Phalla in Pattaya (but mostly Bangkok!)
Mith Samlanh’s Saving Lives Coordinator Phalla participating in an important panel and event in Thailand.
Category: Conferences and Awards
FI At Peer2Peer
#everydayheroes from our management and program teams were out in force in Manila, Philippines recently for an extensive series of workshops organized by Asian Development Bank (ADB) under the banner ‘ADB Peer2Peer Learning Event’....
Partners in Building Futures
It was our honor to be invited to speak and present to the Cambodian National Committee for Homeless People recently, highlighting our long and good collaboration with MoSVY, the Ministry of Social Affairs.
At The Summit Of Social Gastronomy!
This fascinating and exciting update on TREE Alliance at Gastromotiva 2018 comes via Anton Ventslav, TREE Chef Coordinator, based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. “TREE Alliance was among those invited to the 2nd ever Social Gastronomy Summit, ‘Gastromotiva...
Friends Thailand, Youth Protecting Youth!
We are very happy to share this exciting event that Peuan Peuan, the Friends Thailand program, recently participated in. We got the full story from Chanthana Le Mouellic, who is the Peuan Peuan Child Protection...
G2G Addressing Migrant Issues
We recently highlighted the daily struggle to maintain effective services for those deported persons (many illegal migrants) who are streaming across from Thailand to Cambodia over the Aranyaprathet/Poipet border crossing. Up to 4000 per...
ChildSafe – A Global Gold Standard In Child Protection
11 years ago Friends-International set up a project that aimed to protect children from all risks and forms of abuse. They gave it a very simple and direct name – ChildSafe. The first steps...
Congo Hosts Community Of Good Practice
Thanks to the support of ‘Apprentis d’ Auteuil ‘, our head of Partnerships and Technical Support Sebastien Le Mouëllic was recently able to attend a fascinating ‘Community of Good Practice’ seminar in Brazzaville, Congo, held on...
Laos Program Success Continues
The Peuan Mit program of Friends-International was launched back in 2004. It is a collaboration with the Lao PDR Ministry of Social Welfare, and it provides a comprehensive range of services to children, youth and their families...
Friends-International 3PC Program Review & Looking To The Future!
On February 12th 2015 representatives from the Cambodian Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation (MoSVY) met with partner NGO’s from the Friends-International (FI) initiative 3PC (Partnership Program for the Protection of Children...
Mith Samlanh Students Present #ENDviolence Campaign In Phnom Penh
Last week saw UNICEF Cambodia and the Royal Government of Cambodia launch a report on the findings of a 2013 survey on violence against children in tandem with a campaign, #ENDviolence , to raise...
FACE and Friends – Partners in Building Futures!
We at Friends were over the moon recently at the news that one of our CYTI partners in Egypt, FACE, who operate in Cairo, had won a prestigious award – the WISE Award 2014...
Together, Protecting Children!
Friends-International’s ChildSafe Network is absolutely delighted to have been awarded ‘Highly Commended’ in the field of Child Protection in this week’s Responsible Tourism Awards, held at the World Travel Market in London. We are...
Praise For Peuan Mit In Vientiane Meeting
A report from our Friends program in Lao PDR, Peuan Mit, on a big day in Vientiane… ‘Today Peuan Mit had its annual Advisory Committee (AdCom) Meeting with participants including it’s ministry counterpart, the...
A Week Of Sharing (and more!) At Friends
This week has seen Friends Board Members, Program Directors, International Coordinators, managers and staff from across the world gathering together in Phnom Penh at the FI HQ building for our annual sharing meeting. This...
