Migrant children and youth
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Center for Children in Need,
Mae Tao, Mae Sot,
63110 Tak, Thailand..... Volunteering
How to help;
News;
Children;
Links;
Contact;
Blog....."The Center for Children in Need was founded in 2002. It has a small orphanage and also provides free of charge foster care for single parents. We are a Karen family and help any child in danger or need. They can stay with us for a short time or as long as they need. We are motivated by our Christian faith, but we work with children of any religion and respect their beliefs. We give orphans and abandoned children a safe and loving home and provide a healing environment for traumatized children. We offer education for disadvantaged children.
Orphanage and Foster Care
We look after children of all ethnics, religions and nationalities. We give care and shelter in emergencies, for longer or shorter periods. We also work with single mothers and look after children in their families. We take children at any time. And of any age. We often have newborns who mostly come very sick to us.
Kids with special needs
Several of our kids have special needs and learning diabilities. They have problems in the local schools. We give them special tuition in English and Burmese plus supervise their homework. Hopefully they can join a Thai school soon, which will open them much more possibilities for their future.
our aims are
protection of children and women from violence and abuse incl. trafficking
to give orphans and abandoned children a safe and loving home
education, especially of disadvantaged children
to provide a safe and healing environment for traumatized children
we provide
shelter and protection in emergencies
health care
care for prematurely born infants
counseling for traumatized children and women
family and couple counseling
education in English and Burmese with the option for university education
activities as music and dance trainings, computer
we need
volunteers!!!! please look at our volunteering info
We take short and long-term volunteers, if we have space even on short notice.
One staff member is a medical doctor and psychiatrist and psychotherapist with qualification in single, group, couple and family counseling and dance therapy.
The Center relies on private donations. The income we can create ourselves is not sufficient for the day-to-day running of the orphanage as well as providing proper nutrition, clothing, school and medical care.
Please help and support us by donations and by sponsoring a child. We are a non-profit grass root project and it is very hard to find the funds for all the children that are in our care. We are struggling from month to month and really need your help. For details about our needs see News.
Donations can be made through:
www.betterplace.org (under construction)
http://www.chipin.com (under construction)
or directly to our bankaccounts!
We have a German donation account, that was set up by school friends, so that it is possible to sponsor a child or donate monthly within Europe without paying high bank fees."
Send me an email and I will give you the details: [email protected]
Date of entry/update:
2012-04-23
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Websites/Multiple Documents
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Migrant children and youth
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English
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2012-04-23: 162,000 results... orphanage Maesot got 393,000
Source/publisher:
Google
Date of entry/update:
2012-04-23
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Websites/Multiple Documents
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Migrant children and youth
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English
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In 1987 Mrs. Tasanee Keereepraneed started to care for orphaned children in her village of Ban Tha Song Yang (also known as Mae Tawo), Thailand. Having lost her own father at a young age and her children also having lost their father, Tasanee decided that she would care for the orphaned children of Thailand and Burma.
Ban Tha Song Yang is about 2 hours north of Mae Sot on the Thai/Burma border. It is a picturesque Karen village in northern Thailand. It sits next to the Moei River, is surrounded by jungle and beautiful limestone mountains. It?s a small village where all the kids play together and all the parents know each other.
Tasanee and her brother converted their childhood home into an open space to accommodate the children. Starting with whatever funds were available, she built the foundation of what has become the first Safe Haven Orphanage. Relying on her personal funds and the donations of the people of Mae Sot, she was able to expand and take on more children. She now has over fifty children under her care.
Mission & Aims
Safe Haven Orphanage is a home that provides disadvantaged children with proper nurture, nutrition, shelter, clothing, medical care, and education. Safe Haven Orphanage is open to children from all communities, faiths, and cultures.
Who runs Safe Haven Orphanage?
Tasanee and a number of staff run Safe Haven Orphanage. Volunteers from around the world teach English at the local school and provide support at the orphanage.
Supporters
Donations received from volunteers and visitors are used to cover the daily costs of running the orphanage. We also receive support from some Non-Government Organizations (NGO?s) who assist with food supplies and health checks.
Source/publisher:
Safe Haven Orphanage
Date of entry/update:
2012-04-23
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Websites/Multiple Documents
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Migrant children and youth
Language:
English
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Home...
Contact...
Homestay...
Travel...
Mae Sot Photo...
Burma videos...
Hip Hop...
Scribd...
facebook...
facebook volunteerin...
Source/publisher:
Center for Children in Need
Date of entry/update:
2012-04-23
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Websites/Multiple Documents
Category:
Migrant children and youth
Language:
English
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Individual Documents
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"... The MAP foundation works to bridge the gap between education policy and pratice in Thai-land. Here are the stories of some of the migrant children that Map supports. Their families face, the obstacles they have had to overcome and their dreams for the future. There are 7 stories of migrant students who received scholarship from MAP foundation..."
Source/publisher:
MAP Foundation
Date of publication:
2019-00-00
Date of entry/update:
2020-03-14
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Individual Documents
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http://www.mapfoundationcm.org/eng/index.php/works-wrapper/publications/creating-a-better-future
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Topic:
Myanmar migrant workers
Sub-title:
Labour and security officials are working together to get young Myanmar children back into education after their learning centres were forced to close in Ranong, southern Thailand, Thai Labour Minister MR Chatu Mongol Sonakul said.
Topic:
Myanmar migrant workers
Description:
"The minister was speaking after meeting with Myanmar’s ambassador, U Myo Myint Than, at the ministry on Tuesday.
The ambassador voiced concern that the centres had ceased operating after 32 Myanmar teachers were deported on August 26.
The Myanmar nationals – 31 of whom held immigration clearance papers and one a passport – were teaching at 10 learning centres in Ranong without a licence.
They reportedly applied and were registered to work as migrant workers. However, they took up paid teaching jobs instead, breaching the labour law.
MR Chatu Mongol said the 32 teachers were charged, fined 5000 baht each and then deported. The deportation left the centres with no one to run them, forcing them to close.
The labour minister said the ambassador was worried that the Myanmar children’s education would suffer..."
Source/publisher:
"Myanmar Times" via Bangkok Post
Date of publication:
2019-09-13
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-13
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Children, Children's Rights - studies, Migrant children and youth, Education of migrants from Burma
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"Since late 2011, I have made contacted
with Karen refugee communities in two geographic locations ?one on the Thai-Burma border and one in Melbourne, Australia, which has provided me
opportunities to observe and participate in a number of activities
organized by those
displaced
residents. During
my
three-year engagement,
I have
come across
many Karen
refugees
who
have
enthusiastically taken part in the production as well as circulation and consumption of Karen pop
music, especially in the form
of music CDs or DVDs and
audio and video files
shared through online
media
platforms
such as YouTube.
Some explain that
music offers them opportunities to enjoy
themselves and to ?hang out? with like-minded
fellow
Karen. Moreover,
I have found that
music
involvement
helps some Karen individuals to cope with and to make sense of situations of
displacement, oppression and alienation. Notably, the sentimental charge of song lyrics and
melodies as well as the visual representations in music videos
become
a
source of a sense of Karen
identity and solidarity,
and
thereby
make
it possible for the producers as well as their
audiences
to
maintain connections with their counterparts in different countries.".....Paper delivered at the International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies: Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges: University Academic Service Centre (UNISERV), Chiang Mai University, Thailand, 24-26 July 2015.
Manoch Chummuangpak
Source/publisher:
International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies: Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges: University Academic Service Centre (UNISERV), Chiang Mai University, Thailand, 24-26 July 2015
Date of publication:
2015-07-26
Date of entry/update:
2015-08-10
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Karen and other refugees from Burma in Thailand - general reports and articles, Third country resettlement of refugees from Burma, Anthropological literature on refugees and migrants, Migrant children and youth, International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies (ICBMS) 23-26 July, 2015
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English
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An annual exhibition of art and handicrafts by the children of Burmese migrants in Thailand has found a regular place on the cultural calendar of Chiang Mai...
"The fifth annual exhibition, organized by Studio Xang, opened at the Lanna Cultural Museum in the northern Thai city on May 8 and ran until the end of the month..."
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy" Vol. 18, No. 6
Date of publication:
2010-06-00
Date of entry/update:
2010-08-29
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Migrant children and youth
Language:
English
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Description:
* Summary of report;
* Chapter 1: Migrant Children in Thailand - a Result of Globalisation...
* Chapter 2: Migrant Child Labor in Thailand...
* Chapter 3: Migrant Children in Prostitution in Thailand...
* Chapter 4: Migrant Street Children in Thailand:
* Indicators of Migrant Children in Thailand;
* Links to organisations working with Migrant Children in Thailand.
Premjai VUNGSIRIPHISAL, Siwaporn Auasalung, Supang Chantavanich
Source/publisher:
The Asian Research Center For Migration (ARCM), Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Date of publication:
1999-00-00
Date of entry/update:
2010-07-17
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Children, Migrant children and youth, Child workers
Language:
English
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"...There are an estimated 200,000 Burmese children living in Thailand, many of whom are working, with 20% of the migrant workforce thought to consist of children aged 15 to 17 years of age. It was
seen to be a standard practice for parents to send children out to work, especially once they have
reached the age of 13 years and seen to be physically capable of bringing in extra income for the
family. Children may voluntarily leave or be taken out of school to work alongside their parents in the
factory or fields, as domestics or as service workers in shops and restaurants. Researchers have found
that children working in Mae Sot factories and the agricultural area are subject to the worst forms of
child labour, working long hours and being exposed to hazardous chemicals and conditions that are in
direct violation of Thai labour law. The difficulty of obtaining registration and the work permit makes for a tenuous existence. Consequently, young people can be coerced or forced into bad
employment situations...
As parent?s lives are consumed by the need to work and make money, children can be denied the love,
care and guidance essential to their healthy growth and development and may be separated from or
even abandoned by parents. Some parents abuse and exploit their children by telling them not to come
back home if they cannot earn a fixed amount per day. Consequently these children go out on the
streets looking for daily work to survive; this can include begging, collecting recyclable rubbish and
carrying heavy loads. This pressure is seen to change the moral character of children with some
turning to stealing. Children who are unemployed, neglected, abandoned, or orphaned can end up
permanently on the streets. Being out of school and on the streets increases the risk of being trafficked
and recruitment by gangs, who physically threaten and may even kill children who try to escape...
Statelessness is a real risk for children who are unable to receive identity registration in Burma and
for those born in Thailand of migrants, especially unregistered parents. Despite the ratification of
conventions, such as the United Nation?s Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989 (CRC), and the
International Convention of Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) that stipulate birth registration of all
children born in Thailand, in reality only registered migrants who hold a work permit can register
their child?s birth. A change in the Civil Registration Act, effective from the 23rd August 2008, will
allow all children born on Thai soil, regardless of their status, to register their births and obtain a birth
certificate; however it remains to be seen how this will be implemented. In the meantime the
Committee for Promotion and Protection of Child Rights (Burma) (CPPCR), a Burmese CBO
established in 2002, provides a registration service for children from Burma that in some cases, has
been recognized by some Thai schools and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees
(UNHCR)..."
Source/publisher:
Committee for Promotion and Protection of Child Rights (Burma)
Date of publication:
2009-02-00
Date of entry/update:
2009-11-23
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Migrant children and youth, Children, Burma-related legislation and human rights issues in Thailand, Child workers
Language:
English
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Description:
1. Introduction;
1.1. Background;
1.2. Project Profile;
1.3. Project Objectives;
2. The Participatory Action Research (PAR) Process;
2.1. Methods of Working with Migrant Children and Youth;
2.2. Implementation Strategy;
2.3. Ethical Considerations;
2.4. Research Team;
2.5. Sites and Participants;
2.6. Establishing Research Guidelines;
2.7. Data Collection Tools;
2.8. Documentation;
2.9. Translation;
2.10Country and Regional Workshops;
2.11Analysis, Methods of Reporting Findings and Dissemination Strategy;
2.12. Obstacles and Limitations;
3. PAR Interventions;
3.1. Strengthening Social Structures;
3.2. Awareness Raising;
3.3. Capacity Building;
3.4. Life Skills Development;
3.5. Outreach Services;
3.6. Networking and Advocacy;
4. The Participatory Review;
4.1. Aims of the Review;
4.2. Review Guidelines;
4.3. Review Approach and Tools;
4.4. Summary of Review Outcomes;
4.4.1. Myanmar;
4.4.2. Thailand;
4.4.3. China;
5. Conclusion and Recommendations;
6. Bibliography of Resources.
Therese Caouette et al
Source/publisher:
Save the Children (UK)
Date of publication:
2001-05-00
Date of entry/update:
2003-04-30
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Children, Migrant children and youth, Karen and other refugees from Burma in Thailand - general reports and articles, Migrants' rights: reports of violations, Child labour in Burma, Children's rights: reports of violations in Burma against more than one ethnic group, Trafficking: Burma-specific material, Ethnic groups in Burma: general studies and articles, Burmese and other stateless people in Thailand and Malaysia
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English
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Description:
A Participatory Action Research Project
of Save the Children(UK)...
1. Introduction;
2. Background;
2.1. Population;
2.2. Geography;
2.3. Political Dimensions;
2.4. Economic Dimensions;
2.5. Social Dimensions;
2.6. Vulnerability of Children and Youth;
3. Research Design;
3.1. Project Objectives;
3.2. Ethical Considerations;
3.3. Research Team;
3.4. Research Sites and Participants;
3.5. Data Collection Tools;
3.6. Data Analysis Strategy;
3.7. Obstacles and Limitations;
4. Preliminary Research Findings;
4.1. The Migrants;
4.2. Reasons for migrating;
4.3. Channels of Migration;
4.4. Occupations;
4.5. Working and Living Conditions;
4.6. Health;
4.7. Education;
4.8. Drugs;
4.9. Child Labour;
4.10. Trafficking of Persons;
4.11. Vulnerabilities of Children;
4.12. Return and Reintegration;
4.13. Community Responses;
5. Conclusion and Recommendations...
Recommendations to empower migrant children and youth in the Mekong sub-region...
"This report provides an awareness of the realities and perspectives among migrant children, youth and their communities, as a means of building respect and partnerships to address their vulnerabilities to exploitation and abusive environments. The needs and concerns of migrants along the borders of China, Myanmar and Thailand are highlighted and recommendations to address these are made.
The main findings of the participatory action research include:
* those most impacted by migration are the peoples along the mountainous border areas between China, Myanmar and Thailand, who represent a variety of ethnic groups
* both the countries of origin and countries of destination find that those migrating are largely young people and often include children
* there is little awareness as to young migrants' concerns and needs, with extremely few interventions undertaken to reach out to them
* the majority of the cross-border migrants were young, came from rural areas and had little or no formal education
* the decision to migrate is complex and usually involves numerous overlapping factors
* migrants travelled a number of routes that changed frequently according to their political and economic situations. The vast majority are identified as illegal immigrants
* generally, migrants leave their homes not knowing for certain what kind of job they will actually find abroad. The actual jobs available to migrants were very gender specific
* though the living and working conditions of cross-border migrants vary according to the place, job and employer, nearly all the participants noted their vulnerability to exploitation and abuse without protection or redress
* for all illnesses, most of the participants explained that it was difficult to access public health services due to distance, cost and/or their illegal status
* along all the borders, most of the children did not attend school and among those who did only a very few had finished primary level education
* drug production, trafficking and addiction were critical issues identified by the communities at all of the research sites along the borders
* child labour was found in all three countries
* trafficking of persons, predominantly children and youth, was common at all the study sites
* orphaned children along the border areas were found to be the most vulnerable
* Migrants frequently considered their options and opportunities to return home
Based on the project?s findings, recommendations are made at the conclusion of this report to address the critical issues faced by migrant children and youth along the borders. These recommendations include: methods of working with migrant youth, effective interventions, strategies for advocacy, identification of vulnerable populations and critical issues requiring further research.
The following interventions were identified as most effective in empowering migrant children and youth in the Mekong sub-region: life skills training and literacy education, strengthening protection efforts, securing channels for safe return and providing support for reintegration to home countries. These efforts need to be initiated in tandem with advocacy efforts to influence policies and practices that will better protect and serve migrant children and youth."
Therese M. Caouette
Source/publisher:
Save the Children (UK)
Date of publication:
2001-00-00
Date of entry/update:
2003-04-30
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Refugees from Burma: general reports, Karen and other refugees from Burma in Thailand - general reports and articles, Migrants' rights: reports of violations, Child labour in Burma, Children's rights: reports of violations in Burma against more than one ethnic group, Trafficking: Burma-specific material, Ethnic groups in Burma: general studies and articles, Burmese and other stateless people in Thailand and Malaysia, Migrant children and youth
Language:
English
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