History
             Men live as families, communities, societies, and countries with diversity of ethnicity, habitat, religion, tradition and culture, resulting in difference in society, economy, education, religion, concept, value and development. This is because of no chance, lack of education and thorough development. So, there is social disparity and difference. This, accompanying with lack of religious moral and ethics to anchor the mind, carelessness and change of cultures, good traditions, thought and wrong values, causes several social problems, such as drug problem, human trafficking, labor migration, piracy, orphans, etc. The marginal people who is outreach in society are often affected by the said problems and lack of self-protection. Although the government and various sectors have protected and remedied all the time, but it is not thorough and adequate for the needs of those experiencing such social problems. If there is no proper and effective help, they will be more affected by the problems. Especially disadvantaged children and youths, they are the vulnerable group to be affected by the problems more than other groups.
             With awareness of such problems and effects, the Daughters of Ruth Foundation was founded in 30 October 2007 as part of the society to cooperate with the relevant sectors to work for social welfare and development of children and youths who suffer from being orphans, parents in jail or prison, and children who are at risk of being trafficked, and so on. This is what their family cannot help.

Objectives.

1. Assisting where possible with care and support for young women who are risky to become victims of trafficking and social, economic and sexual exploitation.
2. Establishing an emergency child home.
3. Instilling core moral values and equipping young women with the necessary skills and knowledge for the world of work and family life.
4. Working with other NGO’s doing similar work to achieve a better outcome in helping young women who are risky to become victims of trafficking and social, economic and sexual exploitation.
5. Not being involved with political parties, their organizations or agents.

Missions.
1. Helping girls who are suffering from family problems, having no parents and being risky to become victims of trafficking and social, economic and sexual exploitation. Providing the girls opportunities to have accomodations, safety, proper education, good health both physical and spiritual, and become a decent, educated and secure person eventually.
2. Establishing Daughters of Ruth Home as a center of protecting and educating these girls.
3. Instilling core moral values (loyalty, compassion, empathy, respect both for self and others, steadfastness, discipline, community mindedness, fairness, adaptability and resilience) and equipping young women with the necessary skills and knowledge for the world of work and family life.
4. Building networks/linkages among Daughters of Ruth Home and other NGO’s doing similar work.
Project



Daughters of Ruth Orphanage Children's Home project.
Description of the project

             In Thailand, ethnic minorities and rural people usually are the marginal persons, who originally had a simple life with farming in the countryside on a hillside far away and disadvantaged in education and development. Most of them have a career as a farmer. Those who own land for working mostly have limited and insufficient, while many of them have their own land and have to lease from others to work year by year and have to change the leased place and remain unsettled. And their own land or leased land have low fertility giving low yield. There is also a risk of pests, variable weather and uncertain marketing. So, most of them have poor quality of life compared to most people in society.
             Nowadays, the era has changed dramatically. Even it is more prosperous and convenient, but it has many consequences as well. This is because of adaptation from a simpler life to a more competitive and stressful life in order to be able to live together with the current age normally with happiness. Many people try to adapt themselves to match the changing conditions of the era as well. But because of their disadvantage in society, they are disadvantageous to compete with those who are more prosperous.   
             With poverty in the family because of many factors together with the wrong values, a number of ignorant people have become involved in narcotic and the family is affected by many things subsequently such as being arrested and imprisoned in prison, death from murder, divorce problem, family breaking up, orphans, etc., especially female children and youth, who are usually the second class in society. When affected by lack of parental care because of family problems, they lack opportunities more to improve the quality of life and live normal life such as normal children. And there is a high risk of being induced by a person of ill-will into the new issues such as prostitution, human trafficking, etc. When the underprivileged female children and youths grow up to be adults, they may cause problems in society and become the population lacking the potential to develop the society and nation creatively.
             With such problems and needs, providing the female children and youths suffering from these problems, it is necessary to hasten carrying out for the current welfare and create opportunities for future development of the female children and youths in the future in order for the female children and youths to rely on themselves sustainably with honors. This will be beneficial for the children, families and society as a whole.
             At present, the "Daughters of Ruth Orphanage children’s Home" giving a hand on social work to tribal female children and youth, whose family is affected by social problems of being orphan, parents in jail or prison, and children who are at risk of trafficking by opening a children's shelter named helping children in the home for expenses such as residential expense, tuition fee, food expense, personal expenses. It also organizes activities for development of quality of life of the children, such as sewing, crafts, vocational works, moral, ethical and religious training, English language skills development of children, etc.

Objectives.
1. Assisting where possible with care and support for young women who are risky to become victims of trafficking and social, economic and sexual exploitation.
2. Register the emergency child home legally.
3. Instilling core moral values and equipping young women with the necessary skills and knowledge for the world of work and family life.
4. Working with other NGO’s doing similar work to achieve a better outcome in helping young women who are risky to become victims of trafficking and social, economic and sexual exploitation.
 
Target groups
1. Present tarket group is young women who are an orphan or living on their own because their parent are jailed. They are 6-19 years old and staying at Daughters of Ruth Foundation.
2. Future tarket group is other young women who are an orphan or living on their own because their parent are jailed.
Activity