18 Years with Friends – Buntha.
As Friends turns 18 years old today, we join our longest serving staff members who share their memories of joining and working with us over the years… living examples of the truth behind our tagline, ‘Together,...
Tagged: Kaliyan Mith
The adventure is on!
Work is progressing well on the latest addition to the TREE Alliance restaurants, ‘Marum’ in Siem Reap, Cambodia. We have had the following update from TREE coordinator Gustav Auer, who is with the team...
Update – Flooding in Siem Reap
Ampor, our program director in Siem Reap, has given us this update on the floods there. “In Siem Reap the river has overflowed for the 4th consecutive time since 9th October. The level of...
Siem Reap – flood crisis eases, leaving sadness in its wake.
Many of the flood waters in Siem Reap and elsewhere have now receded, although two thirds of the communities we work in are still facing high levels of water. Our Kaliyan Mith teams have...
Siem Reap Floods – Kaliyan Mith Program Director Ampor Updates Us
Ampor Sam-Oeun is the program director of Friend’s program Kaliyan Mith in Siem Reap. As the situation with flooding there worsens, she has sent us an e-mail to update us. You can read some...
Flood Crisis in Siem Reap Update
Dear Friends of Friends The latest news on the flood situation in Siem Reap is that although flood waters continue to recede, our teams are working with a greater number of families as more...
Siem Reap flooding crisis – an update from Friends-International
An overnight decrease in the general water levels has eased the crisis for many in Siem Reap – however, we are still very concerned about the situation in the three most affected communities, Wat...
Flood Crisis in Siem Reap
The flash floods of last Sunday in Siem Reap coupled with heavy rain at the beginning of the week have badly affected many of the marginalized communities and vulnerable families that our Kaliyan Mith program works...
Friends-International MOU Signing Ceremony
On August 18, 2011 the Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation (MoSAVY), renewed its memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Friends-International, allowing us to work in Cambodia for the next three years. In...
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...
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!...
Back to School in Siem Reap
It was a very important day for a group of students at Kaliyan Mith in Siem Reap – their first day of school. Kaliyan Mith (Friends-International’s project in Siem Reap) recently held a ceremony...
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...
