Fun Filled Day in Sapansiri!
Vuthaya Charoenpol (Ann), our Country Program Manager for Thailand sent us this recent piece on a fantastic fun-filled day held in one of the communities the Peuan Peuan team works with in Bangkok. ‘Saturday...
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Selecting Parent Representatives for Mith Samlanh
(This post from our new Cambodia Communications Officer, Menghourng Ngo) Last Friday morning at Club Friends Mith Samlanh hosted the Parent Representatives Selection which aims to find excellent and talented messengers to transfer information...
‘Breaking The Cycles, Building A Future…’
Marissa Carruthers is a journalist from the UK who is currently writing a series of articles about Friends-International. We are delighted that she has contributed this guest blog post to us, giving her personal...
‘When elephants meet, ants may be crushed…’ *
The practice of ‘cleaning up’ city streets of street living and working populations such as street sellers and beggars during high profile diplomatic meetings or visits is on the increase globally. Recently a spokesperson...
Behind the doors at FI HQ
Situated on Street 174 in Phnom Penh (very close to Romdeng restaurant!) the Friends headquarters in Cambodia is the administrative and strategic heart of the organization. Behind the colorful front door, painted by students...
Kaliyan Mith – Getting Into Schools, Getting The Message Out About Drugs
The Tropang Sala secondary school is located in Cham Chao, on the dusty outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Cham Chao community is now home to more than 1500 families who were relocated as part...
Peuan Peuan’s Perfect Day
No, nothing to do with Lou Reed, but an unforgettable day for the Bangkok Peuan Peuan team as they share their work with a visiting dignitary from Sweden is recalled by Peuan Peuan Country...
Back To A Future – Sokphea’s story – from Cambodia to Thailand and back again!
With support from UNICEF and innovative collaboration with The Ministry of Social Development and Human Security (MoSDHS), the Peuan Peuan Program started in Thailand back in 2006. Initially the Peuan Peuan team provided services...
New outlet for products in Thailand helps families rebuild lives.
This week, the Peuan Peuan team partnered with The Sukosol Hotel to establish a new sales outlet for its Home Based Production products. The Sukosol Hotel is a luxury 5 Star Hotel in central...
Cham Chao – where inner city issues meet the outskirts of the city
In this post James, our Communications Coordinator, goes on a field visit to the Kaliyan Mith Cham Chao project on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, to find out how inner city problems are being...
ChildSafe Hotline Helps In Search For Missing Young Woman
On Thusday 19th July, Mot Srors, an 18 year old woman from Lor village in the Samroung Tong District of Khompong Speu Province, Cambodia went to the Thnal Torteng Market in the District....
Sebastien Drops In
A blog post from Friends-International Executive Director and Founder Sebastien Marot, in Phnom Penh. ‘Today I went with Phally (Mith Samlanh’s Program Coordinator) to visit a few of our Drop-In Centers in Phnom Penh...
Pottering about with inky fingers… in Vientiane
Enabling the young people we work with to express their creativity is a crucial part of the work we do in our centers and out in the communities we visit. We love to explore...
Street Children, Free Meals, & Lessons Learned.
We’ve been asked many times for our thoughts on ‘soup kitchen’ projects which provide free food to street children. Although often set up with best intentions and supported by people who really want to...
Drop in to Peuan Mit!
One Thursday back in May, Peuan Mit hosted a party for young people from marginalized communities for the first time… but not the last! The mobile school team, who have worked in these communities...
