How to Become a Scorpion
From: Sebastien Cairo, Egypt Coming from Phnom Penh, via Amsterdam (in winter) and arriving in Cairo is quite a culture shock. A overcrowded city of 20 million and 4 million cars (as a man...
Category: News From Our Programs
Mith Samlanh ensures children evicted from Dey Krohom continue to go to school
Phnom Penh, Cambodia Following an urgent request from the families who were evicted from Dey Krohom village on 24 January and are now staying in Damnak Yoeung (20 kilometers from Phnom Penh), Mith Samlanh...
Enjoying for a good cause
Friends-International’s creative Cambodian recipe book ‘From Spiders to Water Lilies’ was successfully launched in Germany in December 2008. Featuring exquisitely colorful photographs of Cambodia and its buzzing markets and presenting an impressive variety of...
Friends baking for Friends!
Jessica, a ten year old girl living in California, recently saw What I See When I Close My Eyes when her parents hosted a living room screening of the movie. Jessica was so moved...
Beautiful renovations
After receiving funding from The Australian Embassy, the Beauty/Hair training rooms at Mith Samlanh have been undergoing renovation. The students all were happy to help empty out the classrooms in anticipation for the new...
Shiny hair, nails AND classrooms!
From: Natalie Phnom Penh, Cambodia After receiving some wonderful funding from The Australian Embassy, I am very excited to announce…..we have now begun the building renovations for the Beauty/Hair training rooms at the school....
World AIDS Day 2008
Pictures from the World AIDS Day celebrations at the Mith Samlanh center in Cambodia!
A Surprise Encounter
From: Mark Vientiane, Lao PDR During my last visit to Vientiane, Lao PDR, I bumped into someone of my childhood past. Recognizing my name, Amy, who now works at UNICEF, said she had met...
