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Supporting an Aspiring Electrician

Julian December 01, 2024 0 Comments
While the country of Cambodia has been undergoing lots of progress throughout the past years, the poor mostly remain stuck in the poverty trap as opportunity is not distributed equally within the country. This particularly affects children and teenagers who grow up orphaned or whose parents suffer from illness, and are therefore forced to drop out of school and join the workforce early on in an...

Kid’s Mother’s Health Battle

Julian November 24, 2024 0 Comments
From the beginning, one of our main goals has been providing health care and covering medical expenses for our students and families in need. Since health-related subjects are extremely personal, however, we have chosen never to post about these projects. Kid is 27 years old and works as a machine operator at one of Cambodia’s biggest steel and aluminum companies. After losing his father, Kid...

Zana Starts Primary School

Julian November 10, 2024 0 Comments
Since the inception of this organization almost four years ago, we have been supporting Dina, a single mother who grew up orphaned and without access to education, and her daughter Zana. With no qualifications to join the workforce and no one to look after her baby, we helped Dina with a variety of things throughout the years, including enrolling her daughter Zana in a local kindergarten program,...

Yean’s English School Enrollment

Julian October 27, 2024 0 Comments
English language proficiency has long become a crucial requirement for jobs in Cambodia’s rapidly growing labor market. In an effort to prepare young Cambodian students for high-income job opportunities, it has been one of Thomlang – Cambodian Youth Support’s main priorities to support students with English language classes. After his high school graduation 2 years ago, we supported now...

Pchum Ben 2024

Julian October 13, 2024 0 Comments
Pchum Ben is the second most important holiday in Cambodian culture besides the Khmer New Year. The ceremonies last a total of 15 days, the last three of which are national holidays. The festival is a time to honor one’s ancestors. Families gather at pagodas and offer food and prayers to their ancestors’ spirits, which saves them from bad karma. Through these traditions, families help their...