‘Serving Up Futures – Chefs Can Make A Difference!’
In our guest blog today, TREE Alliance Coordinator Gustav Auer talks about his experiences over 14 years of work with Friends… and how if you are a chef who wants to make a difference,...
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‘That Was The Year That Was’ – 2013 In Friends!
As we stand on the cusp of 2014, and the 20th Anniversary of Friends-International, please join us in looking back over the last 12 months of our activities and just some of the...
‘Got Milkshakes?’
From Indonesian Country Program Director Ghislain Morard, a story of how our #everydayheroes there are helping families to build better futures. ‘We first met Ibu Ani* about eight months ago when she was begging...
Who Are The #everydayheroes ?
It’s simple really. They are the women and men who work around the clock every day delivering over 1.6 million services each year to the children, young people, families and communities Friends works with....
Friends ‘N’ Stuff Comes To Bangkok!
Friday was an incredibly exciting, emotional and exhausting day for the Friends program in Thailand, as the brand new ‘Friends ‘N’ Stuff’ shop opened its doors for the very first time in a grand...
The Milk Of Human Kindness?? The Siem Reap Baby Milk Scam.
We have noted the continued concern from members of the expat community in Siem Reap, Cambodia, about a ‘Milk Scam’ run by some beggars in the city center. Instead of asking for money they...
Floods Claim Lives And Livelihoods In Phnom Penh And Across Cambodia
Flooding in Cambodia has claimed almost 30 lives to date in 2013. Over half of those victims are children – recently two young children drowned in the capital city Phnom Penh. Many families, who...
Help Us Win The Skoll Challenge!
The Skoll Entrepreneurship Challenge is a major online fundraising event, launching on September 30th . It will run for eight weeks, and 57 organizations, including Friends, will take part in this global challenge which...
CYTI To City – An Eventful Journey !
CYTI Coordinator Sebastien Le Mouëllic updates us on the new CYTI staff member and her eventful journey to HQ… ‘Our new Egyptian colleague, Jeannette Fawzy (who will be representing our CYTI Alliance in Egypt)...
Japanese Youth Goodwill Mission Makes Friends with Friends!
In the past few weeks our HQ in Phnom Penh has hosted several visits from Japanese University study groups and rights-based organizations, fostering not only greater understanding of our work but alongside that the...
Ms.Forbes Facilitates Fun With Friends In Siem Reap!
This post comes from our Kaliyan Mith team in Siem Reap, who have been participating in workshops run by Laura Forbes, a musician, actress and facilitator from the UK. Laura spent some time working...
Praise For Peuan Mit In Vientiane Meeting
A report from our Friends program in Lao PDR, Peuan Mit, on a big day in Vientiane… ‘Today Peuan Mit had its annual Advisory Committee (AdCom) Meeting with participants including it’s ministry counterpart, the...
Short Term Foster Care Training in Siem Reap
This month saw the start of monthly training sessions for the Kaliyan Mith (KM) team of 10 short-term foster carers. The short-term foster care project places babies and children aged under 3 with foster...
‘Mission in Manila’! CYTI and ChildSafe promoting partnership and child protection.
This update comes from our dynamic duo of Sebastien Le Mouellec (CYTI Alliance) and Khemreth Vann (Tito from ChildSafe), who are currently swimming around Manila in the Philippines supporting partners there and creating new...
Drug Training In Thailand
From Ann (Vuthaya Charoenpol), our Country Program Director for Friends Thailand, comes news of some essential work undertaken recently by Peuan Peuan alongside several local NGO’s. ‘Last Thursday and Friday, Friends Thailand...
