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...

Our Impact on Vannara’s Family

Last year, we introduced you to the story of our student Vannara’s family. Vannara himself grew up separated from his mother in an orphanage but was able to reconnect with his remaining family members a few years ago. He soon came to learn that his estranged family, which includes his mother Pak, his younger sister Dany, his younger brother Ganya, and his nephew Reach, who became an orphan when...

Motos for our Students

In a country as poor as Cambodia, people deal with the lack of good infrastructure on an everyday basis. Whether it is avoiding accidents caused by potholes, maneuvering on dirt roads in harsh weather conditions, or finding yourself unable to cross a road due to heavy flooding, not a single day goes by without Cambodia’s roads causing one problem or another. On top of that, the country lacks a...

A Family’s Business Venture

After the Khmer Rouge regime in the late 70s, Cambodia was wiped out of most of its infrastructure and educational institutions. People who were educated or considered as such were actively targeted and executed during the genocide, leaving behind a traumatized and torn Cambodia, that has had to rebuild itself from scratch. This is the reason, why many people of that generation never had the...