Community Based CareFounded By Strong Women
Children in Families (CIF) champions strong women and, in fact, CIF would not exist without the determination of a couple of them. A partnership between a Khmer woman and an American woman sparked a flame that would be an important element in to reshaping orphan and alternative child care in Cambodia. Both women, Keo Ravy…
CiFChildren in Families·2018-03-08·3 min read
Community Based CareStaff Retreat: Values, Ownership, and Why We Do It
What values guide us and our work? It’s a question that goes to the heart of an organization and its workers. And it is a question that the CIF staff got to ask themselves and each other recently. Last month we gathered as a whole-staff team for our annual retreat. This retreat was financed thanks…
CiFChildren in Families·2017-09-28·3 min read
Community Based CareEmpowering Sustainable Families
As an organization, we want to work ourselves out of a job; at the very least, evolve with our approach. The needs of communities will change as Cambodia becomes more developed and families gain empowerment. To have true success, holistic needs must be met, both sustainable and long-term. If over 80% of children in orphanages…
CiFChildren in Families·2016-07-22·3 min read
Community Based CareVillage Photos Showing our Provincial Home in Cambodia
What’s the Environment Like for CIF Clients? The Road and the Village Children in Families’ provincial office is in Svay Rieng Province. It’s about two and half hours from Phnom Penh, and it used to be a heck of a drive to get there. But the Tsubasa bridge (or the Japanese bridge, as it’s more commonly known around the…
CiFChildren in Families·2015-09-02·5 min read
Community Based Care9 Things We Learned from the Red Cross Haiti Fiasco
From Haiti to Cambodia Show me the money…It’s complicated. If you’ve ever been involved in any sort of non-profit work you know that there is always a tension between fundraising/marketing and programming. On top of that when it gets down to actually helping people things can be….well…complicated. I’m sure many of you have heard or…
CiFChildren in Families·2015-06-10·9 min read
