Supporting an Aspiring Electrician

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...

Zana Starts Primary School

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

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...

VIDEO: Phnom Penh Student Room Tour

Have you ever wondered what an average apartment in Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh looks like? Check out this video below, in which our students Seanghai and Chamrouen show you where they live in Phnom Penh! Interested to hear more about these students' stories? Click on the links below to learn about their backgrounds and their academic journeys! Seanghai's Story Chamroeun's Story

Starting English School Early On

Munikota is a 12-year-old girl who lives in a rural area in Kampot province with her single father. Due to health conditions, her father is unable to work full-time and the family thereby struggles with a reliable source of income. This affects Munikota’s educational progress, as her father cannot cover additional tuition fees for extracurricular classes, such as English lessons. Thomlang –...