Season’s Greetings from Friends-International
Dear friends of Friends, 2010 was another year of changes and challenges for us all at Friends – we’re 16 years old now, and still as motivated and dynamic in our efforts to help...
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Friends-International is pleased to announce the recent renewal of the Needle and Syringe Program (NSP) license for Mith Samlanh
Friends-International is pleased to announce the recent renewal of the Needle and Syringe Program (NSP) license for Mith Samlanh, making it currently the only organization authorized to provide this service in Cambodia NSP’s have...
Phnom Penh tragedy – Latest update
Dear all, Some fantastic news – Mith Samlanh has found a 10 year old boy who was feared missing after the Koh Pich tragedy. Staff recognised the young boy during a visit to Kantha...
Unexpected juxtapositions – My first week at Friends
A story from Allan, Phnom Penh. At one stage I counted ten young street children injecting heroin in the alley around me. Monks slowly walked by on their morning alms. For a Westerner it...
Phnom Penh tragedy – An update from Friends
Dear friends of Friends, Thank you again for the overwhelming response from all of you. The teams are extremely happy to receive such support! As promised, here is the latest update on the situation...
Stop AIDS, I promise
Yesterday was World AIDS Day. For the event Mith Samlanh organised a performance named Stop AIDS, I promise. The event took place at the Mith Samlanh Training Center near the National Museum. It was...
Phnom Penh tragedy – latest update
Dear all Thank you again for the overwhelming response from all of you: the teams are extremely happy to receive such support! As promised, here is the latest update on the situation after the...
ALTERNATIVE CARE PROJECT: HELP FOR THE SURVIVORS OF KOH PICH
Under its Alternative Care Project (which ensures that at-risk children remain with their families or within a family environment), Friends-International and its partners are intensely involved in identifying children separated from their families and...
Phnom Penh tragedy – An udpate from Friends
Dear friends of Friends Thank you so much for your numerous messages of support. After the tragic stampede, 20 children were missing from the Mith Samlanh centers in Phnom Penh and for 24 hours...
BIG smiles on our faces – Friends TEC’s first international order heads to Europe!
The opening of Friends-International’s Training and Employment Center (TEC) in Phnom Penh in early July 2010 saw major changes in our approach to production. Founded on our experience of setting up workshop based production...
Countdown in Laos
Our last week in Laos was extremely busy as we still had to complete the other half of the dishes. Thanks to the support of our amazing team, we finished all of the dishes...
A FIRST FOR ‘FRIENDS’ IN THAILAND
Friends-International has become the first international NGO in Thailand to sign up to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which brings together the Royal Thai Government and other agencies to address the issue of the...
Picture This
The students at Mith Samlanh continue to win recognition (and prizes! ) for their artistic abilities – three thought-provoking images on the theme of ‘families’ from Chum Panha (13) and Thy Sokunthea (15) were...
An unusual competition…
Last Saturday, The Makphet team was invited to take part in a local competition to create dishes made with insects. The event took place in Vientiane and many restaurants competed. Madame Vone and the...
What do Cambodian elephants eat?
From: Ghislain, Technical Advisor Vocational Training Businesses Phnom Penh, Cambodia This morning I went on outreach with the Mith Samlanh staff and a group of beauty students who volunteered to do manicures and pedicures...
