Living in a Hopeless System

The vast majority of street children living in Thailand have been sold at the Burmese border and brought into Thailand to be exploited. The average child sold is not even a year old and can be bought for less than $3.00. Once in Thailand, these children are considered “stateless people” by the Thai government and are denied Identity Cards which ensures public education, health care and the ability to legally work.

It is also extremely unlikely that street children will be educated or treated medically in their native Burma.
Others who are labeled “stateless people,” even though they are born in Thailand, are tribal people groups. If they leave their impoverished reservation-type areas to find employment in urban areas, they can be arrested and thrown into prison. Many tribal families send their children to work in the sex industry.

Most of these exploited children will be taken to the Thai cities of Chiang Mai and Pattaya, which is often referred to as “The World’s Sex Capital.”

Our Ultimate Aim:

Intercept the children from the human-traffickers and to ensure the fundamental human rights of these street children are upheld and are given the chance of living a quality life.