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Dear Friends, As we arrive to the final day of 2025, filled with gratitude reflecting on the incredible journey we’ve taken together this year. Your unwavering support has been a beacon of hope, walking alongside our staff, our students, and many others in need of a helping hand. Thanks to you, boys like Dusit and Ink* are not only safe but thriving, healing, and inspiring others towards a path of freedom and health. Our trans cases, such as Tanasak and Jazz, are living proof

Our Director Gik had a short lay-over in Hong Kong on the way to the US. She met with our donor church there. Gik also was able to build the relationship with another non-profit there in Hong Kong called Sons & Daughters. They are doing incredible things and Gik was able to go on outreach with them to an area where Thai transgendered are working in Hong Kong's red light areas. When Gik landed in Texas on Oct. 29th, it had been 30 years since she's been in the US (and had nev

Can you believe it? We’ve had 16 beautiful years helping young boys and trans sex workers leave Bangkok’s sex industry Our staff Pim, IAm, Brittany and Celeste were able to attend the ARAT conference in Chiang Mai at the end of July. Celeste shared on a panel with three other orgs (that help males). It was an honor to share what we do in such a cool space... with about 700 in attendance (in person & online). It was a significant time for our team to connect and learn from ot

RECOVERY PROGRAM: The exciting news is THREE new cases have joined the recovery program full time! ** "Hank" started March 10th; and "Garand" and "Ink" started one week later. Hank is from Laos, while the other two are Thai. The other students have embraced them quickly, helping the three new ones feel safe and adjust to a new daily routine. Please pray for Hank, Garand and Ink as they all settle in, need to feel safe and trust us. There's been two other emergency cases: A

The Dton Naam’s team chose GROUNDING as our theme for this term (Jan- April) and it's been so relevant again and again in our daily lives. JAN & FEB highlights: RECOVERY PROGRAM: We started 2025 with processing, debriefing, elevating and planning... We set curriculum and goals for the next six months for our team, students, even specifics for each program (outreach, recovery, job training, and aftercare). A few friends from "Pong" in Australia came to visit, and it's always s

It’s been a beautiful season and our team hopes you are having a wonderful holiday season too! December highlights: Our team (and volunteer friends) passed out 1,000 Christmas gifts to sex workers in the red light districts over three nights in three main areas of Bangkok. It was great to be able to reconnect with familiar faces, and meet some new contacts to follow up on. (We also want to say a special thank you to Linda, who covered the costs of all 1,000 gifts). Our ann

I completed the first leg of my 2024 fundraising trip, spending time in Fort Worth, OKC, Tulsa, Siloam Springs, Nashville & Huntsville....

A few recent success stories: "New"- limited as a migrant worker by coming from a surrounding country; with few legal options, went from...

Hi Friends, This year continues to fly. We celebrated the Thai Water Festival in mid-April and it was so fun to see the country be able...

Dear Friends, We are so thankful for your partnership and support in 2022. Here’s a quick summary of the year. We “launched” five...

I remember the exact moment last year when the government relaxed restrictions and we became less fearful of Covid-19. I began planning...

Did you read our 2021 impact report yet? If so, you know our job training cafe took its hardest hit last year, and we’ve been trying to...

At the end of July, the students and staff packed up and went to camp! We drove a few hours to a peaceful resort close to the ocean....

In November of 2020, I started volunteering part-time with Dton Naam as an English teacher. In August of 2021, I joined the team full...

Even though we are nearing the end of 2022, we’d still like to continue celebrating everything that happened in 2021. We’ll be posting a...

Hi Friends, Last month, we were able to get out of the city to rest and relax as a team for a few days. We had two group debriefs, and...

We can’t believe it, but Christmas was 2 months ago! 2021 was much more difficult for us in Bangkok than 2020, with the cafe team taking...

Great news! We not only met, but exceeded our fundraising goal for our 12 year anniversary! Thank you so much for your generosity....

August 9th was our 12 year anniversary! We have been giving trans and male sex workers the opportunity to start a new life whether that...

April Part 2: We definitely felt the tension of wanting to respond to needs well, yet still often feeling like it’s not enough. With...