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,...

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

Helping a Single Mother in Need

There is a strong connection between poverty and gender. Women and children are at a much higher risk of sliding into extreme poverty due to a multitude of reasons, mainly the fact that developing countries like Cambodia don’t have any social welfare programs set in place to support those in need. Chanthou was five months pregnant with her second child when her husband left her. She suddenly...

Ganchena’s University Journey

Since launching Thomlang – Cambodian Youth Support, we have been committed to supporting underprivileged Cambodian students on their unique journeys. We achieve this by listening closely to their individual needs and providing them with various forms of financial support to enable them to overcome obstacles on the one hand, while also responding to their emotional needs on the other hand and...