A school dropout turned ISF intern - Vatey's story Some ISF students don't stop with formal education after high school. Example: Vatey*, a 23-year-old who entered ISF in 2013. "Now, I'm doing first year of my studies at Human Resource University." It hasn't been easy. Vatey lives in central Phnom ...
How ISF's Education Programme changes lives - Srey Roth's story Like many Cambodian children, Srey Roth*, now 18, was uprooted from her native Prey Veng province when her parents emigrated to Phnom Penh, seeking better employment opportunities. Despite what they had hoped for, they could only find low-paid jobs and ...
ISF Mobile Librarian’s Story - Rida Now 18 years old, Rida started going to ISF in 2013. It led to, among other good things, his first important work experience — as a mobile librarian, reaching out to his community and helping others to learn the fundamental skill of reading. Like ...
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) - ...
Linklaters’ mentorship teach problem-solving skills integral for success To help build employability skills, ISF’s Education Programme has partnered with Linklaters, a leading global law firm, to provide mentorship and career counselling to university students enrolled in our Employment Programme. Every month, students virtually meet one-on-one with a Linklaters mentor and ...
After dropping out in Grade 5, one ISF student celebrates his acceptance to study bioengineering at university. After extreme poverty forced LyEng out of Grade 5, he and his parents relocated to Phnom Penh’s Stung Meanchey, where they learned about ISF’s Education Programme. Enrolling in ISF’s Catch-Up Education Programme ...
How Linklaters Helps Change The Lives of Our Students ISF is a garden spot of education in the challenging Cambodian landscape, offering underprivileged kids and families many social services beyond reading and writing. That includes sport and coaching, literacy programs, healthcare and more — all changing lives for 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 ...
ISF Life Skills Course prepares students for life outside the classroom In January 2019, we commenced our ISF Life Skills Course, a pilot project, with the intent of preparing our students for life beyond school and to impart capability in the form of the required skills, knowledge, experience, judgement, temperament and values ...
Access to education & sport changed Puna's life 19-year old Puna grew up in extreme poverty where there was constant livelihood and food insecurity at home which meant that she missed out on an education and a childhood for the first ten years of her life. Today, she has overcome the odds ...
ISF’s Employment Support opens doors for Bunthai and Pong Kun Bunthai and Lun Pong are two young men that demonstrate what a difference an education can make - even a short education. Both Bunthai and Pong joined ISF as Catch-up Education students catching up on missed education and later integrated into state ...
Education and football give Be the tools to build a better life Sixteen-year-old Be, an only child living in a poor urban community of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, joined ISF’s Education Programme in 2011. From the onset, Be was interested in playing football but knew that girls from her background typically don’t play ...
