Child and youth participation
Thai children represent the country at a special UN General Assembly session
BANGKOK, February 2008 - Growing up in the Suan Plu slum area, one of Bangkok’s poorest neighborhoods, 18-year Thaveesak Srikrathum had never imagined that he would one day find himself sitting among the world's top decision makers....
Call it Photo Therapy!
PHUKET, Thailand, January 2008 - Visitors to the Phuket Aquarium on January 12 , which is Children’s Day in Thailand, must have noticed a large group of children rushing around with point-and-shoot digital cameras in their hands and “photo journalist” ...
Doing news about children isn't always easy: students say
CHIANG MAI, Thailand, September 2007 – The first time Kanoknipa Wongjai covered a news story related to children, she spent hours with a group of them in a crowded on-line game shop in an effort to get some of them to talk to her....
Mission “I’m possible”: Youth volunteer competition highlights power of the next generation
BANGKOK, July 2005 – Thai youth have received quite a negative press recently. Smoking is on the rise. More of them are drinking. The kids don't seem to respect their elders anymore. Perhaps most shocking, as any Thai grandmother will...
