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Child Protection & Education
Apart from these medical programmes the Clinic also promotes several other initiatives with a view to promoting the welfare of children.
Delivery Certificates: For every birth at Mae Tao Clinic we issue a delivery certificate. We also collaborate with the Committee for Protection and Promotion of Child Rights (CPPCR) to raise awareness about stateless children and provide documentation for them.
Children’s Development Centre: The clinic runs a school for children of migrant workers in Thailand. The children of MTC Staff also attend. In the school year 2007-2008, there were roughly 500 children attending. The school consists of a day care centre, nursery school, and primary school up to 6th standard. The school provides boarding accomodation for about 160 boarders.
Bamboo Children’s Home: The clinic also supports one boarding house in the refugee camps for unaccompanied children. In 2006, there were around 140 children staying in this boarding house.
Orphan Care: Mae Tao Clinic promotes the basic rights of children. Young migrant children are particularly vulnerable and open to the dangers of exploitation and trafficking. The clinic supports children who are orphaned or abandoned by their parents. Poverty is a major reason for the existence of so many orphans. In 2004, the clinic supported and cared for 21 orphans. Several other cases were referred to a local Burmese women’s organization, Social Action for Women, which has a programme to take care of abandoned babies and children in the Mae Sot area.
Asylum for Women and Children: The clinic also functions as a drop-in shelter for people in need of a place to stay. People seeking protection and support from abusive relationships frequently arrive and are accommodated at the clinic until safe alternative arrangements can be made.
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