Food is my Future
Hello, my name is Keo Khav. I am 23 years old. I have four siblings, and I am the fourth kid. I was seven years old when my parents died. My three siblings and...
Friends-International Together, building futures.
An Agent Intervenes
The whole world is suffering the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and children are not exempt from the impacts of the spread of this virus. It has become a strange and stressful time for...
Cooking Up A Better Future
For as long as he can remember, *Huan loved making food. Whether it was making it with his mom or trying new dishes with his family, he enjoyed it. He relished all those times...
Roots of Resilience
When a local dam collapsed the resulting flash flood took everything away from *Pherm’s family in July 2018. To make matters worse, her little family is buried under a lot of debt in Hadkanxa...
Mom means Business
Mothers overall are already heroes to families all over the world. It is the ultimate superwoman job, from balancing taking care of little humans, to tasks to be done around the house and now,...
A Grandmother and an Agent!
Nakhao Village, Vientiane, Laos–Ms. Pheng, aged 55, a single mother of six children and a grandmother of four, has known Peuan Mit (Friends International Laos) for over six years. Her job is collecting plastics...
For a Child’s Future
Migration happens when people go in search of opportunities to live better lives. These are opportunities they feel do not exist where they currently live. Individuals, and sometimes entire families migrate, and often this...
(Re)Building Futures in Chiang Mai
Peuan Peuan (Friends-International Thailand) and Futures Bangkok teamed up with local NGO ‘Ethnic People Development Foundation’ to support two teenagers, *Pi Chan & *Pi Na (not related) in re-building their futures. Pi Chan &...
Woman on a Mission
In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic our #EverydayHeroes are taking action. Samut Prakarn Province, Thailand–Srey Pich*, is using all her capacity to support people at risk in her community. Srey Pich* migrated from...
COVID 19 – Responding To The Global Pandemic
A brief look at a recent report highlighting our range of responses to the COVID-19 global pandemic. (download the full report here) A Year of Global Pandemic Challenges 2020 was an extremely challenging year...
A Look At Laos – Saving Lives
Excellent and much-needed volunteer action from the #everydayheroes of the Lao PDR Peuan Mit team!
Creating Opportunities – Sok’s Story
Friends-International Futures project works to build futures through access to employment. It also helps by creating opportunities to support people who are seeking to build their futures through small business start up. In Sok’s...
FUTURES in the time of COVID-19 – Part Three
FUTURES for all We cross into Lao PDR for this final story from our FUTURES Employment Projects on the impact of COVID-19 on lives, and plans… A Violent Background Growing up in a violent...
FUTURES in the time of COVID-19 – Part Two
Unlocking Opportunities In Part Two of this look at how the Futures team builds futures in the time of COVID-19, the focus falls on two young women, and the challenges they faced in finding...
FUTURES in the time of COVID-19
Part One In Cambodia in 2016 Friends-International (FI) launched a specialized employment project named Futures alongside their ChildSafe Alliance partner M’lop Tapang. Futures provides employment support, including access to job and training opportunities, hard...
