By Tamsin Haigh | Project Leader
Dear Friends,
Thanks to you, we continue our vital work in Ubon Ratchathani, reaching high school girls in rural areas across the province. We train these girls in two vital topics, often not included in routine education by village schools:
Our “Preparing for Success” workshop gives girls the guidance they need on planning for a successful future – covering vocational training opportunities, further education and employment options. We often find that, before the workshop, many of these girls only know a few careers – nurse, teacher, doctor – and they do not know about the training or experience required to secure these positions. Our workshops help to broaden their horizons and to ensure they know how to build a realistic path towards their end career goal.
Our “Prevention of Danger” workshop meets an important need for rural girls – learning how to move safely from agricultural life to the big city. This information is desperately required in the Northeast, where the rates of internal migration are the highest in the country among young women. Our workshop ensures that they plan and save sufficiently for their arrival in Bangkok, that they realise the importance of sorting their employment and accommodation as much as they can, and that they are prepared for some of the potentially harmful situations they may encounter in the city.
We have also recently launched a new project, spanning Ubon and Bangkok, funded by the Embassy of Canada to Thailand. This project, called “Claim your Rights”, will design, deliver and evaluate a replicable training toolkit to help women and girls in both regions to protect themselves from violence, exploitation, and forced marriage resulting from pregnancy. Read more here: http://www.goodwillthailand.org/canadafund2015
Alongside these workshops, we have also been reaching out to new schools and communities, building relationships to help deliver our services even further across the province and surrounding areas. As part of this, we have been involved in local government initiatives, such as the “Stop Violence Against Girls, Women, and Inside the Family” campaign in early December, hosted by Ministry of Social Development and Human Security in Ubon. The event included over 35 organizations (including government offices, businesses and other NGOs) and more than 500 people participated. Our staff in Ubon, Nang and Miaw, and four volunteers represented the organization. During the event many people showed interested in our work, helping to raise awareness of our services. Nang was also delighted to receive a certificate from the provincial governor in recognition of our participation in the campaign.
Students in Bangkok have been cooking up a storm in our holiday project – sharing their favourite recipes and talking about their lives. Please take a look at the microsite and watch the first video (https://goodwillgroupfoundation.wordpress.com/) to learn more. Four more videos will be released between now and the New Year.
Thank you so much for all your support of the Goodwill Group Foundation.
Wishing you happy and healthy holidays from all of us here in Thailand.
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By Tamsin Haigh | Project Leader
By Tamsin Haigh | Project Leader
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