While the public school is closed due to the government’s direction because of the COVID-19 pandemic all of the students needed to stay home to ensure they were safe. The children are mostly free all the time and we don’t want them to use their free time in a bad way. As part of [...]
The COVID-19 situation is still a hot topic in Cambodia. The government has banned large groups of people from meeting at once, like at the workplace, so people are working from home now. The government has also banned having big ceremonies and reopening the public schools. That’s why CFI is figuring out new ways [...]
There is an old quote that says “give a man a fish and he will eat for a day, teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.” We believe in self-help that everyone can change their whole life if they believe in themselves and try to find new solutions for [...]
Even though Covid-19 is still around, we do whatever we can to keep engaging with families and to ensure everyone is safe and well. Recently we got approval from the District Chief allowing us back in the community. Now we can see 1-2 people at a time, using established precautions such as safe distancing [...]
Last year we had a student from Massey University, New Zealand, her name is Kora. She came to CFI to do her final year placement major in Social Work. There was a three months period for Kora to work with Education Advocacy and Social Work teams to develop several areas. This included writing a [...]
COVID-19 is still the hottest topic in Cambodia. From day by day, the situation is not under control. Everything is still shut down, school, market, restaurant, and any kind of places and activities that involve many people. But that hasn’t stopped us from providing support. While COVID still remains and keeps the situation unpredictable, [...]
Did you know that of the children who live in orphanages in Cambodia, 80% of these children have one parent alive? We had been working in the past years with orphanages to reduce the number of children and reintegrate them back into their families. Now we are pleased to report on two children who [...]
Education is important in our life. That’s why the CFI Education Advocacy team is trying their best to work together with children who want to stop school at a very young age. Usually, when the student wants to stop school, our team goes to follow up with them at their house to understand the [...]
Caring for your family is on top of everyone’s list. Just like Srynea, when we met her a year ago. Sreyna is a single mom taking care of four children. When we first met her she didn’t have a regular job. But she was motivated and eager to succeed, to keep her children happy [...]
We all have a role to play to make the world a better place! COVID-19 forced us to postpone our community campaign project, but we are now happy to announce that we have finished round two of our Community Campaign in Ek Phnom district with eight villages! The key messages of the campaign inform [...]