2016 – Reviewing A Year With Friends
Dear friends of Friends Please join us in looking back at just a very few of the highlights of twelve months during 2016, saving lives and building futures! JANUARY – ChildSafe is a runner-up...
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Chenda Builds A Future Thanks To Friends
“Some days are so difficult. But when I just don’t think I can survive, I wait by the side of the road. After 10 minutes, I see a Friends Social worker drive past, without fail....
ChildSafe In Chong Kneas Community
We caught up with Laura from our Kaliyan Mith program in Siem Reap, Cambodia, this week to learn more about a ChildSafe event held recently in a local community. ChildSafe community events happen regularly...
Building Futures – A Laos Success Story
We recently talked with Bouavone Boualivong, who is the Luang Prabang Project Coordinator for the Friends-International Laos program Peuan Mit. She recalled the story of one of the many young people she had worked with...
Media Matters
Communication. It’s a vitally important part of what we do, whether ensuring that all our internal channels are functioning well, or that our online and social media presence is accurately reflecting the breadth and...
This Giving Season, Build Futures With Friends!
This year, for our end-of-year annual campaign, we are focusing on inspiring stories of the impact our #everydayheroes make in their work. Our first story comes from hospitality teacher Nina, who is based at...
ChildSafe – A Global Gold Standard In Child Protection
11 years ago Friends-International set up a project that aimed to protect children from all risks and forms of abuse. They gave it a very simple and direct name – ChildSafe. The first steps...
Changes In China – New Friends Group Leaders!
Recently we received an email from supporter Cherrie in Beijing, China. If you recall, she was the leader of the young group of Friends and ChildSafe supporters from the High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China...
International Alternative Care Conference, Geneva
Cambodia, and recognition of the work of 3PC partners there, was very much in the spotlight at the recent International Conference on Alternative Care held in Geneva, Switzerland, at the beginning of the month....
ChildSafe In Siem Reap – Salabai
Salabai Hotel & Restaurant School in Siem Reap, Cambodia have been offering ChildSafe training to their students since 2008, when Ampor (current Director of Friends Kaliyan Mith Program) was the director of the School. They sought...
Renovations & Re-openings In Siem Reap!
We’ve received an update on the recent exciting happenings in the Kaliyan Mith program, Siem Reap, Cambodia, from the FI Technical Coordinator there, Laura. She says – “Our training beauty salon, Phka Kravan, re-opened...
Chom Chao Stories – 2. Sreynuon
Following the recent blog story from Chom Chao, we hear about another very challenging case from our Kaliyan Mith Chom Chao program manager Siheang… ‘When we first came across 20 year old Sreynuon* she...
Chom Chao Stories – 1. Sothearith
What is the day-to-day reality of the work of our field teams really like? What challenges do they face on a daily basis? We all celebrate when one of our students graduates, or parents...
Partnership In Poipet – The Alliance ‘Dream Team’ In Action!
The ChildSafe Alliance team recently went to Poipet on the Cambodia/Thai border in order to support partner NGO Damnok Toek in the opening of a much needed ChildSafe Drop In Center in Mongkol market:...
Congo Hosts Community Of Good Practice
Thanks to the support of ‘Apprentis d’ Auteuil ‘, our head of Partnerships and Technical Support Sebastien Le Mouëllic was recently able to attend a fascinating ‘Community of Good Practice’ seminar in Brazzaville, Congo, held on...
