Phnom Penh tragedy – An udpate from Friends
Dear friends of Friends Thank you so much for your numerous messages of support. After the tragic stampede, 20 children were missing from the Mith Samlanh centers in Phnom Penh and for 24 hours...
Tagged: Phnom Penh
BIG smiles on our faces – Friends TEC’s first international order heads to Europe!
The opening of Friends-International’s Training and Employment Center (TEC) in Phnom Penh in early July 2010 saw major changes in our approach to production. Founded on our experience of setting up workshop based production...
August’s FUN FAIR will be making headlines
The NEWS sets the scene for August’s FUN FAIR on the 14th of August, starting at a new time, from 8am to 12pm at the Mith Samlanh Center on street 13. This FUN FAIR...
Cambodia Today – they are ‘Friends’
Friends the Restaurant in Phnom Penh is hosting a great new exhibition by photographer Malik Boltener, a mosaic made up of over 250 of portraits of students and staff at Friends. The series in...
Mith Samlanh’s CREATE hit the stage
Students from Mith Samlanh’s ‘CREATE’ dance group performed a short piece at the annual Hip Hop Festival at the French Cultural Center in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on 4 and 5 June 2010.
Fashionable rubbish?
25 curious students from the Lycée Descartes, recently discovered how Friends is making recycling fashionable. As part of this year’s school theme ‘the environment’, the students could see for themselves which recycled materials Friends-International...
It’s pARTy time at Romdeng
Friends-International will be celebrating its 15 year anniversary with a special exhibition of children’s art and a cocktail party at Romdeng in Phnom Penh. The exhibition will feature a selection of wonderful artworks by...
Happy Anniversary Friends!
Friends-International celebrated its 15th anniversary on April 2nd at the Mith Samlanh Center in Phnom Penh, Cambodia with a very special day for children, students, families and staff. There was plenty of games and...
Celebrating Diversity
International urban artists Samapeap Tarr – Peap (from NZ), Bibi Chun and They (both from Malaysia), recently brought their artistic talents to the streets of Phnom Penh, Cambodia with various events and workshops. One...
We might be different, but we can still play together
A group of students from Mith Samlanh have been working with International School of Phnom Penh’s (ISPP) Grade 2/3 class over the past few months to explore how children’s rights are being met in...
M’lop Krousar movie night
The team at the M’lop Krousar center in Phnom Penh hosted its first event on the 24th of January for children and youth from the nearby community. Around 200 children and youth came along...
My first day at Friends. I’ll never forget it.
A story from Ghislain, Phnom Penh. Friends is turning 15… while I’ve only been working here for 2 years. That doesn’t make me the best person to tell you all the stories but I...
Back at the beginning…
A story from Denis and Annegret, Paris 15 years ago, our son Sébastien suddenly said to us: “I am bored working at L’Oreal. I’m tired of being in an office and shampoo is not...
