By Anuchon Houlsong | APCYF President
Association for the Promotion of Children, Youth, and Families (APCYF)
The Association for the Promotion of Children, Youth, and Families (APCYF) is a local non-profit organization established in 2005. Based in Fang District, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand, near the Thai-Myanmar border, APCYF is dedicated to ensuring equal rights for children of ethnic migrant workers, focusing on access to education, legal identity, and healthcare.
With an estimated 100,000 migrant worker families residing in Fang, APCYF addresses the critical needs of this vulnerable population. The organization operates learning centers, community development programs, and scholarship initiatives to support ethnic migrant children in gaining basic rights and achieving safety and well-being.
Our Mission
To ensure that children of ethnic migrant workers in Fang District receive fundamental child rights, leading to safer and better lives.
Operations
Three Early Childhood Readiness Centers
• Providing education for underprivileged ethnic children.
• Promoting child development, physical and mental well-being.
• Promoting child development in various aspects, including cognitive, emotional, and social skills.
• Offering free school meals.
• Implementing health and hygiene programs to improve children’s overall well-being.
• Home visits and case-based child support.
• Collaborating with parents to ensure children’s educational and developmental needs are met.
• Facilitating children’s transition into formal education and other necessary support services.
• Coordinating with government agencies, local organizations, and community leaders to support children’s education and development.
Impact
• A total of 120 children were enrolled in the three Early Childhood Readiness Centers.
• The children received education, healthcare services, and free lunch, contributing to their overall development—physically, mentally, cognitively, emotionally, and socially.
• The children demonstrated improvements in physical, emotional, intellectual, and social development.
• Teachers collaborated with parents to address issues such as malnutrition, health concerns, housing conditions, and developmental delays.
• Many were successfully transitioned into the formal school system for continued education.
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