UNICEF: Tsunami 5: Expanding child protection services in Thailand

http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/Thailand_52214.html

KRABI PROVINCE, THAILAND, 22 December 2009 Sitting on the floor of her simple home, Nok (not her real name), 17, speaks with Tuangporn Dumrith, a visiting social worker. Her youth belies the trauma she has already endured in her life.

At age 15, Nok was sexually abused by her stepfather and became pregnant. The ordeal nearly proved too much for the vulnerable teenager. Having received training from UNICEF, Ms. Dumrith was able to successfully intervene on Noks behalf.

Since the tsunami struck in December 2004, UNICEF has supported the training of social workers in Krabi and other affected provinces. Additional resources have been provided to expand child protection services, and several new pilot programmes have been supported to help orphans and other vulnerable children.

UNICEF Child Protection Officer Nantaporn Ieumwananonthachai hopes that many of these programmes can be scaled up at the national level.

Hopefully the money spent in this tsunami affected area will not only benefit the children in this area, but will also cover the rest of the country, she said.

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• UNICEF
• Tsunami
• Thailand
• Krabi
• children
• protection

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angela