Today I taught three smart little kids this song in a small village in northern Thailand. We all came up here from the office yesterday to spend some time talking with the schools and families we are working with here along the Laos border in Nakon Panong province. This area is a very high risk area for girls to be trafficked or to easily fall into prostitution. Poverty is extremely high in the region and in every school there are many girls facing countless obstacles that could prevent them from finishing school. Openaid is trying to reach individual girls through the project support of the schools in different villages. Not an easy task or one that has immediate results. Building
relationships, trust and results all take enormous amounts of time invested in each family and school. These are long term projects, targeting young girls in primary school and attempting to keep them in school until graduation, hopefully creating opportunity for continued education and a lifetime of jobs that will keep them from being exploited. It’s a huge learning curve working with the culture and families here but a rewarding task if you can keep just one girl safe. It all sounds a bit cliché when you put it that way but the reality for that one girl is such that it could be saving her from a life of exploitation and poverty.
Today I taught three smart little kids this song in a small village in northern Thailand. We all came up here from the office yesterday to spend some time talking with the schools and families we are working with here along the Laos border in Nakon Panong province. This area is a very high risk area for girls to be trafficked or to easily fall into prostitution. Poverty is extremely high in the region and in every school there are many girls facing countless obstacles that could prevent them from finishing school. Openaid is trying to reach individual girls through the project support of the schools in different villages. Not an easy task or one that has immediate results. Building 
relationships, trust and results all take enormous amounts of time invested in each family and school. These are long term projects, targeting young girls in primary school and attempting to keep them in school until graduation, hopefully creating opportunity for continued education and a lifetime of jobs that will keep them from being exploited. It’s a huge learning curve working with the culture and families here but a rewarding task if you can keep just one girl safe. It all sounds a bit cliché when you put it that way but the reality for that one girl is such that it could be saving her from a life of exploitation and poverty.
Rosie!! I love that you are blogging :) I didn't know!! Keep me up to date!! Post some pictures!! :) I miss you!!
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