The Benefits of Mindfulness in Times of Uncertainty The unprecedented global COVID-19 crisis has an incredibly profound effect on mental health and wellbeing for many of us. To help its staff cope with growing uncertainty, ISF Cambodia invited Noem Chhunny for a mindfulness training session. Chunny is the co-founder of Anakot Asia, ...
ISF Cambodia's COVID-19 Action Plan In accordance with a safety measure from Cambodia’s Ministry of Education, ISF schools will be closing until further notice to prevent the potential spread of the COVID-19 virus. We have no students or staff exhibiting symptoms of or have tested positive for the illness. Our staff have been ...
Two Boys Find Passion and Self-Improvement Through Football Donors who sponsor an ISF football team help some of Cambodia’s most marginalised children access their right to play, improve their health and gain confidence. Leng Vandeth* and Sok Chandara* play for a sponsored football team supported by Johnson & Johnson Medical. Before they ...
ISF Football Diary: Be's Story Be's* favourite subjects are English and Maths, but the pitch is where her heart lies. See how this young midfielder uses sport to build her own community and stay away from negative influences. ISF’s Football Programme started out with 50 players in Phnom Penh in 2007. ...
Each Girl Was a Winner at the 2020 Goldman Sachs Gives – ISF Girls’ Tournament The day before International Women’s Day, 408 young girls assembled at ISF Sports Ground to celebrate inclusion in sport at the 2020 Goldman Sachs Gives — ISF Girls’ Football Tournament. They traveled from nine provinces to take ...
540 Youth Join the 2020 Ian Thompson Memorial – ISF Boys’ Tournament Hundreds of young footballers flocked to ISF Sports Ground for the glory of the gold and to enjoy friendships forged through sport. They came from ten of Cambodia’s 24 provinces to take part in the 2020 Ian Thompson Memorial – ...
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 ...
ISF Hosts a Teacher Network-Building Workshop On Christmas day, ISF gathered 16 teachers to discuss one of the most important gifts you can give a child... education. At Tonle Bassac restaurant in Phnom Penh, these participants—which included six female instructors—shared their passion for teaching. All have a working relationship with ISF through ...
ISF Celebrates its Students at Children's Party In early December, ISF treated its students to a day of revelry and recognition at its Steung Meanchey campus. Starting at mid-morning on 7th December, hundreds of students thronged the enclosed rooftop space to attend our annual Children’s Party. Over the half-day event students were ...
ISF Education Programme 2019 Year in Review We have many reasons to celebrate this year in education. Our holistic Education Programme aims to help disadvantaged and marginalised children with little-to-no-education escape poverty. We do this with a combination of no-cost accelerated learning programme to get them reintegrated into Cambodia’s public school system ...
