Raks Thai Foundation’s vision of development is to empower poor and marginalized
groups by supporting them to gain access to resources and tools that may be used in securing livelihood security, rights and dignity. In doing this, Raks Thai Foundation works with marginalized populations around the country in the following areas:

Environment and Natural Resources
Health and HIV/AIDS
Occupation Development
Education
Emergency Relief

People we work with:
• Upland ethnic minority groups                                  • Youth
• Women, youth and children affected by HIV/AIDS  • Tsunami disaster victims
• Poor families on the Esan borders                            • Migrant Workers and their families
• Injecting Drug Users

CARE Program Principles

Promote Empowerment - We stand in solidarity with poor and marginalized people, and support their efforts to take control of their own lives and fulfil their rights, responsibilities and aspirations. We ensure that key participants and organizations representing affected people are partners in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of our programs.

Work with Partners - We work with others to maximise the impact of our programs, building alliances and partnerships with those who offer complementary approaches, are able to adopt effective programming approaches on a larger scale, and/or who have responsibility to fulfil rights and reduce poverty through policy change and enforcement.

Ensure Accountability and Promote Responsibility - We seek ways to be held accountable to poor and marginalized people whose rights are denied. We identify individuals and institutions with an obligation toward poor and marginalized people, and support and encourage their efforts to fulfil their responsibilities.

Address Discrimination - In our programs and offices we address discrimination and the denial of rights based on sex, race, nationality, ethnicity, class, religion, age, physical ability, caste, opinion or sexual orientation.

Promote Non-violent Resolution of Conflicts - We promote just and non-violent means for preventing and resolving conflicts at all levels, noting that such conflicts contribute to poverty and the denial of rights.

Seek Sustainable Results - As we address underlying causes of poverty and rights denial, we develop and use approaches that ensure our programmes result in lasting and fundamental improvements in the lives of the poor and marginalized with whom we work.