Category: Child Protection

April 19, 2018

Knowledge Is Power: Training Kids and Parents On Child Rights

Two weeks ago, Center for Girls (CFG) visited the ethnic Lahu village of Songpinong. As part of our project together with Kindernothilfe, educational workshops on human trafficking and the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC) […]

March 22, 2018

The Dangers of Voluntourism

Volunteering can be an incredibly rewarding and life-changing experience, however, it can also do more harm than good. Volunteering should mutually reward both the volunteer and the community in order to be considered valuable; all […]

February 17, 2018

Mobile Child Rights Campaign

Over the past week, Center for Girls (CFG) brought our ”Mobile Child Rights” project to two schools in the Chiang Khong area. A crucial part of CFG’s work is educating and empowering children in local schools and communities. The primary aim […]

October 24, 2017

Local Businesses Against Exploitation

Center for Girls (CFG) held the second training session on human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) for the local business owners of Chiang Khong district, with almost 60 people in attendance – […]

May 20, 2017

Every Human Deserves Dignity: Emergency Cases

Chiang Khong is a border town located near the Golden Triangle. As such, it is home to different marginalized ethnic minority groups, migrants, and refugees. Many of these people are stateless with little to no […]

March 15, 2017

CRPC Daughter Obtains Thai Citizenship

We are very excited for our partner, Child Rights Protection Center (CRPC), and their daughter who has recently received official statehood! Check out their post about it: We are pleased to announce that one of […]

January 17, 2017

National Children’s Day

Every year on the second Saturday of January people all over Thailand come together to celebrate “Wan Dek”, or National Children’s Day. Children’s Day is observed nationwide in order to give children the chance to have fun […]

August 30, 2016

Filmmaking Is Changemaking

Empowering young females, and raising awareness in Chiang Khong’s communities in order to fight stigmas associated with teenage pregnancy: This is what the Women’s Lens Project is all about. Center for Girls works with young […]

June 15, 2016

We Partner Up With Kindernothilfe

Center for Girls is fortunate enough to work with German organization Kindernothilfe since 2012 on our Program for the Prevention of Child Trafficking and Child Abuse. In the past, we have partnered with End Child […]

April 5, 2016

Pueng’s Story

Pueng* was only four years old when her neighbor, a man she had known all of her short life, attempted to rape her. She had been playing outside in the garden while her grandmother was […]