Small beads making a big difference to families in Bangkok
The Peuan Peuan team has just started selling its new range of products made by families at the ThaiCraft fairs in Bangkok. The first fair we joined was in December and was busy with...
Category: News From Our Programs
A celebration for students at Mith Samlanh
Our main goal at Friends-International is to get children back to school, help young people get training and find a job and help them all become productive citizens. On the 11th of December the...
Makphet – one of Asia’s best restaurants
Friends-International’s training restaurant in Vientiane, Laos has been recognised by the 2009-2010 Miele Guide as one of Asia’s best restaurants. Makphet is run by former street youth and their teachers and specialises in modern...
Back to School in Siem Reap
It was a very important day for a group of students at Kaliyan Mith in Siem Reap – their first day of school. Kaliyan Mith (Friends-International’s project in Siem Reap) recently held a ceremony...
Read it, then wear it!
French magazine Courrier International is making good use of its unsold editions through a partnership with Friends-International. The unsold Courrier International magazines are being made into messenger bags by socially disadvantaged parents, who are...
The Twin Diamonds
Most young people dream of being in a movie and for 10 students from Friends-International, their dream has come true. ‘The Twin Diamonds’, is a 45-minute film made by 60 students from six different...
Friends@240’s stylish reopening
Friends@240 is a creative and interactive fashion studio for hip clothing and accessories, ready-to-wear and made to measure, made by former street youth in training. The shop recently reopened with a special opening party...
Friends-International Executive Director receives Schwab Foundation Asia Social Entrepreneur Of The Year Award
DALIAN/CHINA, 12SEPT09 – •Hilde Schwab (center) , Chairperson and Co-Founder, Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, stands with the winners of the Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award in Asia Sarah Mavrinac (left), Sebastien Marot...
First ChildSafe members in Aceh
The first 8 Childsafe members to join the ChildSafe Network in Bandah Aceh have been certified. The members are all Bekak drivers, who will now play an active role in protecting children from abuse...
15 Years of Friends-International
The very first group of street children to be helped by Friends-International in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on August 1, 1994. Fifteen years later, Friends-International continues to provide support to marginalised urban children and youth...
ChildSafe Traveler Center, Siem Reap
Siem Reap’s first ChildSafe center for travelers is open and available to provide visitors to Siem Reap with information about how they can protect children while traveling around Siem Reap and the...
Friends cookbook wins at Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2009
Friends-International’s cookbook From Spiders to Water Lilies, Creative Cambodian Cooking with Friends won two awards at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, held in Paris on July 1. The first award was for ‘Best Asian...
Thoughts on school from Peuan Mit students
Two of the students recently reintegrated into public school in Loas talked to their housemother about school, Peuan Mit and what they want to be when they grow up.
First of July and first day of school in Laos
It was an early start to the school year for students in Laos with classes starting in July this year, to fit in with the schedule for the South East Asian Games which are...
