Looking back on a year unlike any other
Looking back on a year unlike any other
ISF has just launched our latest Impact Report to share the highs and lows of 2020.
No one could have imagined what the year would turn out to be. It was a difficult time full of challenges and disruptions for everyone. Like many organisations around the world, the outbreak of COVID-19 caused ISF to adapt our usual way of working in order to continue providing our holistic support to disadvantaged children and their families in Cambodia.
In the report, you can find out all about how our team overcame the challenges faced by our participants and their families to ensure no one was left behind.
OUR 2020 IMPACT IN NUMBERS:
- 214 students caught up with missed education in our Catch-Up Programme and 432 are completing state school education with ISF’s support.
- 13 students continue to study in higher education.
- 68 students provided with Employment Support to help build more sustainable futures.
- 555 families provided additional livelihood support to help them overcome the ongoing impact of COVID-19.
- 7,404 monthly food parcels distributed with 1,209 extra parcels given to those families most in need.
- 6,309 readers visited ISF community and mobile libraries 14,658 times and borrowed 6,750 books.
- 3,339 bars of soap distributed to poor families promoting hygiene and sanitation.
- Over 3,000 disadvantaged children engaged with our Football Programme across 12 of Cambodia’s 25 provinces.
- 313 players with disability and HIV reached through all abilities events, annual tournaments, and coaching sessions.
- 1,500 boys and girls took part in our AIA-sponsored youth league, making it the largest grassroots football programme in Cambodia.
- 200 coaches and aspiring coaches trained in football for social impact in Phnom Penh and provinces
- Winner of the prestigious Sport for Development and Peace Program of the Year Award presented by Peace and Sport for our UEFA Foundation for Children-sponsored project that reached 500 youth in rural provinces.
Although 2020 was incredibly tough, it has highlighted our team’s dedication and our beneficiaries’ resiliency. Our goal was – and continues to be – to make sure our programme’s vulnerable youth have a chance to get through this pandemic, without abandoning their dreams for the future. None of this would have been possible without your generosity to ISF. We cannot thank you enough for your continued support.
