Taking Steps to Better Futures
Under the summer sun, we find Mg Mg* selling bird seed to support his family’s daily needs. A young person with bright eyes and a welcoming smile, he sits by the roadside in the...
An EverydayHero's life / Myanmar / News From Our Programs
by Friends-International · Published March 22, 2023
Under the summer sun, we find Mg Mg* selling bird seed to support his family’s daily needs. A young person with bright eyes and a welcoming smile, he sits by the roadside in the...
An EverydayHero's life / ChildSafe Alliance / Laos - Peuan Mit / News From Our Programs
by Friends-International · Published January 4, 2023
The successful Sports Day recently held at Dong Bung secondary school in Vientiane, Lao PDR,is a culmination of the hard work and dedication of Ngia Xiong and the #everydayheroes of our Peuan Mit team....
An EverydayHero's life / ChildSafe Alliance / Indonesia - Teman Baik / News From Our Programs
by Friends-International · Published January 3, 2023 · Last modified January 4, 2023
A routine outreach to the Karet Tengsin community by our #everydayheroes from Teman Baik introduced them to Mr. Ivan* and his family. Concerned neighbors alerted the Teman Baik team about their concerns for the...
An EverydayHero's life / Thailand - Peuan Peuan
by Friends-International · Published October 25, 2022
Unfortunately we do come across cases in our work of children whose parents were forced to abandon them at a very young age. Three years ago, three-day-old Chai*’s mother left her with a neighbor...
ChildSafe Alliance / ChildSafe Movement / News From Our Programs / Thailand - Peuan Peuan
by Friends-International · Published September 13, 2022
Pattaya, Chonburi Province, Thailand. In a small house lay *Ya Chai, a 12-year old girl who was suffering from severe heart disease. She was having a hard time breathing and all that *Waan, her...
News From Our Programs / Thailand - Peuan Peuan
by Friends-International · Published September 7, 2022
A family was in crisis. The small grocery business which *Phaibun, a 54-year old grandmother of seven (7) had set up with her savings was not making enough to provide for her family’s daily...
The busy Bo Ta Daung Port in Kyauktada Township, Yangon in Myanmar is home to a bright seven (7) year old girl, *May. Everyday she would wake up to the hustle and bustle of...
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...
ChildSafe Alliance / ChildSafe Alliance / ChildSafe Movement / Indonesia - Teman Baik / News From Our Programs
by Friends-International · Published August 18, 2022
Sumirah,* is a clown beggar, wandering the streets of Jakarta, 8- month old baby in her arms, begging commuters for some small change to help her small family. What they may not have seen,...
An EverydayHero's life / ChildSafe Alliance / ChildSafe Movement / Friends-International / News From Our Programs / Thailand - Peuan Peuan
by Friends-International · Published July 27, 2022
Saving lives is a normal every day task for ChildSafe Agent *Phanny. It was normal for her to go into her community in Rongklur Market on the Thai border to check on her neighbors...
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...
An EverydayHero's life / ChildSafe Alliance / ChildSafe Alliance / ChildSafe Movement / Indonesia - Teman Baik / News From Our Programs
by Friends-International · Published February 16, 2022
Mrs. Meta* is very active in her community within the teeming city of Jakarta. Aside from serving as a female community leader, she is also a preschool and Qu’ran studies teacher and an active...
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...
ChildSafe Alliance / ChildSafe Movement / Indonesia - Teman Baik / News From Our Programs
by Friends-International · Published December 7, 2021 · Last modified December 9, 2021
For as long as 11-year old Cicilia* (everyone calls her Lia) can remember it had always been her and her grandmother, Mrs. Yati. She never met her father and her mother left to remarry...
Cambodia - Mith Samlanh and Kaliyan Mith / Conferences and Awards / Friends-International / News From Our Programs / Pushing the Agenda
by Friends-International · Published October 26, 2021
It was our honor to be invited to speak and present to the Cambodian National Committee for Homeless People recently, highlighting our long and good collaboration with MoSVY, the Ministry of Social Affairs.
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