Election Fever In Phnom Penh!
A report from our Communications volunteers, Kesh and Thea on an event held in Club Friends which is part of the EU funded project supporting youth participation. ‘While the national election campaign was just...
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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...
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...
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...
Happy Birthday M’Lop Tapang!
Saturday 1st June 2013 was a very exciting and important day in Cambodia. Not only did International Children’s Day fall on that date, but it was also the day that our long-standing partner organization,...
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...
Blue Jeans and Cool Beads!
Today a team from Levi Strauss & Co., who are corporate supporters of Friends-International, arrived at our Phnom Penh headquarters on a mission. That mission? To find out more about Friends, the work we...
A Week Of Sharing (and more!) At Friends
This week has seen Friends Board Members, Program Directors, International Coordinators, managers and staff from across the world gathering together in Phnom Penh at the FI HQ building for our annual sharing meeting. This...
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...
