ISF’s mission inspires the organisation’s first graduate to pay it forward. In January of 2022, ISF’s first high school graduate received his Bachelor of Tourism and Creation Management from the National Taiwan University. Inspired by his journey with ISF, he joined the team at Formosa Budding Hope Association (FBHA) - ...
ISF Cambodia's Football for All-Abilities Project provides equitable opportunity for Cambodia's stigmatised community. Throughout Cambodia, people with disabilities are often stigmatised and lack the same opportunities for education, training, sport, and employment as people without. As part of ISF Cambodia's (ISF) mission to reduce poverty, our Football Programme founded the ...
ISF's Employment Programme provides pathways out of poverty Waving goodbye to her coworkers, Dara joins the swarm of workers headed home for the day. Growing up, she recalls her family scavenging for food in the nearby sewage system. Now a Sales Officer at an international finance company in Phnom Penh, Dara ...
UN INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SIGN LANGUAGES Communication is a fundamental right that isn’t accessible to all. 21-year-old Rim Sophanna excitedly gestures to his friends. Tying his shoes and stepping out on the football pitch, he feels free from the isolation that oppresses nearly 61,000 people across Cambodia. Sophanna is deaf. However, ...
Our Football Programme inspires one young athlete to shatter the stereotypes surrounding disabled athletes Regardless of gender, race, or ability, ISF Cambodia advocates for and strives to provide opportunities for all marginalised children. Our All-Ability Football Programme is a one-of-a-kind programme that paves the way for disabled children who are ...
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 ...
See the Impact ISF Made in 2019 2019 ISF Impact Report Highlights: 728 students enrolled in ISF’s Education Programme 47% of our student body are female We are in the final stages of becoming a ChildSafe partner Almost 7,000 food parcels distributed, reducing the need for children to work for a meal ...
Chenda Provides a Learning Space to her Community Chenda has a morning ritual. She begins every day assiduously cleaning the books, shelves and reading spaces that make up the community library she also calls home. Chenda moved to Phnom Penh with her husband from Takeo Province 20 years ago in search of ...
Rotana Believed She’d Never Graduate, Not Anymore In an afternoon lecture hall, sitting at an unassuming wooden desk covered with paper, Rotana looks like any other university student. She’s intelligent, inquisitive, takes detailed notes, and enjoys making presentations in class. It’s hard to imagine this diligent student once thought she’d never even ...
Phanat Finds Inclusion and Wellbeing on The Pitch Heng Phanat loves to hear the excitement of the crowd. Besides taking home a gold medal, that’s his favourite thing on the pitch. He’s an attacker for Toul Krasang FC and he relishes the moments he has on the field with his teammates. The ...
Solin Finds Stable Education at ISF At grade 3, rising school costs threatened to cut *Solin’s education short. While both her parents are employed, changes in school fees made their child’s education seem out of reach. Fortunately, in a conversation with a neighbor, her father heard about ISF and its work to ...
ISF Embraces Reusable Bags for Food Parcel Delivery ISF continues its commitment to improving the environment by switching to reusable bags for food parcels. While supplementing the nutrition of our students’ families is paramount, our impact on their communities is also important. Globally, 2000 children die from diseases caused by poor sanitation ...
