Foster Care“A Family to Care for Them” A conversation with Leak
It was the middle of a hectic week when I had the chance to chat with Leak in the office at CIF. He had just returned from the province, meeting with government officials, village chiefs, police officers, teachers and church leaders, passionately spreading awareness about the benefits of caring for vulnerable children in families. As…
CiFChildren in Families·2019-02-15·6 min read
Foster CareFinding A New Family: How CIF recruits our foster parents
Frequently, when the terms “Foster Care” or “Emergency Care” are spoken about within many Western nations, a myriad of negative experiences and stories surface. People picture children uprooted time and time again. Children shuffled through a system, clutching a garbage bag to their chest filled with their only personal belongings. Children in Families (CIF) takes…
CiFChildren in Families·2018-11-10·7 min read
Foster CareChild Protection as a driving value: A Chat with CIF’s Program Director and Kinship Care Manager
Child Protection is at the heart of everything CIF does. Earlier this month we sat down with Naomy, our Programs Director and Menghong, the Kinship Care Project Manager, to discuss the importance of child protection in our Kinship Care and Foster Care projects. We invite you today to be part of this conversation. The Importance…
CiFChildren in Families·2018-06-06·6 min read
Foster CareLucky to be fostering: One family’s journey to becoming CIF Foster parents
Maly and Nhean are like many Cambodian rural couples. They are well established members of their community, known and respected by their neighbors and involved in community life. They are subsistence farmers who supplement their income during the year with extra jobs. Nhean works as motodop – a motorbike taxi ferrying neighbors and visitors to…
CiFChildren in Families·2018-05-17·3 min read
Foster CareFamily Training: A Long-Term Approach
Over 20 adults and several children filtered into the rows of plastic chairs. They had come from throughout Prey Veng for foster care training with Children in Families (CIF). A balance of men and women attended. An occasional boisterous cry from a child would break their concentration, but it was a group intent on learning.
CiFChildren in Families·2018-05-03·4 min read
Foster CareCelebrating ‘Anne with an E’ Part 3: Family- based care in Fiction
When we think of foster care and kinship care in popular fiction, we can very easily believe that kinship care and foster care are harmful.
CiFChildren in Families·2017-07-12·7 min read
Foster CareCelebrating ‘Anne with an E’ Part 2: Resilience and Reintegration
Myth #1: Orphans are inherently resilient and institutionalised children can easily reintegrate into society. Last post we introduced the idea that orphans are a central part of Western popular culture. If you missed it, you can find it here. We talked about how the words often used to talk about orphans evoke a strong sense…
CiFChildren in Families·2017-07-05·8 min read
Foster CareChildren in Families is a Stars Impact Award Winner for 2016!
Super Exciting! We are super, super excited to be able to make this announcement: Children in Families has been named as a winner of the Stars Impact Awards for 2016! Any award is great news, of course. But this one is something special. The Stars Impact Awards are given each year to “strong, grassroots organisations…
CiFChildren in Families·2017-01-13·2 min read
Foster CareChanging a Nation: One Child at a Time
Meet Naomy. With a gorgeous singing voice and bright smile, this intelligent, talented mother of two children – teenagers – has been our Program Director for almost three years now. She joined us from the collaborative organization, Chab Dai, where she spent four years serving as their Project Manager. Naomy is the oversight for Foster…
CiFChildren in Families·2016-08-16·2 min read
Foster CareFoster Care: A Mother’s Love for Pisey
Success of a program (foster care) is best measured over time, looking at long-term results. In the line of work we do, we get to meet a lot of great families. Some are exceptional. Pisey’s* family is one of those. As one of CIF’s first families to foster and care for children, here is their…
CiFChildren in Families·2016-07-06·4 min read
Foster CareFoster Care: Sreynear’s New Beginning
Meet Sreynear, one of our beautiful foster children who went from a place of pain – a sad child who acted out in anger – to a place of life and of thriving. We are so proud of her Foster Care family for their incredible love and endurance through the difficult times. Even more, we…
CiFChildren in Families·2016-04-23·2 min read
Foster CareAttachment And Bonding
A Safe Place – Attachment and Bonding We all need and long for a safe place – a location or person giving us space to wholly be ourselves and find comfort. Most people realize that they need relationships in which safety and freedom of identity exist. Clinicians call this attachment and bonding. But what happens…
CiFChildren in Families·2016-03-21·3 min read
Foster Care2014 Annual Report
The 2014 Annual Report Okay, so I wanted to start out with a quick disclaimer. We’re a small org that doesn’t have a communications department, so we do our best. The last few years, the annual report has been an after thought, but this year we wanted to do a better job. That is not…
CiFChildren in Families·2015-05-18·1 min read
Foster CareChildren in Adversity Infographic
Permanent Homes for Children in Adversity Check out our children in adversity infographic which shows our goal — up to 90% of children in adversity being re-united with their biological families. If that’s not possible, placing the remaining 10% children in adversity in loving adoptive families. Children in Adversity need Permanent Homes The best solutions…
CiFChildren in Families·2015-04-03·3 min read
Foster CareWant Real Change? It Takes a Village!
Our Twist on “It Takes a Village” Call it a ground swell, a surround effect, holistic development…pick your buzzword. But when a Cambodian government official pays a visit to offer a complement, rather than a new special “tax” just for you, you tend to pay attention. Just about everyone would agree that it’s good to…
CiFChildren in Families·2015-04-01·6 min read
