Thailand

So that more children can receive an education, we provide parents with school uniforms, shoes, learning materials, even transportation to and from school. For older children, we offer career development and youth-leader training to prepare them for a productive future.

A “mobile library” initiative trains children as librarians who travel from village to village each month. These traveling libraries provide books for children and their parents as well as story-telling sessions, puppet productions, art projects and creative writing assignments to help support basic educational efforts.

Hope for a life out of poverty often starts with good health, so we regularly monitor children’s growth and provide them with basic health services such as dental care, immunizations and training on disease prevention, including AIDS.

We’re helping communities in remote areas have access to safe water and sanitation facilities. Water filters, safer latrines, clean water containers and cisterns, along with proper hygiene education, help reduce preventable diseases and conditions such as diarrhea and intestinal parasites.