Providing support in Thailand

Young Aphichaya is blazing a trail in her remote community in Thailand.

In her village, families rely on farming to earn an income. Higher education is out of their reach financially. But when she was registered into Compassion’s programme as a young girl, she knew her life would be different. “I didn’t know what it would be like, but I knew deep inside of me that my life would be changing forever,” she remembers. With her mother cheering her on and the guidance of Compassion’s project staff, Aphichaya won a scholarship to study Communication Arts at university. “I see myself in many girls who are longing to overcome the trauma of poverty that encircles them,” she says. If she ever doubts her ability to achieve her dream, she reminds herself of the Word of God. “Matthew 7:7 says ‘Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.’”