News from the programs
We at Friends-International are delighted to announce that a new country program director (CPD) has been appointed recently to the Peuan Peuan (Thailand) program. Vuthaya Charoenpol (better known to us as Ann) has taken...
Friends-International Together, building futures.
A Day In The Life – ChildSafe Hotline Manager
In this edition of ‘A Day In The Life’ we are introduced to Bunna, a ChildSafe Hotline Manager and student. My name is Bunna and I work as the Hotline Manager for the ChildSafe...
A morning spent monitoring
A story by our AYAD volunteer Allan. It is early morning when Heng gently taps me on the shoulder, smiles and asks if I’m ready. We are to visit and monitor a former Mith...
Mith Samlanh takes third place in National Popular Art Competition
Three decades of war at the end of the last century ravaged Cambodia’s art and culture. The Royal Government of Cambodia is working together with selected NGOs to preserve and improve the rich culture...
Food Bags Project
The meaningful collaboration and relationship between Friends-International and the International School of Phnom Penh (ISPP) continues to develop, as can be seen from the story below highlighting action taken by ISPP students which not...
A Day In The Life – Electricity Vocational Training From Home
In this edition of ‘A Day In The Life’ we are introduced to 17 year old Kosal, a Mith Samlanh Electricity student. 17-year-old Kosal is one year into a Vocational Training program in Electricity....
We’re thinking of you Japan
To all our friends in Japan, We at Friends-International are shocked and saddened at the terrible natural disaster which has occurred and the subsequent loss of life, homes and possible risk of nuclear contamination...
New Computer Lab at Mith Samlanh
Training opportunities for some of the most marginalized young people in Phnom Penh have now expanded to include Computer & IT Skills with the opening of a brand new computer lab at the Mith...
Farewell to Um Long – Mith Samlanh Guard
It was with sadness on March 3rd Mith Samlanh farewelled Mr.Loeng Long. Mr. Loeng Long had worked with Mith Samlanh for the past 10 years. Addressing Mith Samlanh staff and students Mr. Loeng Long...
Mith Samlanh Tool Box Launch
On a balmy Monday afternoon, February 28th, Mith Samlanh proudly launched its NFE (Non Formal Education) Tool Box educational kit at Romdeng Restaurant in Phnom Penh. The Tool Box is a tool for primary...
Mith Samlanh students performing at the Cambodian National Popular Art Contest
On Monday February 21st Chaktomuk Conference Hall filled with a varied and excited audience ready to view a performance by our very own Mith Samlanh students in the Cambodian National Popular Art Contest. This...
The Like Me’s – Webisode 2, Phnom Penh
Watch the world’s first ever ChildSafe band, The Like Me’s, as they arrive in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Footage includes the girls receiving their ChildSafe certification and preparing for their first Phnom Penh concert at...
A Day In The Life – Hairdressing Vocational Training From Transitional Home
Welcome to ‘A Day In The Life’, a new series of stories about our students. This is the first of many that we will be released throughout the year. The first edition looks at...
10 years of Friends the Restaurant
It was 10 years ago, on February 23 2001 to be exact, that ‘Friends the Restaurant’ first opened its doors to a hungry and expectant public. Over those ten years it has more than...
The Like Me’s – first ChildSafe rock band in the world!
‘Ladies and Gentlemen, may we present the world’s first ChildSafe rock band… all the way from Northern California, its… Laura & the Like Me’s!’ No, not some elaborate joke, but the honest-to-goodness truth. Laura...
