Indigenous women and refugees in northern Thailand face some of the highest risks of trafficking because of poverty, statelessness, limited educational opportunities, and discrimination.
Research consistently shows that education, stable employment, safe housing and local leadership dramatically reduce vulnerability to exploitation. Daughters Rising invests in exactly those protective factors.
Our scholarship program, vocational training, safe house and leadership development create measurable improvements in education, income, and long-term safety. Because these communities remain chronically underserved, every additional dollar reaches women who have few alternative sources of support.
Education is key to stopping cycles of intergenerational poverty, which put girls at risk of being trafficked.
Daughters Rising provides scholarships for refugee women fleeing war in Myanmar and ethnic minority women in underserved communities to pursue higher education in Thailand.
We support students whose lives and educations have been disrupted by warfare, poverty, abuse, and families impacted by addiction. We provide a lifeline for these brilliant young, who would otherwise be unable to achieve higher education .
What sets our Scholarship Program apart is our holistic, community-based approach. While many programs stop at financial aid, Daughters Rising builds a true support network—a sisterhood. Learn more
Refugee and migrant women face a higher risk of exploitation due to limited job choices, legal status and social inequality. These vulnerabilities keep them in poverty and make them easy targets for traffickers.
Our Vocational Training Program helps mitigate these risks by providing critically-needed job skills for at-risk women. The Chai Lai Orchid Ecolodge and Elephant Hotel is a training program where refugee and ethnic minority women are paid fair wage to learn hospitality skills.
By creating safe, dignified employment where women are paid living wages to learn, the project reduces vulnerability to unsafe migration and labor exploitation for women from communities disproportionately affected by poverty and displacement. Learn more
A child from a family affected by poverty, abuse, neglect, and addiction faces severe trafficking vulnerabilities. They are at risk of familial exploitation to fund substance habits, high risk of running away from an unsafe home, compromised boundaries that make them easy targets for grooming, and severe economic desperation.
Our Safe House, Baan Sukhito is a lifeline for at-risk girls who face such risk factors. We bridge the gap for these vulnerable children, ensuring that they are able to stay in school, while providing them a safe, nurturing home.
Giving at-risk kids bright beginnings is crucial to their emotional and physical well-being, setting them up for success in school and life. Learn more
Confidence can be life-changing. Knowing your rights, setting healthy boundaries, managing money, and believing in your own potential can mean the difference between staying in school or dropping out, pursuing opportunity or falling prey to exploitation.
Our free, twice-monthly RISE Empowerment Workshops equip Indigenous and refugee women and girls with the practical skills and confidence to navigate life’s challenges and become leaders in their communities. Through engaging, trauma-informed workshops on financial literacy, women’s health, self-defense, healthy relationships, domestic violence prevention, dance therapy, yoga, English, and leadership, participants build the knowledge, resilience, and support networks to shape safer, more independent futures. Learn more
Every family deserves the chance to rebuild with dignity. For refugees fleeing conflict in Myanmar, the journey to safety is only the beginning. Displacement, legal insecurity, food shortages, and limited access to healthcare leave many families struggling to survive and increase their vulnerability to exploitation and human trafficking.
Daughters Rising provides holistic support to refugee communities through emergency food and humanitarian aid, free Burmese-language telehealth services, and nutritious meals for refugee students pursuing their education. Together, these programs meet immediate needs while helping families stay healthy, children remain in school, and communities begin rebuilding safer, more hopeful futures. Learn more
When mothers earn a living wage, entire families thrive. Research consistently shows that women’s economic empowerment improves children’s education, health, and long-term wellbeing while reducing the pressures that can lead to child labor, early marriage, and human trafficking.
Our RISE Artisan Initiative partners with Indigenous women in remote villages to transform traditional weaving into sustainable income. By paying above fair trade wages and connecting artisans to global markets, we help preserve generations-old cultural traditions while creating economic opportunities that allow mothers to support their families—and daughters to stay in school. Meet our artisans
Karen mythology is at great risk of being lost forever. Daughters Rising hopes to prevent this from happening by collaborating across Karen generations to record and preserve these incredible stories in the form of children’s storybooks. Passed only by word of mouth, these magical stories of elephants and explorers are otherwise at risk of dying along with the elders that hold them. Learn more
From to 2014 to 2017 Daughters Rising partnered with The Rain Tree Foundation to provide water filters to remote Karen villages free of cost. By ensuring that people have free access to safe and clean drinking water, we are ensuring that they can thrive as a community. Learn more
In 2013 Daughters Rising created “A Better Life,” an online activity that allows people to put themselves in the position of refugees who have had to flee their home country, to explore the connection between migration and trafficking. Each character story is based on an actual person in the community we serve. Artwork by Mirjam Zels.
Lend your voice to end trafficking and violence against women. Connect, speak up, raise awareness in your community.
We respect your privacy.