Troubled Youth, Back on Track
*Dara, only 12 years old, has earned a bad reputation in his community. People say things like ‘the boy is up to no good and a persistent problem for his family. He steals when...
An EverydayHero's life / Cambodia - Mith Samlanh and Kaliyan Mith / ChildSafe / ChildSafe Alliance / ChildSafe Alliance / ChildSafe Movement / News From Our Programs
by Friends-International · Published August 25, 2022
*Dara, only 12 years old, has earned a bad reputation in his community. People say things like ‘the boy is up to no good and a persistent problem for his family. He steals when...
Cambodia - Mith Samlanh and Kaliyan Mith / Friends-International / News From Our Programs
by Friends-International · Published January 26, 2022
Back On The Streets Like many across the world, people in Siem Reap, Cambodia have faced difficult times recently. Months of uncertainty, restrictions, school closures, curfews and severe negative economic impacts. However, things are...
Cambodia - Mith Samlanh and Kaliyan Mith / News From Our Programs
by Friends-International · Published September 17, 2021
Sonny and his wife Nary have four children. All the children attend local public schools. They also live with Sonny’s parents in Siem Reap, Cambodia. With so many people to support, and with Sonny’s...
Cambodia - Mith Samlanh and Kaliyan Mith / Friends-International / News From Our Programs
by Friends-International · Published September 8, 2021
One Siem Reap family who are receiving Friends support to adapt to changing situations during the pandemic.
No choice but to go? Human beings have always migrated. Conflict, natural disaster, even politics play a role in forcing people to move, and often they have no choice but to do so. However,...
3PC / ChildSafe / ChildSafe Movement / Friends-International / News From Our Programs / Pushing the Agenda
by Friends-International · Published November 8, 2018
In Cambodia, Friends-International has worked closely with the Government, other agencies and partnerships such as 3PC, for over ten years now in ending the plight of the thousands of children who have been unnecessarily...
Cambodia - Mith Samlanh and Kaliyan Mith / Friends-International / News From Our Programs
by Friends-International · Published October 21, 2018 · Last modified February 21, 2019
A child’s right to education is the centerpiece of this story from one of our Cambodia programs. Chenda* is ten years old and lives with her grandmother and sister in a simple house constructed of zinc...
Cambodia - Mith Samlanh and Kaliyan Mith / News From Our Programs / Restaurants and Shops / TREE Alliance
by Friends-International · Published June 11, 2018 · Last modified June 26, 2018
Business is very much a part of the work undertaken by Friends-International programs. As a social enterprise, we ensure hands on experience for our young trainees in real business environments, enabling them to better move...
Cambodia - Mith Samlanh and Kaliyan Mith / Events / Friends-International / Kid's events / News From Our Programs
by Friends-International · Published October 23, 2017
School reintegration is one of the most important education-based functions that Friends-International programs perform. Ensuring that children can access their right to education, and can be supported to stay in school is of vital...
Cambodia - Mith Samlanh and Kaliyan Mith / ChildSafe / News From Our Programs / Pushing the Agenda
by Friends-International · Published September 1, 2017 · Last modified August 31, 2017
Suzy from our Siem Reap program in Cambodia sets the scene before a reflection from our recent intern there, Sophia Sun. “This summer, we were very lucky and happy to have Sophea Sun, a...
Cambodia - Mith Samlanh and Kaliyan Mith / Events / Kid's events / News From Our Programs
by Friends-International · Published May 10, 2017
Community events play a vital part in reaching out to what are often difficult to reach groups of people with important education and prevention messages. Last week an outreach team from our Cambodian Kaliyan Mith ChildSafe program...
ChildSafe Alliance / ChildSafe Alliance / Conferences and Awards / CYTI Alliance and Our Partners / News From Our Programs / Pushing the Agenda
by Friends-International · Published May 3, 2017
We recently highlighted the daily struggle to maintain effective services for those deported persons (many illegal migrants) who are streaming across from Thailand to Cambodia over the Aranyaprathet/Poipet border crossing. Up to 4000 per...
Cambodia - Mith Samlanh and Kaliyan Mith / Events / Exhibitions / Kid's events / News From Our Programs
by Friends-International · Published April 18, 2017
At Friends, we very much believe in nurturing the creative arts in the children we work with, so we were delighted when last month four artists from New York-based Stories 4 Strength traveled to Siem...
Celebrations / Events / Kid's events / News From Our Programs / Visits
by Friends-International · Published March 8, 2017 · Last modified March 10, 2017
Chong Kneas is a community near the Tonle Sap lake, about 15km from Siem Reap town in Cambodia and around 30km from the historic Angkor temple complex. It’s made up of seven fishing villages where around...
Cambodia - Mith Samlanh and Kaliyan Mith / Events / Kid's events / News From Our Programs
by Friends-International · Published February 21, 2017
In this post we pay a visit to Siem Reap, Cambodia, where children from the Friends Kaliyan Mith Siem Reap program (KMSR) have been among many enjoying the carnival atmosphere of the annual Giant...
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