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Sa, a single mother, moved to Chiang Mai with her daughter to build a better future. Although she had sewing skills and determination, limited resources made it difficult to start her own business. Through the BSF Program, she received essential equipment, business training, and connections to potential customers. Today, her profits have grown two to three times, helping her support her daughter’s education and build a more secure future for them both.

After losing her husband, Mee Mee rebuilt her livelihood by raising chickens, creating income, confidence, and renewed hope while keeping her family together.

For a mother, hope can begin with small things that make a big difference. For years, Mee Aor worked tirelessly to provide for her three children, facing hardship day after day. Through BSF’s Family Strengthening Program, she found new opportunities, from starting a small pig-farming business to having her family’s first safe bathroom—a simple but deeply meaningful change. Most importantly, she found new strength, joy, and hope for a brighter future together with her children

BSF celebrated 30 families graduating from 18-month Family Strengthening Programs in northern Thailand. With stronger relationships, increased incomes, and renewed hope, these families are now better equipped to care for their children. As 40 new families begin their own journey, BSF continues to strengthen vulnerable families and help children grow up in safe, loving, sustainable homes.

Like many parents, Thong dreams of a brighter future for his children. Through hard work and support from the Building Strong Families Program, his family started raising laying hens, creating a new source of income and hope. Today, their growing flock is helping provide stability, support their children's education, and strengthen the future they are building together.

When life is difficult, we struggle together. Mee Tho, a loving grandmother in northern Thailand, refused to let hardship separate her from her granddaughter Namfon. Through challenges of illness, poverty, and fear, love held them together. With support from BSF, their story is now one of hope, resilience, and family.