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...
Category: Cambodia – Mith Samlanh and Kaliyan Mith
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...
A Day In The Life – Green House Social Worker
In this edition of ‘A Day In The Life’ we are introduced to Phanith, social worker at the Green House Detoxification and Rehabilitation Center in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Green House is an important step...
Andong Fathers On The Big Screen(s)!
Andong community on the outskirts of Phnom Penh is now a hive of Home Based Production activity,and a great place to illustrate that as well as female caregivers, male caregivers can be actively involved...
Family Matters!
On International Families Day, one Cambodian mother recalls how the Mith Samlanh program supported her to keep her family together… ‘My husband died leaving me with six children, so I moved to Phnom Penh...
Graduation Day!
Menghourng Ngo reports on the excitement and achievement of the Mith Samlanh graduation ceremony held last week in Phnom Penh. ‘On Friday last week, Mith Samlanh held a graduation ceremony for its students at...
‘Foster Care Project, Siem Reap – Baby V’s story’
James Farley, our Social Work Technical Advisor has shared this case study with us about a good outcome for an abandoned baby thanks to our Kaliyan Mith Short Term Foster Care Project in Siem...
Live and kicking at Mith Samlanh!
Mith Samlanh this week hosted a huge football sports competition among its students at Club Friends to entertain and inspire the students and to boost football as a sports activity that many can join...
A cut above – the former glue user’s story.
One hand holds the customer’s hair, the other moves deftly with scissors, as former glue user Srey Phear*, 20, concentrates happily on the new hair style she is creating for her customer. She is...
On The Ball in Siem Reap!
Sport is a great way to build confidence in marginalized young people. This half-time report on the mixed fortunes of our Kaliyan Mith youth football teams in Siem Reap from our man on the...
A taste of technology for Mith Samlanh students, courtesy EZECOM.
In this technological era, the Internet plays a crucial role for everyone in information seeking, information transfer, global connection, the workplace and communication. Being aware of the importance of internet access, we are...
Selecting Parent Representatives for Mith Samlanh
(This post from our new Cambodia Communications Officer, Menghourng Ngo) Last Friday morning at Club Friends Mith Samlanh hosted the Parent Representatives Selection which aims to find excellent and talented messengers to transfer information...
‘Breaking The Cycles, Building A Future…’
Marissa Carruthers is a journalist from the UK who is currently writing a series of articles about Friends-International. We are delighted that she has contributed this guest blog post to us, giving her personal...
Yoga for beginners! The Chom Chao Emotional Support Group Day Trip…
Joanna Das, our Monitoring and Evaluation Support Officer, writes about a recent trip that proved to be a novel experience for some of the family members we work with in the outer area of...
London Calling…
…to the faraway towns… and the urban centers of South East Asia where Friends primarily work are indeed very far away from London. However, Wednesday 21st November will see a unique one-day exhibition taking...
