Helping A Family In Need

In one of our previous posts, you were able to listen to Vannara directly to learn about his family’s situation. If you haven’t seen the video, check it out below! Watch The Video Here Vannara’s mother, Pak, has been battling health issues for many years. She has been a single mother all her life, working hard to raise her children. Due to a lot of turmoil and hardship, many family members...

Laying the Foundation for Srey Mach’s Future

In Phnom Penh’s growing international labor market, it has become a basic requirement to be able to communicate in English. This is why it is important for students like Srey Mach, who grew up in rural areas and didn’t have the privilege of receiving high-quality school education, to have access to English language classes to prepare for a prosperous career. Thomlang – Cambodian Youth...

Rasmey Moves to a Boarding School

Rasmey’s life was turned upside down in 2018 when his father, an electrician, died in a freak accident at work. Following the fatal incident, his mother made the difficult decision to move from their rural hometown to Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh to take up work at a plastic factory, earning only 150$ a month to provide for the family. From this moment on, then-11-year-old Rasmey started...

Community Project at the Teb Vimean Primary School

Last year, Thomlang – Cambodian Youth Support teamed up with the Cambodian organization Clear Cambodia and helped fund the construction of a water filter system and hand washing station at the Teb Vimean Primary School in rural Kampot. This year, we were able to continue our partnership with the Teb Vimean village through funding important maintenance work at the primary school. Eight teachers...

A Moto for Sokleab

In a country in which public transportation doesn’t exist, getting around is an everyday challenge for Cambodians. Whether commuting to work or school, or running daily errands, many heavily rely on various forms of transportation.Sokleab was faced with this issue once she graduated high school and moved to Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh. The 20-year-old aspires to enroll in culinary school...