"[3] FI works in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Thailand and with almost 50 partners around the world, providing social services to marginalized urban young people and their families.

Friends-International runs a social services program supporting the development of children, youth, their families and communities that impacts over 30,000 beneficiaries a year in Cambodia, Thailand, Laos and Indonesia.

[5] The Friends program is defined by a range of services that respond to the many challenges that marginalized young people face, namely abuse, sickness, drug use, exclusion from educational and training opportunities, child labor, poverty and separation from family.

The Outreach team, made up of trained social workers and medical staff, provides healthcare, medical services, hygiene facilities/materials, non-formal education (mobile schools and libraries to build children's affinity for school), life skills education and awareness raising (in reproductive health, drugs, hygiene, nutrition, street safety, early childhood care, child rights, safe migration), recreational activities (sports, games) and finally, referrals to other FI projects.

Children who are able and willing to re-enter school are first enrolled in FI's remedial education project, where they are brought up to speed in literacy, mathematics, science, geography and history.

Those who stay at the Transitional Homes are provided with a stabilizing environment consisting of hygiene facilities, medical treatment, daily meals and counseling from FI's social workers.

Social workers work to reintegrate the resident into a family environment and, if applicable, offer them a place in FI's remedial education and vocational training projects.

These projects bring various benefits such as ensuring children can attend school, facilitating family stability and improved childcare, and stimulating local economies.

[6] ChildSafe (initiated in 2005) is the arm of FI that works to protect and preserve the rights of children, employing a mix of advocacy, training and community capacity building.

These activities are complemented by the ChildSafe Hotline, a call service run by trained FI social workers who receive reports of children in distress and take action to protect them 24 hours a day/7 days a week.

FSB also complements the Vocational Training Project, giving students crucial real life experience in customer service and business management.