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Category: Familial Support

Zana Starts Kindergarten!

Julian June 12, 2022 0 Comments
As reported in last week’s blog post, Thomlang – Cambodian Youth Support encouraged single-mother Dina to enroll in beauty school at a local hair and make-up salon. However, not having anyone around who could look after her 2,5-year-old daughter Zana would have prevented Dina from taking her course.In an effort to empower Dina on her path to education and long-term financial independence, CYS...

Dina’s Return To Her Passion

Julian June 05, 2022 0 Comments
Dina was separated from her family at a young age and didn’t have the privilege of finishing secondary school. Instead, she bore the burden of providing for herself financially and lived paycheck to paycheck in order to survive. After becoming a single mother in 2019 and reconnecting with her younger sister, Dina focused on the well-being of her daughter Zana. Her younger sister was able to...

Support For Puy’s Family

Julian November 21, 2021 0 Comments
Puy had been able to consistently elevate his life throughout the past years. He had been working with his wife Vecheka’s uncle as a roofer for a few years and felt lucky about being able to fully provide for his small family. Circumstances have become increasingly challenging, however, when Puy’s and Vecheka’s second son was born in 2019 with a medical condition that requires regular...

A Handwashing Station For Elementary School Students

Julian November 07, 2021 0 Comments
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 Oun’s Family’s New Road

Julian October 10, 2021 0 Comments
One of the biggest problems in underdeveloped countries is poor infrastructure. To this day, most of Cambodia’s rural population has to maneuver on dirt roads. These unpaved roads not only accelerate the wear and tear on bicycles, motos, and cars, but also increase the risk of dangerous street accidents. Additionally, dirt roads in tropical countries such as Cambodia, where the rain season...