Prevent Child Trafficking Through Education

Dear Friends,

Thank you for your continued support to our prevention programs in Thailand! In July of this year, Jessica LeGault, a SOLD supporter, spent a month volunteering at our Resource Center in Thailand. Jessica led a few art activities at the Resource Center and helped decorate the buildings. On one Saturday after English class, the kids helped repaint and decorate the original building at the Resource Center, which now serves as the library. One of our university students painted the tree (pictured below) and the kids had a wonderful time getting paint everywhere. 

Once she came back to the United States, Jessica wrote a reflection piece about her time on the ground.

Jessica states, "There is a deep passion in each of the staff members at The SOLD Project, a fire that drives them to care for these kids in remarkable ways. You can see this fire in the eyes of the kids that come after school each day as they look up at the staff with so much respect. You can feel this fire in the hands of the younger ones as they cling tightly to your arm, knowing that they are safe here; they are protected." 

We hope you'll take a moment to read her full reflection [which can be found here].

Your gifts are allowing our students access to a safe place - a place where they can go to have fun and learn with staff who will protect them. Thank you so much for continuing to disrupt child exploitation in Thailand through prevention. 

With hope and gratitude,
The SOLD Project Team 

Dear Friends,

2015 has been an exciting year so far. In the last project report, we shared Win’s story [a SOLD scholarship student who graduated from University and joined the SOLD team]. We are truly amazed at how much of an impact our prevention programs have on our students and the community as a whole. Thank you for making our prevention programs accessible to our students and the surrounding villages.

Your generosity has inspired our students to want to make the community a better place. Not only have we had a graduated student come back to join the SOLD team, we currently have an active SOLD scholarship recipient on our team. This summer, one of our students, Yai*, is interning with us at our Resource Center. Yai is starting her first year at University this fall. She will be studying Social Work and has a desire to help others and give back to her community. Yai is helping our staff plan activities for the primary age students as well as learn about the day-to-day operations on the ground. It makes us so excited to see our students giving back to SOLD and to the community.

Without your support, the Resource Center would not be what it is today – a safe place where our students can come for resources, mentorship, counseling, and tutoring. Without these programs at the Resource Center, Yai might have ended up on a different path. We are extremely proud of her accomplishments and cannot wait to see her start University. We are thankful for all of your support in creating a space where our students and staff can thrive in.

With hope and gratitude,

Alaynah Fiedler 

*Name has been changed to protect the anonymity of the student.