10 year old boy who was feared missing after the Koh Pich tragedy. Staff recognised the young boy during a visit to Kantha...
Phnom Penh tragedy – An update from Friends
Dear friends of Friends, Thank you again for the overwhelming response from all of you. The teams are extremely happy to receive such support! As promised, here is the latest update on the situation...
Phnom Penh tragedy – latest update
Dear all Thank you again for the overwhelming response from all of you: the teams are extremely happy to receive such support! As promised, here is the latest update on the situation after the...
ALTERNATIVE CARE PROJECT: HELP FOR THE SURVIVORS OF KOH PICH
Under its Alternative Care Project (which ensures that at-risk children remain with their families or within a family environment), Friends-International and its partners are intensely involved in identifying children separated from their families and...
Phnom Penh tragedy – An udpate from Friends
Dear friends of Friends Thank you so much for your numerous messages of support. After the tragic stampede, 20 children were missing from the Mith Samlanh centers in Phnom Penh and for 24 hours...
BIG smiles on our faces – Friends TEC’s first international order heads to Europe!
The opening of Friends-International’s Training and Employment Center (TEC) in Phnom Penh in early July 2010 saw major changes in our approach to production. Founded on our experience of setting up workshop based production...
Countdown in Laos
Our last week in Laos was extremely busy as we still had to complete the other half of the dishes. Thanks to the support of our amazing team, we finished all of the dishes...
A FIRST FOR ‘FRIENDS’ IN THAILAND
Friends-International has become the first international NGO in Thailand to sign up to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which brings together the Royal Thai Government and other agencies to address the issue of the...
