Social Innovation Asia

In this episode of Social Innovation Asia, Michael Waitze talks with Allison Sanders, the Director of Strategy and Partnerships at Baan Dek Foundation about the Foundation’s work supporting the lives of vulnerable migrant children growing up in construction worker campsites in Thailand.  The Baan Dek Foundation was established in 2002 in Chiang Mai by Nicola Crosta, Magali du Parc and Acha Sripaurya. After surveying vulnerable communities around Chiang Mai, they realized many of the most vulnerable in Chiang Mai are the children of migrant workers living at construction campsites around the city. They are at risk of neglect, abuse, exploitation and missing out on basic childhood development needs. In response, they developed a multilingual team that engages in a social work-based approach to supporting children from Myanmar, Cambodia, and Laos living at these campsites. A core part of this approach is building a bridge between migrant communities and existing education, health and safety services