2025, A Year At Friends
As we move into 2026, let’s look back at just a few of the highlights of 2025, from the exciting to the challenging, at Friends-International. In January, we looked at how our FI programs...
Category: News From Our Programs
Building Futures (and hope) Through Skills Training
A positive outlook after troubled times in this story from Cambodia… Despite the welcome ceasefire, border tensions continue to affect communities across Cambodia. Many families (estimated at 500K persons) have left their homes for...
Futures For Families – A Second Chance
Futures For Families – how determination helped Ardi build a better future for himself, and his family.
Futures For Families – A Grandmother’s Dream
Keeping A Dream Alive Takmao town lies on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. There, a 68-year-old grandmother has become the steady center of a family shaped by hardship. With her...
Market Stalls to School Desks: Rina’s Journey Back to School
At just 13 years old, Rina* has already carried responsibilities far beyond her years. As the eldest of four, she grew up in a family facing deep financial hardship. By the time she reached...
Looking Out For Families
As the ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia continues to hold, we look at some very positive actions taken by the Thai government and NGO’s to protect vulnerable migrants during this crisis. Our Friends Thailand...
Sunee’s Journey!
Meet Sunee28-year-old mum Sunee* lives in the Klongtoei community of Bangkok with her three young children, ages eight, seven, and four. All of her kids attended school. Her husband unfortunately did not help with...
Bridging Worlds: A Volunteer’s Perspective – Part Two
In this concluding part, our volunteer Clara reflects upon the importance of solidarity and trust between the FI teams and those they are working with. Trusting In Change ‘However, through this day we’re really...
Bridging Worlds: A Volunteer’s Perspective – Part One
As an important part of their orientation, all volunteers with us spend time ‘on the field’, with the teams, to better understand their role in supporting our work. This is a carefully controlled exercise,...
Migrants, Mediation and Medicines
How the cross-border collaboration of our programs helps illegal migrants who are facing issues as they try to support themselves and their children and families back home.
2024, The Year We Turned 30!
2024, the thirtieth year of Friends-International, is drawing to a close. Let’s spend just a little time scratching the surface of the incredible activities of our #everydayheroes over the past twelve months! Our year...
Canada Ensures Salon Successes
A cornerstone of Building Futures During its 30 Years of existence, training for employment has been a cornerstone of the ‘Building Futures’ work at Friends-International. Our vocational training has always developed with market needs...
Pregnant in Pattaya
A young mum in distress, an abandoned newborn child… read how Friends Thailand Pattaya team supported a good outcome for this bad situation.
Phalla in Pattaya (but mostly Bangkok!)
Mith Samlanh’s Saving Lives Coordinator Phalla participating in an important panel and event in Thailand.
