Research

The State of Children's Emotional Well-being: Voices from a survey on the Thai-Myanmar border

Displaced children and young people along the Thai-Myanmar border have been affected by multiple crises in the last decade. COVID-19, the 2021 Myanmar military coup, and the subsequent civil war in Myanmar have all brought significant challenges to local communities. Research projects and informal reports from teachers and community members have shown that these crises are affecting the mental health and emotional well-being of children and young people from Myanmar in Thailand, which in turn can affect their physical health, relationships, and ability to study.

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Understanding the Challenges and Limitations of Access to Basic Rights for At-risk Migrant Children and Youth in Tak Province, Thailand

"Understanding the Challenges and Limitations of Access to Basic Rights for At-risk Migrant Children and Youth in Tak Province, Thailand" is a youth-led research project conducted and published by Rays of Youth, Help Without Frontiers, with the support of Porticus.

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Effective population-level promotion of positive parenting and violence prevention in high-adversity settings

"Being Family" is a film-based intervention developed with migrant communities from Myanmar, featuring evidence-based parenting skills from the WHO-UNICEF Parenting for Lifelong Health programs. Our recent study, involving 2,249 caregivers on the Thailand-Myanmar border, shows that "Being Family" significantly boosts positive and playful parenting, prevents physical violence against children, and encourages caregiver involvement in early learning activities. It also enhances parenting knowledge, family functioning, social support, and reduces the belief in harsh punishment.

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Safety Nets: A Situational Analysis of Non-formal Education Pathways for Migrant Children in Tak Province, Thailand

For tens of thousands of children from Myanmar in Thailand, accessing education is filled with challenges. Many children and youth are often required to put their education on hold to help support their families by working or caring for siblings. Many migrant families also frequently need to move to find work. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated these challenges; since the start of the pandemic, 1 in 5 migrant children have disappeared from educational records. 

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Bridges: Participatory Action Research on the Future of Migrant Education in Thailand 

Migrant children’s educational prospects in Thailand have brightened greatly since 2015, when Save the Children and World Education conducted the last comprehensive research project on migrant education. Government-recognized education has now become accessible for many migrant children and many legal obstacles that had prevented migrant children from enrolment in Thai schools, have now been eliminated.

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Strengthening Migrant Youth Leadership through Personal Well-Being and Community Compassion

In 2019, the Rays of Youth project will celebrate its tenth anniversary. Since the inception of the Rays of Youth program, more than 100 youth have been trained and graduated from the Leadership program. Awareness raising activities and events have reached more than 49,000 community members.

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