Mae Sai Drop-In Center

Located on the Thai-Burmese border, Mae Sai is a busy transit city of markets filled with illict goods. Often, the large population of street children will become just another item for sale. Street children survive by begging for money, selling knock-off cigarettes and porn CDs, digging through garbage for sellable recylable materials and by working in seedy karaoke bars known for sexual activity.

Our dedicated staff not only work with the children, but also with the parents of the children as well.

Drop-In Center Activities

+ Provides emergency shelter and medical assistance

+ Teaches Thai language skills, sex education, life skills and preventitive techniques

+ Provides one-on-one counseling

+ Conducts outreach activities at the border and checks on the well-being of the children

+ Runs a drug rehabiliation program

+ Gives the parents and children vocational training that enables them to earn a legitimate income

+ Creates media in both Thai and Burmese to educate the community about the problems street children face

+ Conducts art and sport therapy activities

+ Monitors the children and talks with the parents about the possibility of moving the child to the Children's Home