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Mith Samlanh / Friends

Address

Mith Samlanh / Friends
P.O. Box 588
Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Contact Information

If calling from Cambodia:

Tel: 023 426 748
Fax: 023 220 596

If calling from overseas:

Tel: +855 23 426 748
Fax: +855 23 220 596

Website

http://www.streetfriends.org/index.html

Email

friends@everyday.com.kh

Alternate Address

#215, Street 13
Sangkat Chey Chumneas Khan
Daun Penh, Phnom Penh
Cambodia

Activities

Mith Samlanh / Friends assists homeless and vulnerable street children and adolescents, including their families, who are at high risk of exploitation and physical and emotional abuse, especially through forced commercial sex and violence in the streets.

The overall objectives of FRIENDS are:

To meet the street children's immediate essential needs in accordance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child: the right to life – the right to nutritional meals, shelter, a safe environment and medical care; the right to development – providing education and reintegrating them into public school and by developing their curiosity; the right to protection – fighting all forms of abuse against children including physical, sexual, family, and emotional abuse; the right to participation – making children aware of their responsibilities and promoting action within the center and in the community;
To reintegrate the children into their families, into society, into the public school system, into their culture;
To build the capacity of the staff so that the Cambodian nationals are able to run the program independent of foreign intervention in the near future.

Mith Samlanh/Friends has twelve inter-linked programs including Prevention, Reintegration and Child Rights.