First Beauty Graduates From Siem Reap!
The Kaliyan Mith team in Siem Reap (KMSR) are delighted to announce the first two successful graduates from the Phka Kravan Beauty Training Social Business in Siem Reap! The two young women are aged...
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Win4Youth Team At Friends, Part Two, ‘Breaking The Cycle’, Emer & Ryushiro.
Adecco Win4Youth offices across the globe are fundraising for chosen organizations through their Win4Youth cycle challenge. Four of the challenge team members won the chance to spend a week seeing the work of one...
Win4Youth Team At Friends. Impressions Part One, Vani & Dai.
Adecco Win4Youth offices across the globe are fundraising for chosen organizations through their Win4Youth cycle challenge. Four of the challenge team members won the chance to spend a week seeing the work of one...
Makphet Hospitality Students Share Their Friends-liness!
During their time in training with Friends our vocational training students don’t just focus on their particular area of study. There are many other things to do, including time to enjoy recreational activities such...
Education In Action – Toolbox Training At Siem Reap
Friends-International believes in developing strong working relationships and partnerships within relevant sectors of all countries we work in. Our CYTI Alliance program not only fosters partnership and cooperation between NGO’s, but also between...
From Siem Reap To Sihanoukville – CYTI Partners Share Education Approaches
Last week saw Cambodian CYTI Alliance partners Kaliyan Mith from Siem Reap heading down to the south of the country to meet with another CYTI partner, award-winning NGO M’Lop Tapang . CYTI advocates sharing...
20 Years Of Friends – Moments In Time #1
Reflections by Friends co-founder Mark Turgesen on one unforgettable evening in our 20 year history… with more to come! “Phnom Penh, Cambodia, August 4th, 1995 – Man Phally and the Mith Samlanh outreach team...
Let The Children Play!
Innovation in play, and the great work done by our Drop-In teams! This update from the Thai/Cambodia border comes from Vuthy, Aranyaprathet Project Manager. “Peuan Peuan Aran Drop In Center is located right in...
Cross-border Child Protection Networks Grow Stronger Between Thailand And Cambodia
This story of #EverydayHeroes in action comes from Vuthaya Charoenpol (Ann), who is the Country Program Director for the Friends program (Peuan Peuan) in Thailand. Friends works both in Bangkok, and on the Thai/Cambodia...
The BAML Amazing Race Bangkok – ChildSafe Style!
Corporate Social Responsibility is a bit of a ‘buzzword’ at the moment… it is vitally important of course that corporates do take responsibility for the social impact of their initiatives and we at Friends,...
Bangkok, BAML & Beads – Building Futures On The 33rd Floor!
This from Thailand Program Director Ann on sharing Friends program approaches with our corporate sector partners… ‘Empowering communities – how rolling up paperbeads leads to better education for children in squatter communities! 15th May,...
20 Years Ago…
Friends founder Sebastien Marot reflects on the Cambodia of 20 years ago, and his first day there… ‘20 years ago today (April 1st, 1994), I arrived in Cambodia. I had left Paris on a...
Kok Chork Remedial Education Pilot Program In Siem Reap
Our Kaliyan Mith program in Siem Reap is spearheading a pilot program of remedial education support that operates within the Cambodian public school system. Center-based remedial education leading to reintegration into the public school...
A Remork-able Day!
There are currently 2,126 active ChildSafe members in Siem Reap, Cambodia, helping to protect children in the community from all forms of abuse. Many of those members are remork tuk-tuk or motorcycle drivers, and...
