Happy Birthday M’Lop Tapang!
Saturday 1st June 2013 was a very exciting and important day in Cambodia. Not only did International Children’s Day fall on that date, but it was also the day that our long-standing partner organization,...
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On The Road
This story comes from our Peuan Mit team who are based in Vientiane in Lao PDR, and highlights an issue that is very much in the news across SE Asia – road safety. Peuan...
Family Matters!
On International Families Day, one Cambodian mother recalls how the Mith Samlanh program supported her to keep her family together… ‘My husband died leaving me with six children, so I moved to Phnom Penh...
Microscholarships for Peuan Mit Students!
Last month, the US embassy in Lao PDR approached Peuan Mit to identify youth for an English Access Microscholarship Program as they were striving to find the most disadvantaged students in Vientiane. This highly...
Graduation Day!
Menghourng Ngo reports on the excitement and achievement of the Mith Samlanh graduation ceremony held last week in Phnom Penh. ‘On Friday last week, Mith Samlanh held a graduation ceremony for its students at...
Live and kicking at Mith Samlanh!
Mith Samlanh this week hosted a huge football sports competition among its students at Club Friends to entertain and inspire the students and to boost football as a sports activity that many can join...
A cut above – the former glue user’s story.
One hand holds the customer’s hair, the other moves deftly with scissors, as former glue user Srey Phear*, 20, concentrates happily on the new hair style she is creating for her customer. She is...
An (International Women’s) Day in the Life of Sia and Davanh!
For International Women’s Day, we focus on two of our amazing female staff from the Peuan Mit program in Lao PDR. Let’s meet Davanh Keoninanluck, the school follow-up and case manager (part of the...
‘This case is closed…’ …and now the future really starts!
A success story from our Peuan Mit program in Lao PDR – how referral, vocational training and case management all combined to build a stable future for a young man with a troubled background....
On The Ball in Siem Reap!
Sport is a great way to build confidence in marginalized young people. This half-time report on the mixed fortunes of our Kaliyan Mith youth football teams in Siem Reap from our man on the...
A taste of technology for Mith Samlanh students, courtesy EZECOM.
In this technological era, the Internet plays a crucial role for everyone in information seeking, information transfer, global connection, the workplace and communication. Being aware of the importance of internet access, we are...
Sebastien in Davos – Part One ‘Training and Employing Youth – Looking To The Future’
The World Economic Forum (WEF) is held in the tiny Swiss town of Davos in chilly January each year. The movers and shakers of the economic world meet there, along with Heads of State,...
‘Breaking The Cycles, Building A Future…’
Marissa Carruthers is a journalist from the UK who is currently writing a series of articles about Friends-International. We are delighted that she has contributed this guest blog post to us, giving her personal...
Behind the doors at FI HQ
Situated on Street 174 in Phnom Penh (very close to Romdeng restaurant!) the Friends headquarters in Cambodia is the administrative and strategic heart of the organization. Behind the colorful front door, painted by students...
Kaliyan Mith – Getting Into Schools, Getting The Message Out About Drugs
The Tropang Sala secondary school is located in Cham Chao, on the dusty outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Cham Chao community is now home to more than 1500 families who were relocated as part...
