News and Archives
New Years Greetings!
We hope you and your family are safe and healthy as we approach the end of this challenging year! Twins! We are so thrilled to announce the arrival of Housemother and Graduate Daughter Mee and her husband Diaow's twin boys Jaokun and Jaonai. New Daughters We are so...
Celebrate “International Day of the Girl Child”!
Please join us this Sunday, October 11th @ 9 am ET for a conversation with our Daughters as they share what it means to be young women on the International Day of the Girl Child. REGISTER HERE ZOOM WEBINAR INSTRUCTIONS 1. Click: Download ZOOM Desktop Client...
15th Anniversary Event Recap
Thanks to you we reached our goal! We are so grateful to the 200+ Friends who joined our 15th Anniversary Zoom Celebration. It was an exciting event with musical performances by our Daughters, an update on our Thrivable™ Farm, heartwarming testimonials and...
REGISTER TODAY: 15th Anniversary Celebration
August 8th @ 6 PM ET tune into ZOOM It's time to register to join our ZOOM Party Celebration on August 8. Enjoy a welcome from our Daughters, an update on our Sunflower Thrivable™ Farm, a message from some of our Sponsors and more! Who: FRIENDS OF THAI DAUGHTERS What:...
August 8 – Save the Date!
Please join us Saturday, August 8th for our 15th Anniversary Celebration - an outside event respecting social distancing. We will also be live via ZOOM. Featuring a video message from our Daughters, an update on our Sunflower Thrivable™ Farm and another fabulous live...
June 2020 Update
Sunflower Thrivable™ Farm We have shovels in hand so as soon as Covid 19 restrictions are lifted, we will resume brick-making and construction. The Farm is being designed under Peter Lombardi’s principles of Thrivability™: to produce more than you take and leave the...
Friends of Thai Daughters – May 2020 Update
Congratulations to twin sisters Song and Neung who graduated from high school in March, pictured here with Director and Housemother Kru Too. Neung is going to study at Chiang Rai Rajabhat University to become an English teacher. She says, “being a teacher is not just about teaching books or transferring knowledge, but also about conveying my own experience…”

COVID-19 in Thailand
Hello everyone and welcome to our new website. It's summer time in Thailand and most of our Daughters have returned to their villages for the school break. Due to Covid-19, Thailand is under a nationwide evening curfew and a "shelter in place" order with villages...
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Reports
Friends of Thai Daughters in the Press:
(2019) On the Air radio interview with O’ Neill and Associates
(2019) Boston Globe
An unexpected Thai encounter that changed many lives
(2018) Boothbay Register
FTD Highlights World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
(2018) Boothbay Register
Hiker Takes on the AT to Trek Against Trafficking
(2017) Boothbay Register
Thai Daughters Thankful for Community’s Generosity
(2017) Boothbay Register
Trip to Thailand Leads to Morning Dew Farm and FTD Partnership
(2017) Boothbay Register
Sunflower Celebration Fundraiser Helps Fight Human Trafficking
(2017) Boothbay Register
Maine Business Provides Rock Solid Support
(2017) Boothbay Register
Midcoast residents visit Thai ‘Daughters’ in Northern Thailand
Sunflower Celebration Raises $60K for FTD