About the Providence foundation
We are a shelter started in North Thailand in 2012, by a group of Catholic nuns known as the Sisters of Providence.
This is a living community that welcomes children and young girls from different tribal and ethnic backgrounds. Many of these girls were abandoned, abused and traumatised. Many lived in poverty and fear.
The Providence Foundation aims to develop these girls into responsible, self-empowered adults able to respond to
the needs and challenges at home and in the Thai society. We are committed to building a better future for them, through the provision of holistic pastoral care and formal education.
The shelter is located in Chiang Rai, north Thailand. It is just 9 km away from the infamous Golden Triangle (an area that includes the territories of Thailand, Laos and Myanmar). This area was once known for producing more than 70 percent of all the opium sold worldwide, most of which was refined into heroin and sold to drug traffickers. It became a hotbed of drug trafficking and addiction, smuggling, gambling and organised crime. The recent large scale casino development projects in Laos, just across the Mekong river from Chiang Rai, will undoubtedly attract more unsavoury activities due to the influx of money and the attraction of work.
Vulnerable young girls from impoverished and disadvantaged backgrounds are at particular risk of exploitation by the human smuggling gangs and the ever-present menace of the exploitative sex industry that is sadly so rampant in Southeast Asia. The Sisters of Providence provide the care, protection and guidance that these girls need, so that they do not fall into the trap of abuse or continue their lives in a cycle of poverty and exploitation.
We are a religious order, but we do not force religious belief on any of our young charges. We nurture them, teach them, and love them and provide a living example of how unconditional love and faith can transform the life of a person who previously had little hope.
We invite you to stand with us, and to share our vision and mission.
OUR VISION
Providence Foundation envisions itself as an organization helping disadvantaged young girls to develop into responsible, self-empowered adults able to respond to the needs and challenges in their home and the greater Thai society.
MISSION STATEMENT
Providence Foundation is committed to providing to children from underprevilege background, an opportunity to both formal and informal education so as to improve their quality of life in the future and their family.