Muddy Tuk-Tuk ride in Poipet
In May this year the Friends-International board visited the field in Poipet, Cambodia/Thailand border. Filmed on the Cambodian side after a heavy downpour. You can view many more videos on our YouTube page here.
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Together, UNITED for children!
Manchester United footballing legend Bryan Robson paid a visit to our Peuan Peuan Thailand program activities in Bangkok earlier this month, writes Vuthaya Charoenpol, our country program director for Thailand. Robson, along with Man...
Renewed Project brings further hope for street children
This is an article from the Vientiane Times about a meeting to recognize the completion of the three-year Memorandum of Understanding (March 2008 to March 2011) between Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare and...
News from the programs
We at Friends-International are delighted to announce that a new country program director (CPD) has been appointed recently to the Peuan Peuan (Thailand) program. Vuthaya Charoenpol (better known to us as Ann) has taken...
We’re thinking of you Japan
To all our friends in Japan, We at Friends-International are shocked and saddened at the terrible natural disaster which has occurred and the subsequent loss of life, homes and possible risk of nuclear contamination...
Friends on Wheels
Mith Samlanh was buzzing even more than usual this week, as everyone eagerly anticipated the arrival of our ‘Friends on Wheels’, Aziza Horsham and Jorma Bosch. Aziza and Jorma, who are from the Netherlands,...
Siem Reap dump-site project
I have recently returned from a quick trip to Siem Reap and our project on the dump site in the city. With the support of SK Dreams and Hina Foundation, the project is now...
International School of Phnom Penh (ISPP) International Day
Last week five students from the secondary school at ISPP in Phnom Penh went out onto the streets of Phnom Penh to see for themselves the work the ChildSafe Network does in protecting children...
Idol Gives Back
Well, it’s a new year. Phew! They seem to pass by so quickly. Everyone at Friends is hard at work supporting our programs, producing our new Makphet Laos cookbook and international product catalogue, planning...
Unexpected juxtapositions – My first week at Friends
A story from Allan, Phnom Penh. At one stage I counted ten young street children injecting heroin in the alley around me. Monks slowly walked by on their morning alms. For a Westerner it...
BIG smiles on our faces – Friends TEC’s first international order heads to Europe!
The opening of Friends-International’s Training and Employment Center (TEC) in Phnom Penh in early July 2010 saw major changes in our approach to production. Founded on our experience of setting up workshop based production...
A FIRST FOR ‘FRIENDS’ IN THAILAND
Friends-International has become the first international NGO in Thailand to sign up to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which brings together the Royal Thai Government and other agencies to address the issue of the...
Friends Building “No Future”
From: Sebastien Banda Aceh, Indonesia Tamo and I arrived in Aceh and went straight to the office to meet the team. The first thing we saw was our Mobile Center: it is entirely tagged...
My first day (and only free lunch) at Friends
A story from Pierre, CYTI Alliance Coordinator Once upon a time in Phnom Penh, in the Kingdom of Cambodia, a young French guy (that’s me), came to work as a volunteer with Mith Samlanh....
It’s pARTy time at Romdeng
Friends-International will be celebrating its 15 year anniversary with a special exhibition of children’s art and a cocktail party at Romdeng in Phnom Penh. The exhibition will feature a selection of wonderful artworks by...
