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...
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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...
Happy Anniversary Friends!
Friends-International celebrated its 15th anniversary on April 2nd at the Mith Samlanh Center in Phnom Penh, Cambodia with a very special day for children, students, families and staff. There was plenty of games and...
Celebrating Diversity
International urban artists Samapeap Tarr – Peap (from NZ), Bibi Chun and They (both from Malaysia), recently brought their artistic talents to the streets of Phnom Penh, Cambodia with various events and workshops. One...
We might be different, but we can still play together
A group of students from Mith Samlanh have been working with International School of Phnom Penh’s (ISPP) Grade 2/3 class over the past few months to explore how children’s rights are being met in...
Celebrating International Women’s Day
To mark the occasion of International Women’s Day, a group of mothers from the Friends-International’s Home Based Production project in Phnom Penh made a trip to Kompong Som, on the coast of Cambodia. It...
Kaliyan Mith in Siem Reap street parade this weekend!
The Giant Puppet Parade takes place this Saturday 27 February, and students from Kaliyan Mith will again take part in this exciting and colourful parade. If you are in Siem Reap, don’t miss it!...
Friends-International on TV
Friends-International features in an Episode of BBC World’s ‘Alvin’s Guide to Good Business’ on Saturday 20 March 2010. The broadcast times (all GMT times) are: Sat 20/03/2010 – 02:30, 08:30 Sun 21/03/2010 – 14:30,...
Peuan Mit expands services at the Songsama Center in Vientiane
Friends-International has recently formalized its activities in the Songsama Rehabilitation Center in Vientiane, Laos. Working in collaboration with the government, the Peuan Mit team will provide support to young people recovering from drug use...
M’lop Krousar movie night
The team at the M’lop Krousar center in Phnom Penh hosted its first event on the 24th of January for children and youth from the nearby community. Around 200 children and youth came along...
