Little Boy Lost and Found
Last weekend the local police department contacted our Hotline for assistance in helping to find the family of a little 3 year old boy who was lost. The police had become aware of the boy when neighbors told them...
“I never thought before I could do something like this.”
18-year old Vanna*, the youngest of seven children in his family, grew up in a poor rural rice farming area outside of Sihanoukville. He dropped out of school in Grade 3 because his parents couldn’t afford to send...
Support to Continue Her Educaton
“My older brother and sister stopped school in Grade 6. I want to be the first person in my family to graduate from high school.” 15 year old Makara* had to drop out of school in Grade 3 because...
Vocational Training for Disadvantaged Youth
M’Lop Tapang’s Vocational Training Programs help vulnerable youth secure decent work that will allow them to lead a more dignified life. Areas of training include sewing, bicycle and motor repair, electrics and plumbing, and cookery and hospitality. 18 year...
From the Streets to Classrooms
16 year old Theary* is in grade 11 now. She is one of more than 1,100 Cambodian students from poor families that are being supported to attend local public schools here in Sihanoukville through M’Lop Tapang’s “Back to School”...
External Evaluation of M’Lop Tapang Training and Employment Services Program (June 2018)
Monitoring and evaluation of all of our programs is important. In June, 2018 an external evaluation of our Vocational Training Programs and Employment Services was completed. View the complete report here: http://mloptapang.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/External-Evaluation-of-MLop-Tapangs-Vocational-Training-and-Employment-Services-Programs-June-2018.pdf
Helping Vulnerable Youth Make Changes
Heng* was born in Phnom Penh into a very poor family. He was one of seven children in the family. His parents died when Heng was 10 years old. He dropped out of school in grade 2. In 2015,...
Strengthening Social Workers Skills
“Signs of Safety” is an integrated framework for how to do child intervention work. So far this year more than 50 M’Lop Tapang social workers have received training on how to use this framework when working with children. Importantly,...
Helping to Keep Families Together
21 year old Sreyna* walked into our security guards office recently looking for help. She wanted someone to take her 8 month old baby boy. Sreyna has had nothing but misfortune in her life for the last several years....
Celebrating 15 years!
M’Lop Tapang began working with vulnerable children of Sihanoukville in 2003. We held a birthday party to celebrate and you can view video highlights of the event at: https://www.facebook.com/mloptapang/videos/1732045083499862/