Futures At The Fair!
A Big Event The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) organized a Youth Future Fair, which drew over 1000 students and youth from local universities and NGOs to the Royal University of Phnom Penh in...
Exhibitions / Friends-International / News From Our Programs
by Friends-International · Published October 24, 2023 · Last modified October 25, 2023
A Big Event The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) organized a Youth Future Fair, which drew over 1000 students and youth from local universities and NGOs to the Royal University of Phnom Penh in...
Cambodia - Mith Samlanh and Kaliyan Mith / News From Our Programs
by Friends-International · Published August 22, 2023
Phnom Penh, Cambodia – Rushed to the hospital for emergency care, 14 year old *Kimly’s life was on the line after going through repeated physical abuse by her stepmother. Her life was saved by...
Cambodia - Mith Samlanh and Kaliyan Mith / Futures Factory / News From Our Programs
by Friends-International · Published August 8, 2023
The story of our young chef starts when he met one of our #everydayheroes (Mith Samlanh Staff) at a pagoda in 2004. Young as he was, he knew one thing, he loved food and...
Cambodia - Mith Samlanh and Kaliyan Mith / Friends-International / News From Our Programs
by Friends-International · Published August 1, 2023
In 2019, when Tom was nine years old he and his four siblings could not go to school because they had to take care of each other. Their parents were not capable of raising...
Cambodia - Mith Samlanh and Kaliyan Mith / Friends-International / News From Our Programs
by Friends-International · Published July 27, 2023
As a young teenage lad, Jerry* was considered rebellious. He dropped out of school against his parents’ wishes and started spending more time outside with his friends. His parents were worried about him because...
Fascinated by the beauty of gems and jewelry, Vanna started collecting jewelry as soon as she was earning her own money. She shared her love for them by gifting friends and family. Her job...
An EverydayHero's life / Cambodia - Mith Samlanh and Kaliyan Mith / ChildSafe / ChildSafe Alliance / ChildSafe Alliance / ChildSafe Movement / News From Our Programs
by Friends-International · Published August 25, 2022
*Dara, only 12 years old, has earned a bad reputation in his community. People say things like ‘the boy is up to no good and a persistent problem for his family. He steals when...
Cambodia - Mith Samlanh and Kaliyan Mith / ChildSafe Alliance / ChildSafe Alliance / ChildSafe Movement / Friends-International / News From Our Programs
by Friends-International · Published July 6, 2022
Just two years ago *Sreyoun and her family were living on the Phnom Penh streets by a pagoda. They were homeless and her parents earned barely enough from scavenging to feed their family of...
Friends-International / Indonesia - Teman Baik / News From Our Programs
by Friends-International · Published June 17, 2022
The future is not as dark as the brew Ixora makes every day in the coffee shop where she makes a stable income to support herself and her grandmother. Things were not always this...
Cambodia - Mith Samlanh and Kaliyan Mith / ChildSafe Alliance / ChildSafe Alliance / News From Our Programs
by Friends-International · Published March 16, 2022
The Angkor Hospital for Children (AHC) is a long-standing ChildSafe Alliance/3PC partner organization. They are based in Siem Reap province, Cambodia. The Friends-International Kaliyan Mith Siem Reap (KMSR) program, also partners in 3PC and...
Cambodia - Mith Samlanh and Kaliyan Mith / Friends-International / News From Our Programs
by Friends-International · Published January 26, 2022
Back On The Streets Like many across the world, people in Siem Reap, Cambodia have faced difficult times recently. Months of uncertainty, restrictions, school closures, curfews and severe negative economic impacts. However, things are...
An EverydayHero's life / Cambodia - Mith Samlanh and Kaliyan Mith / Friends-International / News From Our Programs
by Friends-International · Published October 4, 2021
Closing GreenHouse Doors Mith Samlanh (MS) closed GreenHouse (Drugs Rehabilitation Center) in April 2020. The closure, due to the wider impact of COVID, had a considerable impact upon the organization. It meant that everyone...
Cambodia - Mith Samlanh and Kaliyan Mith / Friends-International / News From Our Programs
by Friends-International · Published September 6, 2021 · Last modified September 16, 2021
Reaching Out Delivering emergency food support during COVID lockdowns has enabled our #everydayheroes access to many people who have a range of needs that often go beyond simply food security. Through outreach or at...
Cambodia - Mith Samlanh and Kaliyan Mith / Friends-International / Futures Factory / News From Our Programs
by Friends-International · Published September 2, 2021 · Last modified September 16, 2021
COVID-19 has knocked down *Rachana’s dream of owning a small business–this promising young Cambodian woman moved to Phnom Penh to further her education after high school but was soon met with a huge roadblock...
Cambodia - Mith Samlanh and Kaliyan Mith / Friends-International / News From Our Programs
by Friends-International · Published August 3, 2021 · Last modified August 4, 2021
For as long as he can remember, *Huan loved making food. Whether it was making it with his mom or trying new dishes with his family, he enjoyed it. He relished all those times...
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