Continuing from our last story about Ruby and Safe Child Thailand’s operations in the country. We have another story today about Lwin, another one of our students from the English Mentorship Programme*. I sat down with Caroline, our senior programme funding officer, preparing to meet Lwin, and we began chatting away. It was a friendly and positive start to the day, and it was only going to get better. Lwin had been an exemplary student during our sessions; his confidence and

Safe Child Thailand’s work has been seminal and crucial in alleviating the stress and suffering of many women and children who live in various parts of Thailand, especially around the border between Thailand and Myanmar. One such story belongs to Ruby, who is 18 years old and lives in Mae Sot in a safe house for women and children. As I sat down with her over a computer screen, waiting for her teams app to load, I prepared myself for what I thought was going to be a rather de

For today’s blog, I interviewed one of our vital members on the ground and sat down with our programme coordinator and all-around wizard, who is our key person in Thailand— Moe Moe. As I sat down waiting for my team's application to load, I felt excited—I’d had the pleasure of meeting Moe Moe at a Safe Child Thailand event a few months ago, and she was both bold and determined, but also one of the kindest souls you’d meet. As our meeting started and we exchanged smiles and gr

We would like to take a moment to celebrate the women in Thailand who provide incredible support, love and opportunities to those in...

Man-U (named after his family's favourite Premiership football team) has been in specialist care since November 2016. His mother and elderly grandmother reached out for support when Man-U was 2-years-old, as they were struggling to take care of him whilst working and looking after older children and a new-born baby. Man-U was not showing signs of development, such as being able to sit up, stand and talk like his peers, and the family were worried that they couldn't give him t

Thailand has been cited as a success story in containing the coronavirus outbreak, having gone more than 40 days without any local transmission of COVID-19. Yet its economic outlook is grim, and according to World Bank Poverty projections, the social and economic impacts of COVID-19 are likely to be significant. The service sector is a main component of the Thai economy (including hotel and restaurant sectors), accounting for 24.9%[i]. The country is also highly dependent on

Man-U is nearly 7-years old and has been in care since he was two. As a baby he lived with his grandparents, his mother and his...

Our local partners have been providing invaluable support for 14 year-old Poon, who has cerebral palsy, for some time and with their help he has made a vast amount of progress. He lives with his family: his father who is a farmer, his older brother who is studying and his mother who cares for him at home. When we first started working with him he was mostly dependant on his mother. He had trouble sleeping, wouldn’t participate in any activities with people he didn’t know and

Khun Yai is grandmother and primary carer to her 10-year old grandson, who has multiple disabilities and needs full-time care. Her husband is a motorbike taxi driver and, during the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions, he was unable to work. Without any income the family quickly fell into dire need. Not knowing what to do, Khun Yai took to Facebook to ask local people to help her to feed her grandson. People were kind to her and donated nappies, rice and tinned food. A few days la

Orn gets the specialist care she needs at home.