ISF Cambodia celebrates 15th birthday by being shortlisted for global honour NGO urges supporters to vote for it & donate for double the impact On 13th September, ISF Cambodia, the acclaimed sports and education NGO, celebrates its 15th birthday with a milestone achievement. It has become the first Cambodian ...
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 ...
ISF Nurses Work Selflessly in Times of COVID-19 Without a doubt, healthcare was 2020's hot topic. Coronavirus exposed gaping holes in healthcare systems globally, especially when it came to access for the impoverished. With the pandemic ravaging poor and marginalised communities like those we serve, it was imperative that ISF expanded our ...
Addressing malnutrition gives our students a brighter future Malnutrition is one of the greatest development challenges affecting children in Cambodia. One in three children under five suffers from malnutrition which not only leads to children’s growth being stunted physically but also reduces their intellect and ability to absorb knowledge. Because, many different ...
When Ava* joined ISF Cambodia last year at the age of 11 years old she was underweight and her general health and well-being was unstable. Because of illness, she missed classes regularly. Concerned about her health and wellbeing, one ISF’s nurses identified undernutrition as the cause of her poor health and gave her vitamin pills ...
ISF provides free healthcare to all students including dental check-ups and eye-care. When 11-year-old Mony first started in ISF’s catch-up programme last year, she struggled to read, write and to even play outside in the sunshine. Every time she tried, her eyes pained her and she knew something wasn’t quite right. Mony described her symptoms ...
This week marks National Nurses Week and we’d like to take the opportunity to thank our own nurses here at ISF Cambodia who are committed to the good health and well-being of all our students. A typical day for a nurse here at our schools can involve a little bit of everything from providing health ...
Makara*, an 11-year-old student in our Catch-up Education Programme recently received healthcare for the first time in his life. Born in Poy Pet, a city in Northern Cambodia, bordering Thailand, Makara only attended school for three years and spent the rest of his time helping his parents, who worked as labourers, to earn a small ...
