About Us
The first house of the Good Shepherd Sisters was established in 1965 in Din Daeng, Bangkok. Since that time the number being helped has increased drastically. The area of Bangkok in which the Sisters first began working is unrecognizable. From the open paddy fields and slum dwellings, it is now a crowded busy metropolis. The slums have increased in number and the needs of the people facing unemployment, sickness, lack of educational opportunities and poverty have escalated.
Responding to this need the Good Shepherd Sisters in Din Daeng have very successfully implemented the following programs.
Residential Care Service
This program caters for teenage girls from 60 provinces in Thailand. Predominantly from poor families, many come from broken homes or have a history of sexual abuse. All share in common the lack of opportunity for education and employment.
While with the Sisters in Bangkok, the girls are able to pursue their studies – both primary and secondary – and are provided opportunities to learn further income-generating skills such as hairdressing, computer and dressmaking. There are currently 60 girls in residence.
Day Care Centre
Building a foundation for children to develop a positive sense of self-worth is part of the Good Shepherd Mission. Day Care is work of promotion offering each a chance to grow to his or her potential.
Our Centre take care of 90 children of the women who work at the Fatima Centre and other small children from poor families in the neighbourhood, who are at risk. We also provide education, health care and nutritional needs.
Fatima Self-Help Centre
The Centre offers to girls and women, mainly from the nearby slums and government housing, the possibility of learning basic skills that enables them to earn a decent living in a respectful and friendly environment.
The women produce handicrafts, toys, educational books, children’s clothes, quilts, embroidered table and bathroom linens. They receive a just wage for their dignified work. Further studies and employment opportunities are also available to them.
Mother and Baby Home – Baan Sukruthai
The Home offers counseling, medical care an environment in which the single mothers feel loved and accepted. Pre and post natal care is given with much personal support engendered amongst the women themselves. The Home caters for approximately 25-30 young women who are unable to handle their pregnancies alone, often because of rejection by family or by the father of her child. The women are also given training to help prepare for their future lives.
Day by day the young women grow in self-awareness and confidence as they prepare to give birth. The women take part in a daily program and classes involving regular visiting professionals. We prepare mothers for the future with parenting skills and the physical and emotional needs of infants. 