DEPDC Chiang Khong

Okay, now it's time to tell our story.

You already know that DEPDC was established in 1989 in Mae Sai district by Mr. Sompop Jantraka. Now that it has grown into a center that now supports over 400 children each year.

And here we are, the second office was established in Chiang Khong in 2006 with an intention to protect children living in this area from human trafficking risks. 
Chiang Khong is the bridge gateway between Thailand and Laos. It is often a departure, gateway, and destination of human trafficking.

Our vision:

      The vision of DEPDC is to prevent trafficking of children and women 
       into the sex industry or other exploitative labor situations.

Our objective:

• To increase access to education
• To develop life skills of the underprivileged children, youths, and communities
• To develop children's capacity in intelligence and social ethics
  

We normally operate in Chiang Khong, Vieng Gang, Doi Lueng.
However, we accept children with problems from any other districts, provinces and countries.

WHO NEEDS HELP?

The Chiang Khong centre supports underprivileged children who have been:

• economically exploited
• hill tribes/granted no nationality ID card
• orphaned/abandoned
• homeless
• absolute poor
• infected/affected by HIV/AIDS and other diseases
• Physical and mental abuse from environment they were raised

WHAT DO WE DO?

The Chiang Khong office offer either supplementary support or 100% support

Supplementary support

For those who remain at home, all costs for education (books, materials, meals, and transport) are provided. Scholarships for university or international high school are available depending on their academic achievement

100% support

This basically means everything that the aid-receivers require, which includes:

• a shelter, being their second hoome
• food (3 meals per day), 9 year compulsory education, vocational courses, life-skill activities, transportation, hospital costs and clothing
• education expenses & materials
• family support with food and certain amount of mony in case of their parents being ill
• daily discipline by staffs and volunteers as a role model - emphasizing the imporytance of education and discipline

HOW DO WE DO IT?

The operation process involves

• Government Organizations (GOs)
• Non-Government Organizations (NGOs)
• local community/village leaders
• local school teachers

 Government Organizations (GOs), Non-Government Organizations (NGOs), local communities/village leaders and school teachers

 
↓ contact & report the children's situations to

 DEPDC Chiang Khong

　　↓　 interview