COVID-19 has changed the way we work. It isn’t safe to do activities with big groups of people. So we changed from meeting in-person to online, we asked our staff to stagger their schedules at the office and work from home. All of this has helped us ensure we practice safe social distancing. It [...]
Duke of Edinburgh International Award (DofE) is a program that helps young people experience new things, have fun with friends, and have the opportunity to discover new interests and talents. It’s also a tool to develop essential skills for life and work. The DofE is many things to many people, supporting generations to successfully [...]
COVID-19 is affecting all sorts of things around the world. People can’t do the things they usually do like traveling, having large parties, or attending big events like concerts. Here in Cambodia students can’t go to school or meet each other in person. This has a huge impact on the people who lost their [...]
The year 2020 has been horrible for so many. Recently, in Cambodia, we had the worst floods of the decade. The floods killed 39 people, with 22 in Banteay Meanchey province, and affected 110 cities and districts in 19 of the 25 provinces and Phnom Penh capital city. A total of 120,785 families or [...]
This month has seen some other exciting projects take place. We ran our first Community Campaign supported by the European Union (FCF/REaCT). For two weeks all CFI staff shared three important messages regarding keeping children with families. We achieved amazing reach, well beyond our expectations, by telling people directly, speaking to University students, and [...]
CFI had been successfully running the Next Generation Initiative (NGI) program supported by Rotary International with the young people in the Ek Phnom district. NGI helps young people get ‘job ready’ by exploring life skills and employment skills. In the past year, we had groups of students who finished the program and turned out [...]
This month we had a new social worker to start work with us. Vanna was an intern at CFI and this month joined us as a full-time staff member - another success of our intern program. During this period she completed her first home visit to follow up with families that were impacted by [...]
In the previous newsletter, we talked about how different Khmer New Year was, due to COVID-19 in Cambodia. This month we want to tell you more about another big holiday and celebration day during the year which is Pchum Ben Day! Pchum Ben is one of the largest festivals in Cambodia. Every year in [...]
Public schools have finally reopened after a long period of time due to the COVID-19 situation in Cambodia, which means it’s time for the students to get back to their study-habits. Most of the students are very happy to get back to school, meet their friends and teachers again but some are not ready [...]
In Cambodia, there are a lot of public holidays during the year but the most exciting holiday for everyone is Khmer New Year. On Khmer New Year, people all around the country go back to their homeland and celebrate this holiday with friends and family. People usually celebrate Khmer New Year by having a [...]