Leading by example throughout the pandemic As concerns over COVID continue to grow, ISF Cambodia (ISF) leads by example, vaccinating all but three staff members and ensuring our team puts the World Health Organisation (WHO) and Ministry of Health Cambodia (MOH) best practices into action. COVID-19 ...
Celebrating all parents throughout the world. In Cambodia, many families depend on their children to supplement their income. Coupled with an inadequate system of support and inconsistent attendance, children face many challenges that contribute to falling behind and dropping out. Education is a fundamental investment for a better future, but ...
Sun Savun refuses to let the pandemic negatively affect his educational goals In 2011, Savun and his mother, Say Sun, moved to Phnom Penh in search of a better life and more job opportunities. However, living in the capital city was difficult. Say Sun struggled to find ...
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 ...
A Part-Time Job at ISF Saved His Education Sopheak* almost quit school to earn money for his family before he joined ISF’s Employment Programme. This 16-year old lives in Deum Chan Village, one of Phnom Penh’s urban slum communities near our Chbar Ampov campus. His mother and father earn a meagre living ...
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 ...
Increasing Inclusion in Sport at the Deaf/Hearing-Impaired Tournament On one of the last sunny Saturdays of 2019, 204 deaf and hearing-impaired players took to the field at ISF Sports Ground. They’d come to take part in the annual ISF Deaf/Hearing-Impaired Tournament. These young athletes study with ISF partner organisations Krousar Thmey and ...
