Pregnant in Pattaya
A young mum in distress, an abandoned newborn child… read how Friends Thailand Pattaya team supported a good outcome for this bad situation.
Friends-International / News From Our Programs / Thailand - Peuan Peuan
by Friends-International · Published July 29, 2024
A young mum in distress, an abandoned newborn child… read how Friends Thailand Pattaya team supported a good outcome for this bad situation.
ChildSafe Movement / News From Our Programs / Thailand - Peuan Peuan
by Friends-International · Published April 27, 2023 · Last modified April 28, 2023
This next story is from our Thailand team. It highlights the risks of abuse and exploitation many children face on city streets. It also shows how our #everydayheroes, social workers and ChildSafe Agents, work...
An EverydayHero's life / Thailand - Peuan Peuan
by Friends-International · Published October 25, 2022
Unfortunately we do come across cases in our work of children whose parents were forced to abandon them at a very young age. Three years ago, three-day-old Chai*’s mother left her with a neighbor...
ChildSafe Alliance / ChildSafe Movement / News From Our Programs / Thailand - Peuan Peuan
by Friends-International · Published September 13, 2022
Pattaya, Chonburi Province, Thailand. In a small house lay *Ya Chai, a 12-year old girl who was suffering from severe heart disease. She was having a hard time breathing and all that *Waan, her...
News From Our Programs / Thailand - Peuan Peuan
by Friends-International · Published September 7, 2022
A family was in crisis. The small grocery business which *Phaibun, a 54-year old grandmother of seven (7) had set up with her savings was not making enough to provide for her family’s daily...
Friends-International / News From Our Programs / Thailand - Peuan Peuan
by Friends-International · Published August 22, 2022
Kaeo* had been working hard to ensure her family’s survival in a pandemic-stricken country, but as a housekeeper her income barely brought enough food to the table. Separated from her husband, who was often...
News From Our Programs / Thailand - Peuan Peuan
by Friends-International · Published June 1, 2021 · Last modified September 16, 2021
Mothers overall are already heroes to families all over the world. It is the ultimate superwoman job, from balancing taking care of little humans, to tasks to be done around the house and now,...
by Friends-International · Published August 6, 2019 · Last modified February 19, 2020
In part one of this look at the origins of Friends-International (FI) we heard how they began building futures with the street children of Phnom Penh. We left the story as the original group...
by Friends-International · Published April 17, 2019 · Last modified April 12, 2019
Preparing for the future Looking for the right kind of employment to suit their skills and abilities can be intimidating for many young people. They can be unsure of what training or other opportunities...
No choice but to go? Human beings have always migrated. Conflict, natural disaster, even politics play a role in forcing people to move, and often they have no choice but to do so. However,...
25th Anniversary / 3PC / Celebrations / ChildSafe Alliance / ChildSafe Movement / Events / Futures Factory / Launches and Openings / Pushing the Agenda
by Friends-International · Published January 3, 2019
2019 is a very important year indeed for Friends-International. August will mark 25 years since the launch of the very first Friends program, Mith Samlanh, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. 25 years on, and that...
ChildSafe Alliance / ChildSafe Movement / Friends-International / Pushing the Agenda
by Friends-International · Published June 20, 2018
The world is reacting to an emerging situation in the USA where the protection of children is once more in the spotlight. Specifically migrant and refugee children who are among those most at risk,...
An EverydayHero's life / Fundraising / News From Our Programs
by Friends-International · Published May 31, 2018
June 1st is International Children’s Day, and on this day we launch our ‘Protect All Children. Migrants Too.’ campaign to help support the forgotten children – the many thousands of migrant children who face...
ChildSafe Alliance / ChildSafe Alliance / ChildSafe Movement / Indonesia - Teman Baik / News From Our Programs / Pushing the Agenda / Thailand - Peuan Peuan
by Friends-International · Published April 6, 2018
Child Protection is a keystone of the holistic approach that the Friends Alliance programs in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Thailand and Switzerland take to saving Lives and Building Futures for youth, families and communities which...
ChildSafe / ChildSafe Movement / Friends-International / News From Our Programs / Pushing the Agenda / Thailand - Peuan Peuan
by Friends-International · Published February 1, 2018
The ever-expanding global growth of travel and tourism has brought many different ways of ‘getting away from it all’. New variations of ‘experiential’ travel have emerged and are being seized on by the travel industry. These include...
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