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, we have something different. 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 a
