A group of young children are learning how to draw in Friends International and Mith Samlanh Organization in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo: Courtesy of Friends International and Mith Samlanh)Nuch Sarita, VOA Khmer
Washington, D.C Friday, 25 June 2010
“Our Cambodian and foreign customers love to order the famous fish amok, curry saramann and beef stir-fried with red ants.”Friends International, a development group that helps street children build life skills, celebrated its 15th anniversary Friday, with an exhibition of children’s art and a cocktail party at its newest restaurant.
The group has helped thousands of children “who face daily violence and experience a high level of drug use to reintegrate into their families, public school, vocational training and then employment,” Map Somaya, its program director, told VOA Khmer.
The art exhibition shows works from children created during the lifetime of the organization at Romdeng restaurant, which belongs to the organization and is used to help train children in restaurant work, from designing menus to preparing and serving food.
Friends, which also goes by the Khmer name Mith Samlanh, has a team of 250 staff that help around 19,000 children per year, including primary classes for 750 children and 11 vocational courses for about 850. It also provides temporary accommodation for many.
“Our Cambodian and foreign customers love to order the famous fish amok, curry saramann and beef stir-fried with red ants,” said Sophon, a student chef at Romdeng.
Artwork on display includes work like “Flowers in the Garden,” by a nine-year-old named Vatey, who said she likes nature and escaping outside when she feels angry. Seeing flowers and trees make her calmer, she said.
6 comments:
pitifull future of street children, this is the obvious result from the Royal Corrupt Government of Cambodia. this kvak prime minister who support all kinds of corruptions and all corrupt cpp munisters like ah sok anh are to responsible for the street children. their earning a day can raise all street children and beggars in phnom penh a years
3:51pm,
Shut up already will you.
Most bloggers in here always have a victim mentality. It is always someone else fault. Be part of the solution for once.
Why don't you donate some of your time or money to help these kids.
Hey Cambodian People,
Want to know how to help rebuild the country?
This guy Mith Samlanh is giving us a model, just one of the many ways we can help.
Not everything is Hun Sen fault.
We can spend our time cursing him, criticizing him, or we can roll our sleeves up and start to pitch in to help whatever capacity we can.
5:51 PM and 5:58 PM,
And how do you know that I and 3:51 PM have not yet done what you said I should do?
How do I know that you have done what you have claimed to do?
Besides, it is better to fill up a bag if it does not leak by such several big holes everywhere!
3:41am,
I apologize if you have been helping already. My comments are directed toward the whinners who are quick to complain but never lift a finger to help.
And yes, I have been helping in the area similiar to this person Mith Samlanh. Though I don't ever feel I'm doing enough.
5:58pm
most generous cambodian are willing to help but those charity money and heart ended up by the corruption by the royal corrupt government of cambodia, prime minister who has no vision,. on the other hands it is the work of the related ministries, so that is the question and what are they doing or just establishing a ministry of social affair and red cross who earn money thru corruption. i bet ah hun sen ah sok anh ah choam prasit know much of their their dirty activities. god please curing them. all the cambodian please make a cursing to them becuase this is what we can do for the moment,. one they are still survive Cambodian people are living in poverty, fear, lawlessness and shamfull internationally
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