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<\/span><\/div>\nA young girl from this village was rescued from exactly this kind of situation by the ADRA\u2019s KGS (Keep Girls Safe) Project. Having been neglected by her parents, and with no other relatives to take care of her, she was forced to live on her own, which quickly exposed her to risks of trafficking and exploitation. Although she is now continuing her pursuit of education \u2013 having been assisted by ADRA \u2013 the fight still continues to ensure equal access to education in this area, and to subvert the risk of human trafficking. This is development work that ADRA has been engaged in for over 13 years.<\/p>\n
Chaque ann\u00e9e, ADRA travaille en \u00e9troite collaboration avec la communaut\u00e9 pour collecter des donn\u00e9es sur les enfants vuln\u00e9rables et d'autres difficult\u00e9s dans le village. Les informations servent \u00e0 cr\u00e9er des lignes directrices pour le projet, qui re\u00e7oit souvent des rapports de sources locales sur des enfants \u00e0 risque qui sont absents de l'\u00e9cole ou manquent de fournitures scolaires, qui manquent de nourriture \u00e0 la maison ou qui sont engag\u00e9s dans des travaux agricoles quotidiens ou d'autres travaux pour subvenir aux besoins de leurs enfants. pour leurs familles. En montrant que l'absence de l'\u00e9cole pour le travail rend les enfants plus vuln\u00e9rables \u00e0 la traite, le projet a sensibilis\u00e9 davantage les dirigeants des communaut\u00e9s locales, les enseignants et les responsables du projet \u00e0 l'importance de veiller \u00e0 ce que les enfants soient habilit\u00e9s \u00e0 rechercher une \u00e9ducation.<\/p>\n
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<\/span><\/div>\nIl existe plusieurs fa\u00e7ons dont le projet KGS travaille pour emp\u00eacher les enfants d'\u00eatre victimes de trafic sexuel ou d'exploitation par le travail. ADRA offre des opportunit\u00e9s d'\u00e9tudes \u00e9gales gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 des bourses subventionn\u00e9es pour les gar\u00e7ons et les filles. De plus, le projet travaille avec les \u00e9coles pour identifier et aider les \u00e9l\u00e8ves qui ont besoin d'aide pour terminer leur \u00e9ducation de base. Cette base \u00e9ducative est essentielle pour donner aux enfants un plus large \u00e9ventail d'options de carri\u00e8re qui \u00e9largit leurs horizons et leurs perspectives.<\/p>\n
En plus des bourses d'\u00e9tudes subventionn\u00e9es, le projet propose \u00e9galement des activit\u00e9s de formation pour sensibiliser \u00e0 la traite des \u00eatres humains. Les habitants du village sont sensibilis\u00e9s aux strat\u00e9gies des escrocs et des pr\u00e9dateurs, pour \u00e9viter une future victimisation. Le projet Keep Girls Safe a travaill\u00e9 avec les communaut\u00e9s sur ces questions tout en mettant continuellement \u00e0 jour ses informations.<\/p>\n
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<\/span><\/div>\nHowever, the Community Field Officers have found that this task of protecting and rescuing children is more difficult than they had imagined. The most striking obstacle is often a child\u2019s family: many often refuse to cooperate in supporting their education out of a preference to have their kids working and earning an income for the family. Compounding the issue, many low or no-income families have too many children to support putting through school.<\/p>\n
ADRA a rencontr\u00e9 J<\/em> (alias), a young girl from a family of migrants from Laos who had been living in Thantong for some time. They do not own any land or a home. Supported by a community leader and other village members, the family live in the village assembly hall, which is an open-use public area. The family has grown large despite their sparse accommodations, with five children in total. J\u2019s parents have strongly held beliefs that birth control is harmful. As a result, J often misses school to care for her four siblings while her parents are at work. Or, at times, she may accompany her parents to work at a local tea farm. Rather than being in school, J may occasionally earn anywhere from 20-80 Thai Baht (about 0.79-3.14 CAD) per day.<\/p>\n Apr\u00e8s que le personnel du projet l'ait rencontr\u00e9e et se soit renseign\u00e9 sur ses conditions de vie, ils se sont arrang\u00e9s pour que le directeur de l'\u00e9cole locale et l'enseignant rendent visite \u00e0 la famille. Ces \u00e9ducateurs locaux ont \u00e9t\u00e9 imm\u00e9diatement concern\u00e9s.<\/p>\n \u201cI know that J often misses school because her family is poor and has no caretaker during the day for the younger children,\u201d<\/em> dit le directeur de l'\u00e9cole. \u201cBut I never saw her living conditions. If I had not come to visit J\u2019s family today with ADRA, I would never have known how difficult her life truly was.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n The KGS project has provided financial support to this family in the form of 5,000 Baht (approx. 196 CAD) per year to provide for their food and to ensure J can regularly attend school. J\u2019s case has also been handed over to shelter staff for further risk assessment. J has been spared from her absolute worst prospects. But the vital work to overturn the systemic barriers that affect so many children like her in this region continues.<\/p>\n Protecting women and girls will be one of the key emphases of ADRA Canada\u2019s upcoming \u201cyear of Justice\u201d in 2023. Vous pouvez en savoir plus sur notre travail pour l'\u00e9galit\u00e9 des sexes et la protection des enfants dans ces vid\u00e9os r\u00e9centes de notre Semaine d'ADRA Emphasis.<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/devsite.adra.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Family-receiving-support-from-ADRA.png\" "\\"Famille")
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