Empower, educate, and protect young Thai mothers

In the last few months, we've had several new mothers and babies come and go who were in need of various temporary housing situations. One mother was a student in a neighboring province. Her family disowned her when they found out she was pregnant which, unfortunately, is a story we routinely hear. She didn't know how she could finish her internship if she were pregnant, though, and without a completed internship, she couldn't graduate. She ended up staying at The Light Center for a few months to care for her baby and decided to give her baby up for adoption. Our international adoption partner is already searching for a family for her baby, we are providing foster care, and the mother was able to finish her education!

Recently, we visited a newborn baby boy who was stuck in limbo at a hospital. His mother refused to provide milk or care for him, and three different government entities were trying to figure out how best to help him. For a short time, he had to stay at the hospital while legal issues were resolved, but we were able to provide formula and diapers in the meantime. Hospitals have limited budgets for this sort of thing, so we were happy to help even though he never came to stay with us. This little guy may have fallen through the cracks of the legal system temporarily, but he was still safely in the hands of many wonderful staff at the hospital and The Light Center who provide compassionate care to infants like him.