THI Motivation

We serve.

We serve different refugees groups i.e. Myanmar, Rohingya, Pakistanis, west African community etc. The Rohingya community highlights child marriage cases, where young girls are married off before reaching the age of legal marriage. A girl as young as ten years old can be married and bear children, most of this girls cannot even care for themselves. It is impossible to expect them to care for a child. These are real situations some find themselves in. Here THI's motivation is to guide and teach them how to care for themselves and children, especially newborn infants. We help send them to clinics, book appointments  for checkups, even teach techniques for bathing new born babies. We also raise funds for hospital bills for some during delivery.

There are a lot of unaccompanied children/ youth within the refugee communities who are forgotten and who needs attention, they also need to be educated on basic things of life and changes that take place in the bodies, so we do a lot of awareness in the refugee learning centres for girls especially to be more aware of the changes in their growing process and with community leaders for them to take note of unaccompanied children/ youth in the respective communities while providing necessary assistance.

Being a girl is difficult.

But being a refugee girl is quite challenging and more difficult especially when you stand on your own and have no one  to lean on or rely upon. During adolescence stage many girls experience difficulties especially during puberty, where there is nobody who they could ask when they first experience these natural bodily changes. They really just need someone to care for them and to have someone around who will ask them what is going on within your body? What is this? What is that? and etc.

Teenagers need someone to talk to when needed, they need to express themselves to someone who they trust and it does not necessarily mean their mom or dad nor their own siblings. Some teenagers have their parents with them but they are too busy to notice what is going on with their kids. Some are also too busy living their own lives.  

Having someone around.

Think about those who do not have anybody at all? like that refugee girl in the community? like that woman who is in a toxic relationship because she has no one? how about that young girl being sexually abused but every time she shares with her own parents they just answer "oh he is just your uncle"? how about that boy who is being bullied at school because of the way he talks? how about that young girl getting pregnant because she does not know the consequences of unprotected intercourse? The community is disgusted with her and even her own family turns her away.

Where should she go? Where should she find the courage to go through all the pressure and stress? Even the boyfriend does not want to take responsibility.

THI is there to be a listening ear and to be the shoulder to cry on. Just a friend to share with. We are willing to spend time and energy to help those who really need our help. We support emotionally, mentally and physically. We will comfort, educate, care, assist and advise them whenever they need it.