Wat Opot, a community for children affected by or living with HIV, recently joined our Football Programme. Jaime Gill, a longtime ISF supporter and now a volunteer at Wat Opot, describes the collaboration, which started with a week-long course in football, teamwork and social responsibility. “When can we do it again?” That was what Kosal,* ...
In August 2017, ISF began supporting a football team set up by Magna, one of the first humanitarian organisations in Cambodia to provide antiretroviral therapy (ARV) to children with HIV/AIDS. The team is made up of 28 players, 13 of whom are female. They train every Sunday with ISF’s senior coach Makara. "These children with HIV/AIDS face regular discrimination ...
After intense preparation, ten football players from ISF's partner organisations flew to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for the 9th ASEAN Para Games. It is the first time the players had participated in the event and the first time they had travelled abroad. The team arrived on 13th September and spent the first three days training. Following the ASEAN Para Games opening ceremony on ...
When ISF made a video about its Education Programme in 2015, one of the catch-up students we spoke to was Bunleng. In the interview, he said he wanted to be a businessman. Two years later, he is one of our first three Grade 12 students - all pictured below - to finish high school. He ...
Follow our Chairman Martin Cubbon on his journey around the South West Coast Path, Britain’s longest defined pathway. Martin has been training for three months and aims to walk approximately 20 miles (32km) a day to raise money for ISF and help us build an English Language Centre. Help Martin reach his target by donating here and read ...
Fifteen-year-old Srey Da* went from farmer to football star in the Cambodian national team thanks to ISF's Football Programme. This is her story. “My name is Srey Da and I am 15 years old. When I was little, I lived in Takeo Province with my parents and life was hard. My parents worked as farmers ...
Sokun, 13, from Phnom Penh was barely literate before he came to ISF. Within six months he had learned to read and write, and earlier this year he was selected for The Voice Kids Cambodia 2017. He shares how hard work and a passion for singing have changed his life. “I live with my mum who sells ...
From 28th to 29th July, ISF organised a two-day football festival for over 300 children and young people at the Development for People of Cambodia (DPC) Trampaung School in Oddar Meanchey Province. The school has more than 500 students in grades 1 to 6. The people in the villages around the school live in extreme poverty. Most ...
On 26th July 2017, ISF invited Advancing Engineering (AE) to hold a workshop on civil engineering for 30 high school students. AE is an engineering and construction consulting firm focused on infrastructure projects that works primarily in developing countries. The workshop aimed to give young people a taste of what engineering is about and to expose ...
In May, students from tChamps, a student-led initiative by Tembusu College, National University of Singapore, flew to Phnom Penh to run a four-day workshop with our older students who had the opportunity to share ideas and develop their communication and critical-thinking skills. Furthermore, they learnt more about SWOT analysis, budget management and proposal writing. ISF students ...
As part of our efforts to improve the financial stability of our students’ families, ISF has set up a sewing project. The course lasts for one and a half years, during which time parents learn how to sew as well as make and design clothes and other items. Since the programme’s start, 26 family members have ...
ISF’s English programme has undergone significant improvement over the past two years. In partnership with the English Schools Foundation (ESF), the largest provider of English-medium international education in Hong Kong, as well as experienced educational professionals from Australia and the UK, ISF has been working to upscale the quality of the English Programme, with the ultimate ...
