Mission & story

“How do you find your Daughters?” This is actually an incredibly important question. After more than a decade visiting remote hill tribe villages in the Golden Triangle, FTD is known as a highly respected program for at-risk girls to pursue their education and achieve their dreams. We focus on girls who are most vulnerable to being targeted by traffickers, exploited by relatives, or forced into child marriage.

Many of our Daughters are orphaned or have been abandoned by parents unable to care for them. As Thailand lacks birthright citizenship, several of our Daughters are stateless, rendering them unable to work legally, move freely beyond police checkpoints or have access to government provided healthcare.

We don’t “find” girls

Our goal is not to fill our homes but to meet the needs and have a transformational impact in the lives of the most vulnerable. Girls typically enter our program through referrals from local officials or other NGO’s.

For girls to enter our program, they must demonstrate significant need and vulnerability. Our assessments are made by a qualified local social worker and our program manager who have a deep understanding of the local culture and the situations and challenges that it presents.