Childlife-A
future for street children
Partner of "RASMI" (Rural and Social Management Institute)
supporting the project "School for Life"
Partner of "RASMI" (Rural and Social Management Institute)
supporting the project "School for Life"
Children’s
Stories:
Wararee "Wow" Yooyen, 9 years
ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE SEVEN HILLS: Her parents came from far away.
They journeyed over many mountains. Her mother is from China, and she
doesn’t know where her mother met her father anymore. The family is
stranded here in the area near Pongkum. Thailand not only has street
children, it also has street families. Wow’s family lives on the street, looks
for abandoned shacks to sleep in, has neither identification papers nor a
national citizenship, and belongs to the caste of illegal migrants: They are
always moving around and live in fear of being deported at any time. Wow
tried to reach the school every day from a shelter deep in the jungle. She
had to hike over a large mountain. She arrived exhausted after classes had
already started, and fell asleep while the others were learning. Wow’s
mother heard of the School for Life, came to the farm with Wow and asked
to have her daughter taken in and given a good education. As a girl, she is
especially in danger on the street. We agreed and encouraged Wow’s
mother and father to maintain as close contact to their daughter as
possible. “At home”, on the street, the family only ate rice prepared with
chillies and salt for 29 days. Wow was often hungry. Now she eats enough
for three children and is happy to be here. What Wow likes best? Pork with
crispy edges, and playing the Thai violin. She wants to be a musician some
day. Probably.
They journeyed over many mountains. Her mother is from China, and she
doesn’t know where her mother met her father anymore. The family is
stranded here in the area near Pongkum. Thailand not only has street
children, it also has street families. Wow’s family lives on the street, looks
for abandoned shacks to sleep in, has neither identification papers nor a
national citizenship, and belongs to the caste of illegal migrants: They are
always moving around and live in fear of being deported at any time. Wow
tried to reach the school every day from a shelter deep in the jungle. She
had to hike over a large mountain. She arrived exhausted after classes had
already started, and fell asleep while the others were learning. Wow’s
mother heard of the School for Life, came to the farm with Wow and asked
to have her daughter taken in and given a good education. As a girl, she is
especially in danger on the street. We agreed and encouraged Wow’s
mother and father to maintain as close contact to their daughter as
possible. “At home”, on the street, the family only ate rice prepared with
chillies and salt for 29 days. Wow was often hungry. Now she eats enough
for three children and is happy to be here. What Wow likes best? Pork with
crispy edges, and playing the Thai violin. She wants to be a musician some
day. Probably.
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