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) […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 – […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]