Delivering the Promise
of Childhood
By Chris Cusano
The mention of children's rights in Thailand recalls to many minds disturbing tales of abuse. In 1984 a fire gutted a brothel in Phuket, where the charred skeleton of a child prostitute was discovered, chained to the bed where she was sold. Adolescent girls are routinely brokered to massage parlors, in order to pay off their parents' debts. Children who should be in second grade wander barefoot through Bangkok's effusive traffic, selling garlands and newspapers.
Go to the Changemakers Library for selected Internet resources about children at risk of exploitation
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Battling the Abusers
When he's not rescuing children, playing father to 100 formerly abused children,
or waging a media campaign for children's rights, Montri Sinthawichai serves in the Thai Senate. Attackers think twice now before threatening him.
By Kris Herbst
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