By Elizabeth Dolan | International Volunteer, DEPDC/GMS
The Mekong Regional Indigenous Child Rights Home (MRICRH) continues to provide support and shelter to 5 occupants, four of which are children. On holidays, the children enjoy swimming in the nearby community pool, which is a great outlet during this hot and muggy season in northern Thailand. They also practice autonomy and self-care through the start of their own garden, where they are required to care for the plants, harvest the vegetables, and then prepare meals, all the while learning about the importance of healthy eating.
However, while DEPDC will continue to provide safety and shelter to these five members of MRICRH, the program is looking to move on to a new chapter for the next four months, where no more applicants will be admitted. The intention behind this is that DEPDC would like to focus more energy on following up with previous members of MRICRH and making sure they have successfully reintegrated safely into societal spheres and are thriving in their independent lives.
DEPDC also wants to take the following couple of months to convert part of the shelter into an autonomous living space for two current members of MRICRH, a mother and her daughter. The past month has been spent training the mother in valuable life skills, such as cooking, sewing, cleaning, and managing work with a child. DEPDC now hopes to give her a space to put those new skills into action, and the organization will use the next several weeks as an opportunity for her to regain partial independence so that her ultimate reintegration into society can be as successful as possible.
In the meantime, the other children at MRICRH have returned to school from holiday, bright-eyed and eager to learn, and are thriving academically, thanks to generous donations that support pay for their uniforms, lunch, and classes.
We are excited for the future of MRICRH and believe not just in immediate care, but long-term relationships that can not just rescue the most vulnerable women and children from the trafficking cycle, but also ensure that they will never be at risk of entering it again.
Again, thank you for your continued support for MRICRH. DEPDC/GMS could not continue to prosper without generous donations like yours that can help put an end to trafficking.
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