As some of our readers may recall, Maya, the most recent addition to the Little Hearts family, came to us 18 months ago following a troubling past. We are happy to report that she landed safely at Little Hearts and has blossomed into a cheerful, active member of our little community. Now nine years old, Maya has caught up in … Read More
At 21, Sarim is one of the senior-most residents at Little Hearts. He’s a student at the National University of Management, where he just completed his third year in marketing. His final exams took place last week, and he already knows some of the results. His achievement was especially impressive in the Cross-Cultural Management course, in which he earned a … Read More
Recently, the young minds at Little Hearts got a hands-on lesson on recycling and environmental awareness from a group of senior undergraduate students of the University of Phnom Penh’s Institute of Foreign Languages (IFL). The students are all completing a degree in Professional Communication and hoping to tackle environmental degradation in Cambodia. They have launched a project labelled ‘Giving Plastic … Read More
Two weeks ago, Little Hearts welcomed several members of the Soma Initiative, led by Soma Group’s Chief Marketing Officer, Ms. Tea Kaliane. They not only came to learn about Little Hearts and its residents, but also arrived with a van loaded with rice, books and clothes for the kids, as well as a financial contribution. Soma Group is a locally … Read More
Thursday, May 26th was a school holiday, so all Little Hearts kids got to do something they enjoy so much more than studying… cleaning house! But this was not just the regular one-hour-per-week clean-up session; it was an opportunity to spruce up the entire campus. The kids were put into small teams and set about various tasks. The bamboo fixtures … Read More
Since last August, Little Hearts has been fortunate to enjoy the hairdressing services of Syna Leang, a professional hairstylist, makeup artist and salon owner in Phnom Penh, free of charge. Syna’s career in hairdressing began when she was a little girl. Born in the Khao-I-Dang refugee camp in Thailand, 20 kilometres north of the Cambodian border, where her parents had … Read More
In May, Little Hearts kids were grateful to accept a set of refurbished laptops donated by the Chip Mong Group, a well-known Cambodian conglomerate with diversified businesses in consumer goods, construction materials, real estate, beverages, cement, hotel and hospitality, animal feed, retail, and banking. After generously providing several laptops to Little Hearts in August of last year, Chip Mong has … Read More
Little Hearts is proud to announce our newest sponsor, Asia Weiluy, a mobile payment services provider whose vision is to offer secure, convenient electronic payments to all Cambodians. Asia Weiluy enables users to transfer, deposit and withdraw cash between customer accounts via smartphone at a very low cost. It also allows customers to make bill payments, top-up their phones, request … Read More
Today’s post is dedicated to our partner in education, the Mahasastra School, a private educational institution in Phnom Penh. All Little Hearts children between the ages of 6 and 18 attend Mahasastra daily. The older children (12 and up) commute on their own by bicycle, while the younger ones are driven there by our trusted driver, Billy, in our giant … Read More
Two months ago, eight of the girls approached Roxanne and asked for hip-hop dance lessons. It wasn’t a request out of the blue – these girls love dancing and have received dance instruction in the past, including Khmer classical dance and ballet. But hip-hop is the thing, and they wanted to learn it. Roxanne did some research and found that … Read More