Mom means Business
Mothers overall are already heroes to families all over the world. It is the ultimate superwoman job, from balancing taking care of little humans, to tasks to be done around the house and now,...
News From Our Programs / Thailand - Peuan Peuan
by Friends-International · Published June 1, 2021 · Last modified September 16, 2021
Mothers overall are already heroes to families all over the world. It is the ultimate superwoman job, from balancing taking care of little humans, to tasks to be done around the house and now,...
An EverydayHero's life / Laos - Peuan Mit / News From Our Programs
by Friends-International · Published May 6, 2021 · Last modified September 16, 2021
Nakhao Village, Vientiane, Laos–Ms. Pheng, aged 55, a single mother of six children and a grandmother of four, has known Peuan Mit (Friends International Laos) for over six years. Her job is collecting plastics...
ChildSafe Alliance / ChildSafe Alliance / ChildSafe Movement / News From Our Programs / Thailand - Peuan Peuan
by Friends-International · Published April 21, 2021 · Last modified September 16, 2021
Migration happens when people go in search of opportunities to live better lives. These are opportunities they feel do not exist where they currently live. Individuals, and sometimes entire families migrate, and often this...
ChildSafe Alliance / ChildSafe Movement / Friends-International / News From Our Programs / Thailand - Peuan Peuan
by Friends-International · Published March 17, 2021 · Last modified September 16, 2021
Peuan Peuan (Friends-International Thailand) and Futures Bangkok teamed up with local NGO ‘Ethnic People Development Foundation’ to support two teenagers, *Pi Chan & *Pi Na (not related) in re-building their futures. Pi Chan &...
An EverydayHero's life / Thailand - Peuan Peuan
by Friends-International · Published February 8, 2021 · Last modified February 11, 2021
In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic our #EverydayHeroes are taking action. Samut Prakarn Province, Thailand–Srey Pich*, is using all her capacity to support people at risk in her community. Srey Pich* migrated from...
by Friends-International · Published February 3, 2021 · Last modified February 4, 2021
A brief look at a recent report highlighting our range of responses to the COVID-19 global pandemic. (download the full report here) A Year of Global Pandemic Challenges 2020 was an extremely challenging year...
An EverydayHero's life / Laos - Peuan Mit / News From Our Programs
by Friends-International · Published January 27, 2021
Excellent and much-needed volunteer action from the #everydayheroes of the Lao PDR Peuan Mit team!
Friends-International Futures project works to build futures through access to employment. It also helps by creating opportunities to support people who are seeking to build their futures through small business start up. In Sok’s...
by Friends-International · Published October 27, 2020 · Last modified October 28, 2020
FUTURES for all We cross into Lao PDR for this final story from our FUTURES Employment Projects on the impact of COVID-19 on lives, and plans… A Violent Background Growing up in a violent...
Unlocking Opportunities In Part Two of this look at how the Futures team builds futures in the time of COVID-19, the focus falls on two young women, and the challenges they faced in finding...
by Friends-International · Published October 21, 2020 · Last modified October 27, 2020
Part One In Cambodia in 2016 Friends-International (FI) launched a specialized employment project named Futures alongside their ChildSafe Alliance partner M’lop Tapang. Futures provides employment support, including access to job and training opportunities, hard...
Cambodia - Mith Samlanh and Kaliyan Mith / News From Our Programs
by Friends-International · Published September 15, 2020
Schools are gradually reopening in the Kingdom of Wonder, following strict Standard Operating Procedures defined by the Government aimed at welcoming children in a COVID-19 safe environment. However, not all children have the chance...
#everydayheroes Taking Action In this post we put the focus on our work to date in combating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. From the COVID task force and administration teams behind the scenes...
by Friends-International · Published July 27, 2020 · Last modified July 28, 2020
In 2019, Friends-International programs delivered over 2 million life-saving services to children, youth and families at risk. However, 2020 has added a major risk factor to the many we already address – the global...
Across Southeast Asia and in Cambodia specifically, many children are separated from their families. Causes are multiple: poverty, marital instability, social stigma… Most parents who abandon their children are feeling helpless and unable to...
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