Manpower teams up with UNHCR to provide new hope for refugee children
Bagkok Post - Life for the children at the Ban Tham Hin refugee camp has become less grim now that they have playground, learning centre and sports equipment were donated by Manpower, an international recruitment company, together with corporate partners including Microsoft, Nike, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Merce and Co., and Right to Play, and are part of the company's support for the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR).
According to UNHCR, there are currently more than 21 million refugees in 116 countries, and more than nine million of them are children and young people who have fled their homelands.
UNHCR started the ''Nine Million'' campaign to encourage support for education, health care and sport for refugee children around the world.
According to general manager Simon Anthony Matthews of Manpower (Thailand), Manpower is one of the main supporters of the Nine Million campaign. Its offices in 73 countries have joined forces with customers and local communities to hold charity events to raise funds for refugee children.
According to Htoo Saw, vice-president of the Ban Tham Hin refugee camp, the children there face many hardships. ''Despite their despair, the thing that can bring them a better future is the chance for them to learn and play,'' he said. ''The power of education will provide the opportunity to unlock their imagination and inner creativity.''
The learning centre, playground and sports equipment are like a testing ground for children at Ban Tham Hin because they help them learn new things, see the beauty of the things around them and learn how to live with others, said Matthews.
''In addition, the children realise that they still have people in this world who care, and want to help them, and particularly to give them the opportunity to develop their skills. Their efforts will give these unfortunate children the inspiration to live their lives with purpose, hopes and dreams for their futures.''
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