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This is a summary of every private residential care facility in the Chiang Rai Province of Thailand, including institutional care homes, children’s homes, and residential schools. This summary provides an extensive and useful data set for those interested in the reform of private children's homes.
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This is a summary of children's homes in the Chiang Mai Province of Thailand over the last 1.5 years. The research team visited a total of 371 private children's homes. This summary provides an extensive and useful data set for those interested in the reform of private children's homes.
The goal of this study was to survey and study the nature of and operation of private children's homes in Chiang Mai Province and to be a model for Thailand in the process of documenting these private children’s homes.
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This is the third Global Forum for a World Without Orphans to be held 29 February 29 - 03 March 2024 in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
If you are interested in collaborating with others in your country and region to solve the orphaned and vulnerable child crisis in your nation, we really hope you will join us! We also encourage you to send this forum application page to other leaders you recommend for participation in this event.
Once your application has been approved, each attendee will be…
The purpose of this study is to explore how growing up in private residential care in Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai provinces of Thailand has affected children’s well-being over time. The research provided an important opportunity for young people to describe and analyze their experience, as well as make their own conclusions and recommendations. Understanding the life paths of these young people after leaving care offers important insights for developing strategies, policies and services to improve outcomes for other children facing similar experiences. The study was commissioned as part of the…
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ไม่ ใช่เด็กทุกคนได้เติบโตอย่ างอบอุ่นและปลอดภัยกับพ่อแม่ ของตน และไม่ ใช่เด็กทุกคนได้เติบโตใน “บ้าน” หรือสภาวะ แวดล้อมของครอบครัว ซึ่งถือเป็นสภาวะแวดล้อมที่เหมาะ สมต่อการเจริญเติบโตของเด็ก เด็กในประเทศไทยหลาย คนถูกส่งไปอยู่ ใน “สถานรองรับ” เช่น สถานสงเคราะห์ บ้านพักเด็ก หอพัก โรงเรียนประจำ ศาสนสถาน โรงเรียน สอนศาสนา และสถานที่ประเภทอื่นๆที่รับเด็กไว้ในการเลี้ยง ดูเป็นระยะเวลาหนึ่งเพราะพ่อแม่ ไม่ สามารถหรือไม่ประสงค์ จะเลี้ยงดูลูก โดยมี วิธีการเลี้ยงดูที่ต่างจากการเลี้ยงดูในรูป แบบครอบครัว โดยเฉพาะการมี ผู้ดูแลจำ นวนน้อยเมื่ อเทียบ กับจำ นวนเด็กและมี การเปลี่ยนผู้ดูแลบ่อย มี…
A research on children in institutional care in Thailand and policy brief
This new study reveals that over 120,000 children in Thailand are living in institutional settings, mostly due to poverty and limited access to education. 90% have at least one living parent. Although institutional care may be appropriate in emergencies, it is often overly misused and can affect children’s emotional, cognitive and mental development. More than 50% of private “orphanages” are unregistered and unregulated.
The study lays out the extent of the problem, identifies risks, and provides…
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This paper presents findings from a qualitative study that explored children's and families' experiences of alternative care in Thailand. The study used arts-based methods to engage 160 children living in a range of care settings.
This included government and NGO-run residential care settings (RCS), children's villages, Buddhist temples, migrant learning centres and foster care homes. Interviews were also conducted with 20 parents/guardians who had placed their children in care. Findings show that despite the alternative care system presenting significant challenges,…
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This qualitative research aimed to develop the alternative care action plan for Thailand. The method used in this study included the analysis of documents related to the alternative care situations in Thailand and the interviews where the key informants were specifically selected so that the collected data could be used to develop the alternative care action plan. The study found that Thailand had seven areas of strengths and challenges related to the alternative care i.e. laws and policies related to the gatekeeping and family strengthening, collaborative structured and…
National Plan of Action on Alternative Care for Children Phase 1 (2022 - 2026) has been prepared to provide the direction of alternative care operations in Thailand that reflects the spirit of practices on alternative care for children in 5 areas:
- Family support and strengthening to prevent unnecessary separation,
- Gatekeeping processes and mechanisms to prevent unnecessary separation of children from the family,
- Ensuring quality of various childcare services
- Deinstitutionalization to reduce dependence on institutions which should be a last resort…
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The End Violence Against Children (EVAC) program is a five-year global initiative launched by World Vision to fortify protections, ignite community movements and eradicate violence against vulnerable children by 2021. Violence against children takes many forms that include, physical, sexual and mental violence, neglect or negligent treatment, maltreatment or exploitation, harm or abuse, commercial sexual exploitation, trafficking, child labor, cyber abuse and other harmful practices.
Given that the Asia Pacific region faces an overwhelming number of children…