Olympic Gold for our Siem Reap Team!
As the UK celebrated the first anniversary of the 2012 Olympics last month, in Siem Reap Cambodia another Olympic event was taking place – read all about it here, in this piece from our...
Category: An EverydayHero’s life
CYTI goes to Egypt… and nearly doesn’t get back!
CYTI Alliance monitoring and support visits are often much more interesting (and challenging!) than staff may anticipate. Get the lowdown on a recent CYTI Alliance trip to Cairo in Egypt from the pen of...
Focusing On Young Women’s Health in Lao PDR
This week the Friends Laos Peuan Mit team (with support from the Laotian Ministry of Health) organized and facilitated a focus group discussion at the Drop In Center in Vientiane among out-of school girl...
Little smiles from the field… Friends Thailand, Peuan Peuan
Two lighthearted stories from the field about commitment and finding your way. By Peuan Peuan Country Program Director, Ann. Rean Reoun – Above and beyond the call of duty. Rean has been working with us...
Muddy roads, rice farms and wooden bridges – a journey to Latkhouay
Last week Kristi, a Technical Advisor with Peuan Mit, traveled to Latkhouay, a community our teams have recently begun working with. On this day the team met with 15 families. A story from the field...
The positive effect of vocational training and family reintegration.
An uplifting story highlighting the positive effect of vocational training and family reintegration. A story from the field by our Kaliyan Mith team in Siem Reap. Vary was 16 years old and living on...
‘Shifting Impressions… Work And The City’
Another glimpse into life in Phnom Penh and the work of Friends-International from our Communications volunteers, Kesh and Thea, reflecting on their first few weeks here and offering sage advice on keeping your wits...
A Trip To The Palace
What happens when the Mith Samlanh students have a Grand Day Out (or more a Very Hot Morning) at the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh? Let Kesh and Thea, our communications volunteers, tell you...
Orientation 2… Drug Outreach
We knew when we were offered big black boots that the most intense day of our orientation was ahead of us. Having exchanged our flimsy soled plimsoles, we hopped on the back of motorbikes...
Orientation – Day One
Second post from our two young British Communications volunteers, Kesh and Thea. It’s time for them to find about the field work that our programs undertake… ‘ “Hey Friend!”, “You want to be my...
‘Second trade fair of Friends ‘N’ Stuff in Bangkok…our Stuff is reaching a bigger crowd!’
A guest post by Ann (Vuthaya Charoenpol), our Country Program Director for Friends Thailand (Peuan Peuan) on last week’s successful fair held in Bangkok which showcased our products and the story behind them. ‘I...
First Impressions…
We have two young volunteers from the UK with us at the moment who are working with our communications team and will be blogging about their experiences of Friends and Cambodia in the coming...
Phon’s story – from drugs and rubbish tips, to a real future…
Last week we heard from Phanith, social worker at the Green House detoxification and rehabilitation center for drug using youth, in Phnom Penh. He told us about a typical day at the center, where...
