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Part 1: The Morning Nob Sameat has two children of her own but is a mother of seven. She, along with her own mother Samrith Samean, fosters five children in the Divine Community, one of CCF’s World Housing sites, next to the former landfill in Phnom Penh. In this photo story, she gives us a…

Mum Laura Pauley, 33, took her five-year-old daughter backpacking around Southeast Asia. Now she’s written a book about their adventures including a visit to CCF and we have exclusive excerpts Watching her previously shy daughter, Summer, growing in confidence as she interacted with some CCF students, Laura Pauley knew that everything had been worth it.…

Television news anchor Sandra Sully recently travelled from Sydney to visit CCF and meet her sponsor child Srey Nait for the first time. In the second part about her trip, Sandra talks about the experience and meeting her sponsor child for the first time Picking her way through piles of rubbish in one of the…

Meet Phanna Phorn. He’s our third CCF footballer chosen to represent Cambodia in the Homeless World Cup 2018 in Mexico It could be said that football has been Phanna Phorn’s saviour. That and CCF. Born into a poor family in a rural part of Cambodia, life’s path seemed set for him. But his mother’s decision…

CCF recently partnered with the Australian based charity, Hair Aid, to provide CCF community members with hair cutting training #changinglivesonehaircutatatime A team of professional hairdressers from Australia taught a five day crash course to 25 community members in Steung Meanchey. ​Five days, five cuts and dozens of happy customers. Five basic hair cuts were taught…

Maly was born with a feet deformity and would have been unable to walk if it was left untreated. Thanks to CCF, she’s now running around like any normal little girl In a bright red tracksuit, Maly is like any other energetic four-year-old tearing around the room. But Maly’s mum does not mind her young…

After a week long adventure to the U.S, 10 CCF students have returned from the Tony Robbins Global Youth Leadership Summit (GYLS) having had an experience of a lifetime. The summit, which spanned over four days, gave students a unique opportunity to learn the skills they will need to take on leadership roles From breaking…

4 young CCF footballers have been chosen to represent Cambodia in the Homeless World Cup 2018 in Mexico in November. Meet Buntan Sok in the second part of our series profiling the CCF stars Buntan did not go to school as a young child because his family struggled to make ends meet and couldn’t afford…

When their beloved mother, Sang Payne, passed away, her children wanted to honour her Khmer roots by fundraising for the Cambodian Children’s Fund, of which she was a big fan. As a tribute to Sang, CCF held a 100 Day Ceremony in her memory Everyone who knew Sang Payne was immediately struck by her kindness,…