Just a brief update here, following on from the information from SSSK's visit. Below are the words of Suon Socheat, the director of NFC. 

Could you please briefly explain the relationship between NFC and Golden Futures and the process involved in allocating the funding?
 
There was such a great memory before Golden Futures was born. Before startup the foundation, Joseph Bull and another trustee members were the volunteers of NFC. For example, Joseph Bull spent his volunteer service three times in the different following years at the organization. While he served as an English Teacher Volunteer for the children and staff, he was also inviting his family to visit the center with some donations were brought forward. Joseph Bull and the other former British volunteers were known NFC very well, especially fully understood what we were doing for the kids. Thus, when they returned to UK they had to discuss and finally formed The Golden Futures foundation which also supports by their family members, friends and the authority. The main purpose of the foundation is to provide exclusive fund to support the NFC kids to continue at vocational training and University where they need. The kids can also get a small loan to do their small business projects. 
 
Within the great cooperation of the two organizations, NFC responsible on managing the fund (bank account) when it transferred to the local bank account in the country. NFC also responsible to organize and select any candidate that wishes to get support to continue vocational training or University, while Golden Futures responsible on doing fund raising to support the project. In addition, The NFC accountant as well the Director always provide evidence and explain to Golden Futures of every amount (withdrew from Golden Futures account) that being paid for the student's expenses and the related expenses. Moreover, before withdrawing the fund from the Golden Futures account NFC accountant always send a budget and get approval by the trustee of the foundation. We keep doing in this process and believe that we are transparent and accountability to each other.

Golden Futures has been receiving support from Students Supporting Street Kids (SSSK) for over ten years. Their long term support over the years has made a massive impact it what we've been able to do at NFC, and allowed us to make the decision to scale up our provision and work with other organisations as well. Last year, two volunteers from SSSK were travelling in Cambodia and wanted to visit NFC and see the work they have been supporting. Below are the comments the volunteers made about NFC, their projects, and how Golden Futures fits into them. It's a very gratifying read, and reaffirms my belief in the projects we are working on with NFC. Thank you Oliver and Rhianne, and thank you SSSK for your ongoing support!

"Our next stop was Cambodia and we were lucky enough to get in touch with New Futures for Children, based in Phnom Penh, which works closely with the Golden Futures charity to give street children a chance to gain funding to attend vocational courses and university after learning English and IT skills at the centre. On our arrival in Cambodia we made contact with Socheat, the NFC director, who made us feel welcome and allowed us to get involved with the English classes during the week of our visit.
 
The daily English classes, run by German year-long volunteers, saw the children learn new vocabulary and grammar before putting it into practice in a number of group and individual activities. While the ages and abilities of the children varied from class to class, their enthusiasm to learn and appreciation for the opportunity to do so was clear to see. Their passion was matched by that of the staff, one of whom had attended the centre himself as a child and had returned after attending university. 
 
At the end of the week, we were invited to attend an annual football match with the children and some of the staff, organised by another of their sponsors from Singapore, where a lot of fun was had by all - despite somewhat struggling to keep up! We also had the opportunity to speak to some of the older live-in children at the centre and past students whose lives had seen a hugely positive impact from both the centre and the funding available from Golden Futures in enabling them to get out of the cycle of poverty and off the streets for good. 
 
Seeing first hand the difference that the money we help raise has made to so many children was an eye-opening and rewarding experience."