Laos - Peuan Mit / News From Our Programs / Restaurants and Shops
by Friends-International · Published November 18, 2009 · Last modified April 30, 2014
Friends-International’s training restaurant in Vientiane, Laos has been recognised by the 2009-2010 Miele Guide as one of Asia’s best restaurants. Makphet is run by former street youth and their teachers and specialises in modern...
Pierre and Ghislain try busking to raise much needed funds to cover their food and lodging costs while training local NGO partners in Tegucicalpa, Honduras. Tour details coming soon…
Cambodia - Mith Samlanh and Kaliyan Mith / News From Our Programs
by Friends-International · Published October 26, 2009 · Last modified April 22, 2014
It was a very important day for a group of students at Kaliyan Mith in Siem Reap – their first day of school. Kaliyan Mith (Friends-International’s project in Siem Reap) recently held a ceremony...
From: Maiwenn Phnom Penh, Cambodia Having our products included in the latest edition of Courrier International is another one of the great outcomes of Friends-International and Mith Samlanh’s Home Based Production project. It is...
French magazine Courrier International is making good use of its unsold editions through a partnership with Friends-International. The unsold Courrier International magazines are being made into messenger bags by socially disadvantaged parents, who are...
Most young people dream of being in a movie and for 10 students from Friends-International, their dream has come true. ‘The Twin Diamonds’, is a 45-minute film made by 60 students from six different...
Cambodia - Mith Samlanh and Kaliyan Mith / Events / Friends-International / News From Our Programs / Restaurants and Shops
by Friends-International · Published September 12, 2009 · Last modified April 30, 2014
Friends@240 is a creative and interactive fashion studio for hip clothing and accessories, ready-to-wear and made to measure, made by former street youth in training. The shop recently reopened with a special opening party...
Friends-International / News From Our Programs / Pushing the Agenda
by Friends-International · Published September 10, 2009 · Last modified April 30, 2014
DALIAN/CHINA, 12SEPT09 – •Hilde Schwab (center) , Chairperson and Co-Founder, Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, stands with the winners of the Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award in Asia Sarah Mavrinac (left), Sebastien Marot...
ChildSafe / Indonesia - Teman Baik / News From Our Programs
by Friends-International · Published August 14, 2009
The first 8 Childsafe members to join the ChildSafe Network in Bandah Aceh have been certified. The members are all Bekak drivers, who will now play an active role in protecting children from abuse...
The very first group of street children to be helped by Friends-International in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on August 1, 1994. Fifteen years later, Friends-International continues to provide support to marginalised urban children and youth...
Siem Reap’s first ChildSafe center for travelers is open and available to provide visitors to Siem Reap with information about how they can protect children while traveling around Siem Reap and the...
by Friends-International · Published July 24, 2009 · Last modified April 22, 2014
Formerly known as the Flea Market, Mith Samlanh is launching its new FUN FAIR on Saturday 8th August, at its Center on Street 13 between 8am to 12pm.
News From Our Programs / Restaurants and Shops
by Friends-International · Published July 2, 2009 · Last modified April 22, 2014
Friends-International’s cookbook From Spiders to Water Lilies, Creative Cambodian Cooking with Friends won two awards at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, held in Paris on July 1. The first award was for ‘Best Asian...
Two of the students recently reintegrated into public school in Loas talked to their housemother about school, Peuan Mit and what they want to be when they grow up.
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