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Summary: Nearly one thousand paper chains were made by children and adults last week during the JOIN UP rally in Thailand. The rally started with the Seas Gypsy communities at Tabtawan village, Phang Nga province that was hit by Tsunami in December 2004. Many of the Seas Gypsies children were not going to schools before as they were poor and were looked down by their peers and teachers. Now with assistance from various organizations, most of the children are able to go to schools but many still feel uncomfortable being in the school environment. “I want the teachers to be kind to us” one of the girls asked an ActionAid staff to write on the back of her paper chain. About 100 adults from the communities also joined in cutting the paper chains. A father wrote “I want my children to get good education at higher level but they also should learn about our traditional ways of life they shouldn’t grow up forgetting the Moken language” Similarly, children from the biggest urban slum community in Bangkok who joined the JOIN UP rally expressed their wish to have a better education. At the back of rows of paper chains wrote “I want to have good books” “I want a clean school” and “I want to be able to complete Grade 6”. Currently, Doung Prateep Foundation is providing over 2,000 scholarships annually to enable children to go to school despite the Thai law stipulating a free, quality compulsory education for all. Aside from activities with the marginalized groups, the JOIN UP rally also took place at two major venues in the heart of Bangkok – the Thailand Knowledge Park and Santichaiprakran Park where parents, children and young people joined in cutting paper chains. A girl wrote on the back of her paper chain “I want other children to go to school like me” and a mother wrote “children should be able to go to school near their home and the government should keep its promise to ensure free quality education for all. All the paper chains collected will be delivered to the Prime Minister during the start of a new school year in mid-May to remind the government of its promise on Education Rights. The Global Action Week in Thailand this year was jointly organized by a civil society coalition led by the Education Network for Children, ActionAid Thailand and Doung Prateep Foundation. 24 May 2007 Nearly one thousand paper chains were made by children and adults last week during the JOIN UP rally in Thailand. The rally started with the Seas Gypsy communities at Tabtawan village, Phang Nga province that was hit by Tsunami in December 2004. Many of the Seas Gypsies children were not going to schools before as they were poor and were looked down by their peers and teachers. Now with assistance from various organizations, most of the children are able to go to schools but many still feel uncomfortable being in the school environment. “I want the teachers to be kind to us” one of the girls asked an ActionAid staff to write on the back of her paper chain. About 100 adults from the communities also joined in cutting the paper chains. A father wrote “I want my children get good education at higher level but they also should learn about our traditional ways of life they shouldn’t grow up forgetting the Moken language” Similarly, children from the biggest urban slum community in Bangkok who joined the JOIN UP rally expressed their wish to have a better education. At the back of rows of paper chains wrote “I want to have good books” “I want a clean school” and “I want to be able to complete Grade 6”. Currently, Doung Prateep Foundation is providing over 2,000 scholarships annually to enable children to go to school despite the Thai law stipulating a free, quality compulsory education for all. Aside from activities with the marginalized groups, the JOIN UP rally also took place at two major venues in the heart of Bangkok – the Thailand Knowledge Park and Santichaiprakran Park where parents, children and young people joined in cutting paper chains. A girl wrote on the back of her paper chain “I want other children to go to school like me” and a mother wrote “children should be able to go to school near their home and the government should keep its promise to ensure free quality education for all. All the paper chains collected will be delivered to the Prime Minister during the start of a new school year in mid-May to remind the government of its promise on Education Rights. The Global Action Week in Thailand this year was jointly organized by a civil society coalition led by the Education Network for Children, ActionAid Thailand and Doung Prateep Foundation. Photos:
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