Together, Building Futures – Vuthy’s Story
What does our tagline ‘Together, Building Futures’ really mean? For the young man in this story, it means many others working alongside him to help him shape a better tomorrow for himself… and his...
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From the outskirts of Phnom Penh to the garbage site of Siem Reap – in the field with Mith Samlanh and Kaliyan Mith
As part of the 3PC Partnership Programme for the Protection of Children, Friends-International works together with nine civil society organizations (CSOs) in five provinces in Cambodia to strengthen child protection systems through capacity building...
Social Enterprise in Cambodia – Building the Future
This Saturday (25th August) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, the second conference on Social Enterprise to be held in the country will take place. It will bring together academics, researchers, practitioners and policy makers from...
Cham Chao – where inner city issues meet the outskirts of the city
In this post James, our Communications Coordinator, goes on a field visit to the Kaliyan Mith Cham Chao project on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, to find out how inner city problems are being...
ChildSafe Hotline Helps In Search For Missing Young Woman
On Thusday 19th July, Mot Srors, an 18 year old woman from Lor village in the Samroung Tong District of Khompong Speu Province, Cambodia went to the Thnal Torteng Market in the District....
18 Years with Friends – Oum Mean.
As Friends turns 18 years old today, we join our longest serving staff members who share their memories of joining and working with us over the years… living examples of the truth behind our...
Sosense Education Matching Campaign
Sosense, a Swiss social enterprise platform, has chosen Friends-International as one of six ‘inspiring organizations’ for its Education matching campaign. This campaign begins Monday, July 16th and will run for two weeks until Friday,...
Sebastien Drops In
A blog post from Friends-International Executive Director and Founder Sebastien Marot, in Phnom Penh. ‘Today I went with Phally (Mith Samlanh’s Program Coordinator) to visit a few of our Drop-In Centers in Phnom Penh...
Pottering about with inky fingers… in Vientiane
Enabling the young people we work with to express their creativity is a crucial part of the work we do in our centers and out in the communities we visit. We love to explore...
Mechanical spare parts and tools donation from our German friends
Mr. Martin Lutter Johann, a good friend of the Director of Industrial DAIMLER TRUCK, Mr. Eckart Seybold, is a great supporter of Friends-International. On June 8th, 2012, a box full of mechanical spare parts...
Street Children, Free Meals, & Lessons Learned.
We’ve been asked many times for our thoughts on ‘soup kitchen’ projects which provide free food to street children. Although often set up with best intentions and supported by people who really want to...
Drop in to Peuan Mit!
One Thursday back in May, Peuan Mit hosted a party for young people from marginalized communities for the first time… but not the last! The mobile school team, who have worked in these communities...
Training, Love & Noodles – all together, building futures!
Young people from very poor communities in Vientiane Capital and Vientiane Province in Laos have very little opportunities to complete their primary education, and most of them do not progress to secondary school. Vocational...
K’s story – from garbage dump scavenger to trained cook.
Ms K lived in a rural area of Vientiane Province with her grandmother and young brother until she was 15. Her parents, very poor farmers, left their children and traveled to Vientiane to earn...
