Give Education to Protect Children From Trafficking
In Northern Thailand, about 800,000 children drop out of school each year, leaving them vulnerable to exploitation and trafficking. The Freedom Story’s scholarship program keeps kids in school and gives them the tools they need to stay safe from trafficking and break the cycle of exploitation.
About this story:
A one-year scholarship can transform a child’s future.
After Saithan’s father was arrested, their family of four lived on her mom’s single salary.
“I could barely afford our living expenses, let alone schooling,” she says.
Saithan dropped out of school to ease the family’s burden and help her mom provide for her younger siblings. When children drop out of school to work, it dramatically increases their chance of being trafficked or exploited.
The Freedom Story intervened before Saithan experienced this devastating cycle.
They provided a scholarship that allowed her to return to school. She also received a mentor who supported her emotionally and academically while helping her mom build financial stability at home.
Soon, shy and timid Saithan became a confident leader who taught her peers how to stay safe from trafficking. Now, she’s a college student studying culinary arts, and her family can keep her younger siblings in school as well.
What this support covers:
- A one-year scholarship for school fees, supplies, and transportation.
- Holistic mentorship that includes one year of individualized support and four home visits with the entire family.
- Trafficking prevention training that builds leadership skills and knowledge on online threats, human trafficking, and child rights.
Goal: $2,500
Why support is needed now:
As climate change continues to impact the region through increasingly frequent floods, families facing poverty are just one crisis away from taking their kids out of school. Scholarships ensure children can continue their education, are shielded from exploitative work, and build brighter futures.
The Freedom Story
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The Freedom Story is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that prevents child trafficking and exploitation in Northern Thailand. A documentary called “The Sold Project” became a scholarship program when a neighbor, producer, and researcher came to the same conclusion: child trafficking is preventable.
Since 2008, The Freedom Story has grown into a holistic trafficking prevention organization that has given 1,000 students access to education, helped more than 3,800 families build stability, and equipped more than 48,000 people to recognize trafficking threats and exercise their rights.
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