Title:
Taking children’s views into account : Home and Community Care Project, Thailand
Authors:
Home and Community Care Project
Year:
2005
Serial number:
105
Journal:
Early Childhood Matters
Pages:
50
-
51
ISSN:
1387-9553
Language:
eng
Subject:
Culture, Society and Religion
Keywords:
children
,
infrastructure
,
communities
Abstract:
This article discusses The Home and Community Care Project. The project caters for 60 children aged 5–15 years from five villages around Chiangmai in northern Thailand. Half the children have lost both parents and half have lost one parent to AIDS. All the children are cared for by the remaining parent or grandparents. The project aims to strengthen the physical, mental and socio-emotional wellbeing of the children by developing their capacity, confidence and independence. This is being achieved through training and other activities, and through developing a support network. The beneficiaries of the project are principally the children and their caretakers, while the children’s siblings, their classmates and teachers and other groups in their community can also gain.
Organization:
Bernard van Leer Foundation
Country:
Thailand
Region:
Southeast Asia
Category:
Practice
Right:
© 2005 Bernard van Leer Foundation
Document type:
E-article
File:
124412.pdf