At a Holt-supported daycare center in Thailand, children eat nourishing, warm meals every day. Through Holt’s community of monthly donors, Food Every Day, children are growing healthier and stronger, one meal at a time.
Many families living in poverty in Thailand struggle to provide consistent meals at home. Sometimes, all they can offer is a small bowl of rice. On the hardest nights, parents have no choice but to put their children to bed hungry.
In the communities where Holt works, a single missed meal can mark the start of a heartbreaking unraveling. When families can’t afford food, children grow weak, fall behind in school and are sometimes placed in an orphanage simply so they will be fed.
Holt’s local partner in Thailand, Holt Sahathai Foundation (HSF), is committed to strengthening families and preventing family separation caused by poverty. While parents work to provide for their families, their children have a safe, nurturing place to go during the day.
At Tonsuk Child Care Center in Nakhon, children as young as 6 months old learn and grow in an environment designed to foster early development. Many arrive already facing the effects of malnutrition, lacking the energy to run and play. But each day, they receive consistent, nutritious meals that help them grow healthier and stronger.
“The center provides daily care, nutritious meals, early learning and health monitoring, allowing parents — especially single mothers and low-income workers — to work without worrying about their children’s safety,” says Hang Dam, Holt’s program director for Thailand. “Tonsuk illustrates HSF’s practical approach to strengthening families and preventing child separation through community-based support.”
Each morning, when parents drop their children off at the Tonsuk Child Care Center, they leave with a sense of peace — knowing their children will be cared for, supported and well fed.
Every child, no matter where they’re born, deserves the chance to grow up healthy and nourished. Across the globe, Food Every Day donors ensure that nothing stands between a child and a healthy future.
You Can Help a Hungry Child
When you give Food Every Day, you not only help a child learn, play and grow — you help keep their family together.
