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Beginning of October, Kimsreang Kun, our Country Manager, left Cambodia for the first time in her life. In order to join our National Leadership Conference, she got on the plane and flew 15 hours to ‘the other side of the … Continue reading →

CfC is currently supporting 3 young, ambitious Cambodian students through University. These students are the sons of mothers we work with in Poipet. They come from poor backgrounds and therefore had no access to a tertiary education before joining our … Continue reading →

Last June, 10 young professionals from Singapore cycled 400km from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam to Siem Reap, Cambodia to raise funds for Carpets for Communities. These young change-makers are part of Gone Adventurin’, a Singapore-based initiative consisting of individuals … Continue reading →

Saturday the 21th of January, Carpets for Communities joined the Mith Samlanh Fun Fair in Cambodia’s capital city Phnom Penh. Using a local bus company to ship two bags full with fresh colored carpets, we came to the Fair to … Continue reading →

Our national country manager Kimsreang Kun was born in Phav, Kampong Cham province. At age nine, she moved to Battambang, where her parents could earn a better living selling rice. Although her family was never rich, they always had enough … Continue reading →

From the 2nd to the 5th of January both the Executive and Poipet teams ventured off to our staff retreat in Mondulkiri. The intention of this trip was to help bridge the gap between both teams; our purposes, goals, visions … Continue reading →

In October we began our search for the new executive team. As you may know our current team will be finishing their term in January. Long search is finally over. After having interviews with amazing candidates for our CEO position, the decision has … Continue reading →

  Our 3 scholarship recipients have arrived in Phnom Penh this week and are getting settled in! All of them are currently in the process of registrering for their degrees. Attitude Centre for Education (ACE) has agreed to support Hing Premprey and Hourt Pesith as … Continue reading →

  The executive team 2011/2012 is slowly finishing it’t term and it’s time for new people to come on board. This year positions that will be based in Cambodia are Chief Executive Officer, Sales&Marketing Manager and Finance&Production Manager. If you … Continue reading →

  Thanks to all of our donors and some amazing events in SA and VIC all of our entrepreneurs have been funded! We still have 7 families we are supporting develop business plans, but we have raised enough funds to support … Continue reading →