Update – Flooding in Siem Reap
Ampor, our program director in Siem Reap, has given us this update on the floods there. “In Siem Reap the river has overflowed for the 4th consecutive time since 9th October. The level of...
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Visiting Flooded Communities Along The Tonle Sap River
Lucie, our Mith Samlanh Advisor, visits flooded communities along the Tonle Sap River with outreach worker Phalla. Many families along the Tonle Sap have lost valuable items and have been forced to move from...
Siem Reap – flood crisis eases, leaving sadness in its wake.
Many of the flood waters in Siem Reap and elsewhere have now receded, although two thirds of the communities we work in are still facing high levels of water. Our Kaliyan Mith teams have...
Earth String Band at Mith Samlanh
Need a smile? Then watch this – the Mith Samlanh center was chock full of funky bluegrass chickens when the Earth String Band passed through the other week, courtesy of the good folks at...
Siem Reap Floods – Kaliyan Mith Program Director Ampor Updates Us
Ampor Sam-Oeun is the program director of Friend’s program Kaliyan Mith in Siem Reap. As the situation with flooding there worsens, she has sent us an e-mail to update us. You can read some...
Siem Reap flooding crisis – an update from Friends-International
An overnight decrease in the general water levels has eased the crisis for many in Siem Reap – however, we are still very concerned about the situation in the three most affected communities, Wat...
Saturday with Sam & Dee
Colorful cartoon characters Sam & Dee watched on as children enjoyed the fun-filled morning last Saturday at Cafe Mith Samlanh. There were masses of games and activities to choose from including bowling, fun fishing,...
Skateistan at Mith Samlanh
Our Mith Samlanh kids are never bored, but every Tuesday and Thursday from now on, they will certainly be ‘board’ (groan)! Skateistan, an amazing Afghanistan NGO who bring skateboarding skills to marginalized children across...
Coloring Book launches at Mith Samlanh Fun Fair!
‘Cambodia’s colorful culture’ is the theme of this Saturday’s Mith Samlanh Fun Fair, and to add to the celebrations the latest Friends-International publication is launched on the very same day! The ‘art15 Friends coloring...
COLORFUL FUN FAIR @ MITH SAMLANH – SEPTEMBER, SAT 3RD, 9AM – 2PM
‘Entry Free! (for you – and me!) Culture and colors and things to see, truly Cambodian drinks and snacks, some brand new games (and old faves come back!) Stalls with bargains, new and old...
Friends-International MOU Signing Ceremony
On August 18, 2011 the Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation (MoSAVY), renewed its memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Friends-International, allowing us to work in Cambodia for the next three years. In...
Best Friends
Dear Friends International, During the first six months of 2005, we traveled by bicycle through Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and China. During the trip we came to value the amazing friendship of the people in...
A Day In The Life – Outreach Project Manager at Mith Samlanh
In this edition of ‘A Day In The Life’ we are introduced to Phalla, outreach project manager at Mith Samlanh. My name is Phalla and I am the Outreach Project Manager at Mith Samlanh....
UNICEF and Friends-International Child Protection Collaboration Program
UNICEF and Friends-International recently stepped into a partnership to develop an innovative Child Protection program involving a number of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) throughout five provinces in Cambodia where children are exposed to numerous...
