Meet Pisey (pseudonym), a strong and loving single mother with two school-aged daughters, ages 12 and 9 and a 5-year-old boy who stays at home with her. Pisey doesn’t have a stable job, but she  does odd-jobs to try to support her family by collecting snails, picking water spinach, washing dishes at a local [...]

Meet Luy (pseudonym), an inspiring young man who fought his way to achieve his dream! Luy, a 20-year-old from Kampong Speu Province, has three sisters and one brother. Yet, Luy had to grow up without contact with his brothers and sisters since he was separated from his family at a young age. Luy had [...]

For the past seven years, Children’s Future International (CFI), a community based organization in Battambang Cambodia, has received USAID funding to support our social work program. When the stop work order came into effect, CFI lost $50,000 of our approximately $240,000 grant which was scheduled to close in June 2025. The program was designed [...]

Rasy (a fake name) is an 11-year-old boy studying in grade 4 and living with his parents and two siblings in Prek Norin commune. However, life has never been easy for his family. His father works as a construction worker, but the work is unstable, and there are months when he doesn’t earn enough [...]

Over the past year, CFI has been working with Chivorn (pseudonym), one of our students who comes from a difficult background. When he started coming to CFI, we were concerned because he wasn’t engaged in school and was even disruptive in class. Teachers were also concerned about his health and personal hygiene. In just [...]

In December 2024, CFI turns 15 years old! To celebrate the incredible achievements from the beginning until now, we wanted to check in with some of our CFI family. To start, we would like to introduce you to Fong! Q1: Introduce yourself, please tell us a little bit about your background. Fong: Hi, my [...]