Led to Better Futures!
In March 2022, brothers *Ag Ag & *Zaw Zaw happened upon Tha Ngae Chin Myar, Friends International Myanmar (FIMM) when they followed a group of children bringing lunch boxes to the program center. Our...
Tagged: child protection
A Family Again
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...
From Recycling to Rebuilding
*Sandar, a 12-year old girl, had been experiencing the hardships of life since a very young age. Her family could barely afford their daily needs. She had to do her part in collecting plastic...
A Family in Recovery
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...
A Champion of Child Protection!
For this story, we will focus on one of our #EverydayHeroes from Indonesia–Mrs. Ms.* A vital member of her community, Mrs. Ms. is a mother, a shopkeeper and – a trained ChildSafe Agent! As...
Ending Exploitation On The City Streets
This next story is from our Thailand team. It highlights the risks of abuse and exploitation many children face on city streets. It also shows how our #everydayheroes, social workers and ChildSafe Agents, work...
ChildSafe Agents – The Right Support At The Right Time
We’re going to put the focus onto some of the recent work of our #everydayheroes in Thailand in these next couple of posts. We’ll show how integration between our teams and ChildSafe Agents helps...
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...
#EverydayHeroes Laos: Saving Lives, Building Futures, Building Happier, Stronger Communities
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....
Friends for Families – Jakarta
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...
#EverydayHeroes, Everyday Challenges
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...
Saving Ya Chai*
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...
A Family in Crisis (BKK)
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...
First Step to Better Futures
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...
Troubled Youth, Back on Track
*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...
