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 ...
2018 has been a successful and exciting year for all of us at ISF, in Cambodia. We’ve received international recognition in the form of awards and shortlists for our Football Programme and we’ve welcomed 80 new students into our Catch-up Education Programme as well as seen many students graduate and progress to state school and ...
In August 2017, ISF student Bunleng passed his grade 12 exams and completed his Cambodian high school education. Coming from a country where one in three children don’t complete primary education and from one of Phnom Penh’s most disadvantaged slum communities, university was never considered an option for Bunleung. However, his hard ...
An estimated 66 million primary school children go to class hungry across the developing world, negatively impacting their cognitive function and ability to learn. In Cambodia, one in three children will not even finish primary school, meaning most face a life without prospects, opportunities or hope. ISF's first #GivingTuesday campaign aims to change that. Our Education Programme focuses on the ...
