Sandan is M’Lop Tapang’s vocational training restaurant for vulnerable youth. This week they want to share their recipe for Spicy Mushroom and Vegetables in Lettuce Cups. To view of a video of the students and staff preparing the dish...
Last month our ChildSafe team was teaching at a pagoda outside of the city when one of the monks told us about a family that needed help. 16 year old Sreyna* was living in a small rickety wooden house...
M’Lop Tapang’s “Back to School” program assists families who cannot afford to send their children to public school. Although public school is officially free for all Cambodian children, families are still required to pay for school uniforms, books and...
An external evaluation of M’Lop Tapang’s Drug and Alcohol Social Work Programs was completed earlier this month. Read the full report here: http://mloptapang.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Drugs-and-Alcohol-Program-at-MLop-Tapang_-External-Evaluation-June-2017.pdf
Makara*, 23, has been working as a “beer girl” since leaving school in grade 9. Her single parent mother, who works as a rice farmer, was not making enough money to support Makara, and her young brother. Working as...
18 year old Samnang* is one of more than 1,000 students attending local government schools with the support of our “Back to School Program”. Like all of the students in the program he comes from a poor family. His...
Congratulations to 15 year old Rith* who has recently been offered a placement at the National Football Center and Football Academy. Our team first met Rith 5 years ago when they were visiting the neighborhood of Sihanoukville that he...
Often helping a child get an education involves more than just getting them to school. It sometimes means being able to provide appropriate support when there is an unexpected problem. 16 year old Dara* is one of the students...
“My brothers and me are happy to study here now because we have made some new friends already.” Vibol* is a 13 year old boy, the oldest of four children. Like all of the children we work with, Vibol...
Finding affordable and safe child care is an issue many working parents struggle with, whether living in a developed western nation or in a country like Cambodia. On a recent visit to our Community Shelter we talked with Dara*,...
