PAST STORY: This 10-year old boy was living in a very unstable situation. His father and grandparents drank a lot and used drugs. His father abused his mother until she finally ran away. Due to their Hill Tribe culture, she was not allowed to take her son with her. This left him in a very…
PAST STORY: This 13 year old girl comes from a very high-risk family because she is from a homeless family of all girls, perfect targets for the unscrupulous to prey upon. In addition, her father used drugs and abused both her and her mother. Her family often had to live without food while her father…
Around age 12, I watched many of my friends disappear one by one, and I was afraid it would happen to me.”
Video update from Faa
In Wiang Pa Pao there has been heavy rain these past few weeks. Last week we had a very bad rain storm, and most of the area in WPP was under flood waters.
I have been meeting with architects the past few months, and we are very close to start building the new girls’ home! We have been delayed in construction since 2020 because of Covid, but now we can finally consider bringing new girls onto the GROW campus! As you can see from the blueprint, instead of…
She is the youngest of three girls, her two older sisters have been at GROW for about nine years. The girls’ father is currently serving a life sentence for drug trafficking, a crime with strict sentences in Thailand. He was arrested when she was still a baby. But her life changed when she was nine years old.
Our first homes were built in 2013/14. Right after we moved in April 2014, Chiang Rai area near the border of Myanmar saw the most earthquakes ever. Over time we have noticed that there has been damage to the roof and walls of the homes. During rainy season now, water drips from the ceiling in both the…
Girl, 12 Years Old She has two siblings, an older and younger sister. She comes from a very high-risk family where her parents had all girls. She came to the GROW home about three years ago when she was just nine years old because her parents were homeless which put the girls at great risk. They were staying with…
I hear many people talking about what a year 2020 has been. It’s been full of, “I never imagined that ever happening.” Many people would like to rewrite the year. Well, what if you could? What would that look like? Would you rewrite it as a year of moving forward, of hope and healing, successes, and triumphs instead of…