Remember Ilay? She’s one of the oldest residents at Little Hearts and now studies interior design at the Royal University of Fine Arts in Phnom Penh. She recently received her first big assignment – to design a retail outlet for her favourite personal care or cosmetics brand. She chose Neutrogena, a well-known company specialising in skincare, and set about capturing … Read More
Besides attending school in the morning, English classes in the afternoon, and extracurricular activities on the weekend, Little Hearts residents share a variety of responsibilities in order to keep our facility clean, orderly and welcoming. Yes, you guessed the dreaded word – chores! Chores are assigned to all kids on a rotating schedule and cover everything from cleaning the bathrooms … Read More
On February 1st, Cambodia, like other countries in Southeast Asia, celebrated Chinese New Year. Happy Year of the Tiger, everyone! This meant that the children were on holiday for most of the week. School holidays, while a blessing for the kids, are always a dilemma for their caretakers – how do you keep so many kids busy for several days? … Read More
The phone call came unexpectedly. It was Ms. Len Hem, the volunteer partnership and donor relations coordinator at Cambodian Children’s Fund (CCF), Cambodia’s largest NGO dedicated to children’s welfare. One of their corporate sponsors, the fashion brand Vans, had gifted them a large number of sneakers, more than CCF could use. Would Little Hearts kids be interested in wearing some … Read More
Did you know that snakes don’t have ears?! No outer ears, that is, though they do have inner ears that help them sense vibrations. This is one of the fascinating facts about hearing that the kids learned during a presentation held at Little Hearts by two audiology experts from All Ears Cambodia, Mr. Khun Butny and Mrs. Koy Bopha. The … Read More
Seven years ago, the Department of Child Welfare of Kandal province asked Little Hearts to help several destitute children from S’ang district. As these children weren’t orphans, we were unable to invite them to our facility. Instead, we took on the responsibility of caring for them and their families in their own homes. While some of those families have moved … Read More
Yesterday, several Little Hearts children (accompanied by Roxanne, our Child Welfare Specialist extraordinaire) made the short journey across the river and into central Phnom Penh to pay a visit to our newest partner, Intercare Medical Center. They met with administrators, nurses and Dr Haiko Van Der Marel, a longtime supporter of Little Hearts, and presented them with a Certificate of … Read More
After several postponements due to Covid, the big day finally arrived for one of our dearest former residents, Koem Heng. She came to Little Hearts when she was still a teenager, learned everything she could from Tony, Roxanne and her tutors, and went on to study banking and finance at the Vanda Institute. Shortly after graduating (she was top of … Read More
Christmas seems to have arrived early at Little Hearts. A few days ago, 13 new bicycles in various sizes and colours were delivered to our home. This is a very welcome addition to our existing mini-fleet of bicycles – now all our children over the age of 14 will be able to travel to and from school or university quickly … Read More
The Phnom Penh Post (PPP) is Cambodia’s oldest English language newspaper. Running for 25 years, it’s built up a strong reputation for in-depth reporting of current affairs affecting the Kingdom. The paper has also played an important role by informing influential decision makers as they rebuild the nation. So you can imagine how delighted we were when after close collaboration … Read More