# Aung San Suu Kyi urges support for Thai Children's Trust

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2011/10/04/aung-san-suu-kyi-urges-support-thai-children039s-trust/
- Published: 2011-10-04T18:40:12+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

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Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has given her support to Thai Children’s
Trust, the UK charity that helps Burmese refugee children on the Thai border.

In a letter read out at a reception for the Trust in Westminster Abbey on Tuesday
4 October, the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize winner called on people to support the work
of the charity, which provides care for some of the 350,000 Burmese refugees currently
in Thailand. It is the largest UK charity focusing solely on Thailand.

In her message, which she wrote on 9 September 2011, Aung San Suu Kyi said: “The
fate of migrant and refugee children is of particular concern; in addition to the
deprivations they suffer they are often not certain if there is any part of the 
world they can call their own… Any effort to make the lives of such children healthier,
happier or more secure is a truly worthwhile project.

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“It will not only be a contribution towards the fulfilment of immediate needs, it
will also constitute a contribution towards a better future for our country. I hope
that all who are in a position to help the work of the Thai Children’s Trust will
do so with generosity and enthusiasm.”

Andrew Scadding, Director of Thai Children’s Trust, says: “The situation for the
ever-increasing numbers of ‘forgotten’ Burmese refugees is desperate. Aung San Suu
Kyi’s words of support are timely and greatly appreciated.”

www.thaichildrenstrust.org.uk

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