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Thailand
More than
54,800
children served
More than
170
local partners
Serving since
1970
In Thailand
Visitors to Thailand experience beautiful beaches, resorts and ancient ruins. However, many citizens face a range of complex challenges and pressures as they struggle to make a living. The children Compassion serves experience these realities on a daily basis. But at the Compassion project, there is hope.
Pray for Thailand
Pray with us for:
Thailand’s leaders as they develop strategies for economic recovery.
Employment opportunities for children's parents or caregivers.
Children sponsored by Compassion and their families to know God’s love for them.
Did You Know?
Siamese cats, with their blue eyes and distinctive markings, are native to Thailand and were once treasured by royal families there.
Sponsor a child in Thailand
Child sponsorship with Compassion is a unique opportunity to provide a child with food, clean water, shelter, clothing and medical care.
Official Country Name: Kingdom of Thailand
Capital City: Bangkok
Population: More than 69.7 million
Official Languages: Thai
Life expectancy: Male 73 years, female 81 years
Population with access to safe drinking water: 96%
Infant mortality rate: 8 deaths / 1,000 live births
Percentage of children under the age of 5 underweight: 7.7%
Adult literacy rate: Male 95%, female 92%
Religion: Approximately 93% of the population are Buddhist, 5% are Muslim, 1% are Christian, 1% are of another/unspecified religion or none.
Percentage living on less than $1.90 a day: 0.1%
Source: CIA World Factbook, International Religious Freedom Report, released in 2021 by the Office of International Religious Freedom, U.S. Department of State
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.’"