Abuse and exploitation of children in Thailand
In Thailand, a large part of the population lives in poverty, especially in the agricultural northeastern part of Thailand.
Unfortunately, there is not much choice to earn money. Agriculture yields too little and the existing jobs pay the minimum wage of 300 baht per day. Little perspective for the people who live there.
The lack of proper education and training creates a hopeless situation and with it the lack of insight into the danger of sexual exploitation and human trafficking, not only for adults, but also for children.
The children's rights organization 'Human Help Network Foundation Thailand' (HHNFT) points this out. In particular, the organization wants to draw the attention of tourists to this and also warn against this form of abuse and exploitation of children. As early as 1988, a clear agreement was made with airlines and travel organizations to be alert to this.
In addition to tourists, the Thai population of future generations must also be informed about the danger of sexual exploitation with the aim of protecting growing children from this. This will only succeed if there is education and training, as the HHNFT has developed since 2008.
Private institutions such as the Child Protection and Development Center (CPDC) also offer good housing and development opportunities for these children. Children with different background situations are included. Children can grow up here in a safe environment and regularly attend school.
Many private initiatives have led to new organizations where children can be cared for safely. But rightly so, the requirements imposed by the government on these organizations are becoming increasingly strict.
The 'Human Help Network Foundation Thailand' (HNNFT) was established in 2008 as an NGO under Thai law and has been fighting child trafficking and child prostitution ever since. With its head office in Pattaya, it focuses on the exploitation of street children. A “drop-in centre” in the center of the city offers the children food, accommodation, information and further referral and care options.
It is striking that the number of begging children, especially from Cambodia, has disappeared on the beaches of Pattaya and Jomtien in recent years.
A child is born in a certain environment. Some are lucky and others, like many in Thailand, are born in the wrong place. Every child should have the right to a carefree life, a pleasant childhood. Unfortunately this is a utopia.
People (or inhumans) who use children to indulge their sexual appetites, like drug dealers, should receive the harshest prison sentences. The human traffickers who give these people the chance to do this must also be dealt with severely.
Alas, for money the bear dances.
For what it's worth. Fixed comment from my Thai wife at the time stories like this and posted pictures like this story (child begging at the station).
NOT Thai! These are children from neighboring countries such as Cambodia, Laos and Burma,…..
When I ask whether that is less bad, the answer is "no, but this way the Thai get a bad name, everyone thinks that Thai are bad parents".
Can we find a lot of it and throw ourselves into arguments that Thai parents don't like either.
Never mind, the begging children in the streets of Thailand are not Thai!
In neighboring countries as well as in TH, denial is a great asset. Neighboring countries make their children beg in TH streets: then they don't have to see it themselves, and it doesn't exist for them. In TH people don't worry about it that much, after all not TH. And so this system of child exploitation continues in ASEAN.
these are conditions that exist in all poor areas of the world and that unscrupulous fellow human beings take advantage of. We were lucky enough to have grown up in better circumstances, so good that we can now enjoy ourselves in Thailand. We can also contribute to help people here for a better life. I don't do that through official bodies myself, then there is a lot of overhead. I pay for the education of two children, support a project set up by elderly people with no income to grow rice in Buri Ram. I am not rich, but I am willing to share. I don't mind drinking a beer less a day. It's a drop in the ocean.
The more drops the better. Look around yourself and do what your heart tells you. If you have items that you no longer use or are broken, give them to the collectors. Empty bottles, cans and water bottles, give them to collectors. If a beggar asks for money for food, give a meal. It really doesn't make you poorer.