Monday we visited one of our special projects, the Sisters of the Good Shepherd. For many years these good women have worked with the disadvantaged women of Pattaya to help them escape from exploitation.
`Disadvantaged` is a deliberately vague term embracing women without work, and women in low paid work as well as women involved in the sex industry. All are at risk, all are vulnerable to exploitation.
The Good Shepherds help by offering training in languages, hairdressing, Thai massage, cooking and other vocatational skills. These are added to by courses on self esteem, sexual health, and other relevant topics. The objective is to give vulnerable women the inner strength andconfidence that will enable them to make their own decisions.
As Pattayz has grown over the years, the demand for women sex workers has grown wwith it. Few women are more vulnerable than girls from Laos, Cambodia and Burma brought to Pattaya by Traffickers. They are in Thailand illegally and speak no Thai. They are scared to go to the police. The Good Shepherds are now teaching Thai as a foreign language.
No photographs on th isvisit for obvious reasons.
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