In case you missed it: QUARTERLY March 2023 – June 2023
Check out some of the things we got up to at CFI from March 2023 - June 2023 [...]
“How The Rubik’s Cube Engages Our Students”
Meet Bunna (pseudonym), a 14-year-old boy who has shown incredible growth in the past year he has been with CFI. His teachers love having him as a student, and he has become a role model for the younger students. Read his story and how it all started with a Rubik’s Cube. When Bunna started [...]
“A day in my life as a student.”
Meet Mony (pseudonym), a 13-year-old girl with one older brother & one older sister. She has been with CFI for 7 years and as a member of CFI’s student reporter group, Mony will share a day in her life as a grade 7 student at the Kdol Donteav High School and at the CFI [...]
In case you missed it: QUARTERLY December 2022 – February 2023
Check out some of the things we got up to at CFI from December 2022 - February 2023
“I know if I study hard, my future will be brighter.”
Meet Yaro (pseudonym), a 16-year-old boy who decided to turn his life around. Yaro was a good student who had excellent attendance and studied hard to keep his grades up. Due to school closure during COVID-19, Yaro was not able to go to school or attend the online class regularly. His grades dropped significantly. [...]
“We are so happy to have enough food and a safe house”
Chakriya (pseudonym) is a 14-year-old student in grade 8 in Thmor Kol District, Battambang Province, Cambodia. She is the second oldest child in the family; her older brother, Nuth, dropped out of school in grade 8, and her younger sister is still studying in grade 7. Chakriya and her siblings live together with her [...]
In case you missed it: QUARTERLY June – August 2022
Check out some of the things we got up to at CFI from June - August 2022!
Impressions of a remote volunteer
The sounds of a rooster crowing in the background of our video call immediately transported me to rural Cambodia. Next came the sound of the bread vendor with a piercing cry of “parng parng” and the ‘varoom’ of a passing moto. It was the first of several orientation meetings with the CFI team, at [...]
“I will continue to send my child to school every day”
Thyda is a five-year-old girl living with her 40-year-old father, Yong, and her mother in Korngthum Village, Peam Ek Commune Ek Phnom District Battambang Province. Unfortunately, Thyda’s mother is ill and cannot walk or support the family, and she also has extensive medical bills that the family must pay each month. Between the medical [...]
“My lovely Khmer & Math teacher, Sovann”
Meet Channea. She is ten years old, and she is one of our members of the reporter group. She studies grade 4 at Somonors Primary School and would love to tell you about Sovann, her Khmer and Math teacher at CFI. CFI is a place where I feel safe to go to study because [...]