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 [...]
Research has shown that the best way for children to grow up is by living with their family. This way, children have community and family support, which allows them to grow up physically and emotionally. However, in Cambodia, a lot of families struggle to properly care for their children, often because of poverty or [...]
The importance of clean water and personal hygiene! On February 23rd, the WATERSAFE team visited CFI to implement a water and sanitation training for 85 children and families in the community. The project aimed to educate women and girls about water and hand washing, the importance of clean water and sanitation as well as [...]
We finally did it! Children’s Future International was selected as one among 30 organizations around the world to receive a grant from the Foundation to Decrease World Suck for participating in Project for Awesome 2024 video contest. For those who don’t know, Project for Awesome (often abbreviated P4A) is a community-driven charitable movement on [...]
His dream came true! Channa dropped out of school in ninth grade and didn’t know what he would do in the future. After participating in the Mobile Futures program in the community led by the CFI Education Advocacy team and learning about various job careers that he could make a living from, Channa decided [...]
Chakriya* 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 54-year-old [...]
CFI's first-ever cycling event! CFI hosted our first-ever cycle event on September 30, 2023, to raise money for CFI's work in the Ek Phnom district of Battambang, Cambodia. The cyclists were divided into two groups. The first group consisted of community members who had registered cycle from Soksabike in Battambang town. The second group [...]