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...
Friends-International Together, building futures.
Recycling in a Relocation Site
From: Ghislain Phnom Penh, Cambodia Over the last five years, Friends-International has trained more than 100 Cambodian parents who now get a regular income from producing our funky bags and wallets from recycled newspapers...
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....
Shuffling Occupations
From: Tracy Phnom Penh, Cambodia Smoothly ironed blue skirt, crisp white shirt, blue bag and big smile, she walks proudly through the gates of her new school. Today is the first day. Before being...
World AIDS Day 2008
Pictures from the World AIDS Day celebrations at the Mith Samlanh center in Cambodia!
Phalla’s Story
From: Sophea Phnom Penh, Cambodia Phalla is a former Mith Samlanh student who started studying at Mith Samlanh in 1997. Phalla recently came back to Mith Samlanh to proudly show off her High School...
