Makara’s First Year At University

Higher education allows young adults to break into the increasingly competitive job market in Cambodia. However, the financial burden of tuition fees can prevent underprivileged young Cambodians, like Makara, from enrolling in university. Makara is an orphan and doesn’t have a traditional support system that could have covered his tuition. In early 2021, Thomlang – Cambodian Youth Support...

Srey Nich’s And Gung’s Progress In English School

Thomlang – Cambodian Youth Support is committed to enabling young Cambodians in obtaining various degrees and certificates, that will better their chances in Cambodia’s modern and ever-growing job market.This is the reason why we encouraged Gung and Srey Nich, who are two young and ambitious university students who dream of working for international organizations in the future, to enroll in...

A Handwashing Station For Elementary School Students

Many of us are taught as children to practice proper hygiene through methods such as washing our hands regularly. Numerous hygiene-related topics find their way into our consciousness early on, and that is for a good reason: washing hands helps avoid infections and is therefore the simplest and best defense strategy. Up to eighty percent of common infections are spread by hands, such as colds,...

Srey Mom’s Bachelor’s Degree

Cambodia remains affected by extreme poverty to this day, which sadly prevents thousands of young Cambodians from enrolling in higher education programs. With no social welfare or state scholarships to turn to, adolescents are typically forced to join the workforce at a young age in order to provide for themselves and their families.Srey Mom found herself in this exact situation. Despite always...

Srey Nek’s and Yean’s High School Tuition

Siblings Srey Nek and Yean live with their single mother Phors, who has worked very hard throughout the past years to provide for both of them. Recently, however, the small family has had to face a major financial crisis, when Phors found herself out of work and therefore unable to continue to pay her children’s monthly high school tuition. Thomlang – Cambodian Youth Support stepped in to...