New ChildSafe members in Siem Reap
Kaliyan Mith recently held a ceremony for the newest group of ChildSafe network members in Siem Reap There are now 145 tuk-tuks and 40 hotels and guesthouses who have been certified as ChildSafe are...
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A new award for Friends-International
Friends-International’s Executive Director, Sébastien Marot, has been selected as one of the EastAsia/Southeast Asia regional winners of the 2009 Social Entrepreneur of the Year competition. Sébastien will join the global network of 160 outstanding...
New products now available from Friends@240
The shop ‘Friends@240’ on Street 240, Phnom Penh is open again (after undergoing a serious makeover and expansion) offering new ranges of clothing and funky accessories for both kids and adults. The kids range...
Peuan Mit supporting reintegration of minority groups
Peuan Mit recently reintegrated three boys who had migrated to Thailand and came back to Laos through the official repatriation program last year. The three of them studied at Peuan Mit and all graduated...
A day on the streets in Bangkok
The entire Friends-International team in Bangkok (including the admin team) recently conducted a one-day survey on street children in Bangkok. The survey was to try to find out how many street children there are...
Seb’s Teddy Bear
From: Pierre Cairo, Egypt I’ve now been to Cairo five times to work with FACE Egypt, our local CYTI network partner. We’ve been helping the FACE team for a year now, assisting them to...
Friends-International and SilkAir Launch Partnership in Singapore
Phnom Penh, Cambodia Friends-International and Silk Air recently launched the start of their new partnership in Singapore. As part of its 20th Anniversary celebrations, Silk Air has selected Friends-International as the NGO that they...
SilkAir and Friends Friends-International Work Together to Build Futures for Asian Street Children
SilkAir and Friends-International Work Together to Build Futures for Asian Street Children In conjunction with its 20th anniversary celebrations, SilkAir is proud to announce the adoption of Friends-International, an award-winning Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) which...
Enjoying for a good cause
Friends-International’s creative Cambodian recipe book ‘From Spiders to Water Lilies’ was successfully launched in Germany in December 2008. Featuring exquisitely colorful photographs of Cambodia and its buzzing markets and presenting an impressive variety of...
Friends baking for Friends!
Jessica, a ten year old girl living in California, recently saw What I See When I Close My Eyes when her parents hosted a living room screening of the movie. Jessica was so moved...
