Anousone* has known hard work all his life. His parents are now elderly, talented craftspeople who made their living creating big spoons for decorative purposes, however as they grew older Anousone had to stop...
An EverydayHero's life / Laos - Peuan Mit / News From Our Programs
by Friends-International · Published May 6, 2021 · Last modified September 16, 2021
Nakhao Village, Vientiane, Laos–Ms. Pheng, aged 55, a single mother of six children and a grandmother of four, has known Peuan Mit (Friends International Laos) for over six years. Her job is collecting plastics...
An EverydayHero's life / Laos - Peuan Mit / News From Our Programs
by Friends-International · Published February 26, 2019 · Last modified February 28, 2019
About 30 kilometers south of Vientiane lies a huge dumpsite: the city landfill. Impossible to miss when driving on Road 13: trash as far as the eyes can see, mountains of garbage piling up...
25th Anniversary / 3PC / Celebrations / ChildSafe Alliance / ChildSafe Movement / Events / Futures Factory / Launches and Openings / Pushing the Agenda
by Friends-International · Published January 3, 2019
2019 is a very important year indeed for Friends-International. August will mark 25 years since the launch of the very first Friends program, Mith Samlanh, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. 25 years on, and that...
Laos - Peuan Mit / News From Our Programs / Visits
by Friends-International · Published May 22, 2018
Laos and Friends-International go back a long way. To 2004 to be exact, when the Peuan Mit (“Good Friends” in Lao) program launched in partnership with the Laos Ministry of Social Welfare in the...
ChildSafe / Events / Friends-International / Indonesia - Teman Baik / Laos - Peuan Mit / News From Our Programs / Pushing the Agenda / Thailand - Peuan Peuan / TREE Alliance
by Friends-International · Published December 31, 2016 · Last modified December 30, 2016
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...
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...
Conferences and Awards / Events / Friends-International / Laos - Peuan Mit / Pushing the Agenda
by Friends-International · Published February 17, 2016
The Peuan Mit program of Friends-International was launched back in 2004. It is a collaboration with the Lao PDR Ministry of Social Welfare, and it provides a comprehensive range of services to children, youth and their families...
Cambodia - Mith Samlanh and Kaliyan Mith / Indonesia - Teman Baik / Laos - Peuan Mit / News From Our Programs / Pushing the Agenda / Thailand - Peuan Peuan
by Friends-International · Published December 31, 2015
As 2015 draws to a close, we look back at a year of our Friends-International program work across South East Asia in the company of some of our real #everdayheroes – our Country Program...
Venny from our Lao PDR project contacted us with some great news this week. The program works with 120 children, youth and caretakers from scavenger families who live on the city dumpsite, KM36,...
It’s been a busy few weeks for our program in Lao PDR, Peuan Mit. New Year celebrations have been in full swing, but before they got underway there was some important work to complete...
Friends-International / Laos - Peuan Mit / News From Our Programs
by Friends-International · Published August 27, 2014
During their time in training with Friends our vocational training students don’t just focus on their particular area of study. There are many other things to do, including time to enjoy recreational activities such...
An EverydayHero's life / Friends-International / News From Our Programs / TREE Alliance
by Friends-International · Published March 20, 2014
In our guest blog today, TREE Alliance Coordinator Gustav Auer talks about his experiences over 14 years of work with Friends… and how if you are a chef who wants to make a difference,...
An EverydayHero's life / ChildSafe / Friends-International / Laos - Peuan Mit / News From Our Programs
by Friends-International · Published February 17, 2014
This post about the positive impact of the ChildSafe project in Lao PDR comes to us from Kristi, Technical Advisor to our program there, Peuan Mit. ‘The ChildSafe project in Lao PDR, funded by...
An EverydayHero's life / Friends-International / News From Our Programs
by Friends-International · Published December 31, 2013
As we stand on the cusp of 2014, and the 20th Anniversary of Friends-International, please join us in looking back over the last 12 months of our activities and just some of the...
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