
Hi, I'm Natekamon
I'm a girl, 10 years old and live in Thailand.
Natekamon is one of the grade 4 students at Wat Maitrasmachikaram Primary School in Bangsai district, Ayuthaya province where HSF is collaborating with the school for a school-based program to promote the students’ necessary life skills and quality of life. The HSF social worker found that Natekamon is from a family with middle economic status; she is staying with her mother who is the family breadwinner. When the mother has to work, the girl will be in the care of her relatives during the daytime. The mother will pick her up in the evening. The girl is not self-confident and lacks in social skills. She is unable to solve problems properly. The social worker considered that the girl should get individual support to enhance her life skills and strengthen parenting skills to the parents to stimulate the girl’s development age-appropriate.
Natekamon is 9.8 years old (as of October 20, 2021) when she was admitted to the HSF school-based project. The girl was healthy.
Natekamon is the only child of the family. Currently, she lives with her mother. The mother works as a factory worker in Pathum Thani province. Her mother has to work early until night, 6 days a week. The girl has to be with her relatives during the day while her mother goes to work. She has 3 cousins, they play together. Originally, she is not confident and has no social skills because her parents have to work all the time. After participating in some activities of HSF, the girl has better development. However, she still needs to be supported on social skills. The social worker expects the parents’ cooperation in caring for the child’s growing up by age-appropriate development.