Everyone has the right to live in a violence free home
FREEDOM RESTORATION PROJECT
We exist to interrupt the narrative of abuse and domestic violence for people in the migrant communities on the border of Thailand and Burma
Our Story
We turn fear into safety,
helplessness into strength,
and isolation into hope.
Freedom Restoration Project (FRP) was founded by Sia Kukaewkasem, a Thai national. She began volunteer work in tsunami relief camp in south Thailand, but then moved to the border town of Mae Sot to work with women and children who have been abused, trafficked, or lived-in at-risk situation. After earning her Masters in Clinical Social Work from Azusa Pacific University, she returned to Mae Sot. She is motivated in her work because she is survivor of domestic violence. She grew up in a culture where men have ultimate authority in the home. Over and over she saw men in the community, even her own father, abuse their wives and children. No one would intervene.
What we do
We provide safety, education and a network of support to empower women and children.
Support Groups
Support groups for migrant women affected by abusive relationships
Emergency Shelters
Emergency shelters
for survivors of
domestic violence
EDucational Classes
Various parenting
and safety classes
in the community
Impact
- 25 women have joined support groups (weekly meetings; the longest group has been running for two years now)
- 105 parents have attended weekly parenting classes
- We have reached 1,500 children in the Mae Sot area with our safe touch and unsafe touch class
- We had 14 women and 20 children stay at our shelter between April 2020-present
- We have provided other assistance (counseling, crisis intervention, referral, etc.) to 30 women
- We have provided gender based violence/domestic violence training to other local organizations