GCA provided all pertinent financial data to Better Care Network to inform this research on the financial implications of transitioning from running long-term residential care to empowering safe families to care for children. This report provides an analysis of GCA’s transition from a financial standpoint and highlights the increased efficacy post-transition.
Read MoreLast year GCA determined that the best way to protect children in the most vulnerable communities along the border of Thailand, was to buy land and build a new center. We shared this need and generous supporters showed up in a huge way to fund this venture. Thank you to each of you who responded in such an incredible way!
Read MoreThailand is a beautiful country and I am so thankful I had the opportunity to travel there in the Summer of 2022 with GCA. I came home with such wonderful memories and hopes of returning with my family soon.
Read MoreIt’s a couple months ago that we get an email update from one of our team leaders. He had just finished interviewing one of the girls in a small children’s home we are supporting. They are beginning the arduous process of tracing each child’s family to see if it might be safe for them to return home.
Read MoreIt’s an odd way to start the year, I suppose. But as we look ahead to this year, it’s true. Of all the things we are planning, all the projects and programs we’ll work diligently to implement with excellence, all the families we hope to impact - out of all of this, what we are most looking forward to is the non-stories we’ll have to tell.
Read MoreAshlee and I recently got to visit our team in Thailand for the first time since January 2020, along with a dear friend from Austin.
Read MoreBertrand Russell once said, “war does not reveal who is right, but who is left.”
Left behind.
As the headlines rage with the horrors in Ukraine today, there is a story underneath those words that is unlikely to be seen. Read about who was left this time.
Read MoreEach month, it’s my joy to send you a newsletter. I have the beautiful job of attempting to summarize what our brilliant team has been up to in Thailand and Myanmar. Sometimes I look for ways to communicate the needs they’re encountering and the gaps we’re trying to fill. This month is a little different. What I find myself most wanting to say is just...thank you. And not just on behalf of our team, but thank you…
Read MoreIt’s July 30, 2021. The World Day Against Trafficking in Persons.
But how can I fight human trafficking?
It’s a question we are asked on a weekly basis. The most attention in anti-trafficking spaces is given to the fancy rescues. The helicopters are full of men in combat gear complete with night vision. That is not something most of us are qualified to do.
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