Helping Victims in Tsunami-Affected Thailand

UNICEF correspondent Rob McBride reports on on-going efforts to help children five years after the Indian Ocean tsunami.

Helping Victims in Tsunami-Affected Thailand Rob: You're watching UNICEF television. In a remote village in Thailand's Krabi province, 17-year old Nok is gradually overcoming her old deal helped by her social worker. When she was 15, she was sexually abused by her stepfather becoming pregnant. Nok: I was worried about coming back to the village, but with the support of my mom and her friends and help by the social workers, I've become accepted once more. Rob: Since the tsunami, UNICEF has supported training and greater resources for social workers in this province which had helped them better follow-up cases like Nok’s. Tuangporn: We were first alerted by the school who said she didn’t want to go out and with even suicidal. Rob: In the neighboring province, 11-year old, Arisara is now cared for by her grandparents after losing her mother in the tsunami and with her father working and living in another province. Arisara: I came to live with my grandparents because the auntie I was living with couldn’t take care of me. And I never saw my father. Rob: She like other pupils in the tsunami affected school received the support of social workers for their continued recovery. Sumet: I'm very happy with the recovery after five years, but it will take longer to say everything is completely okay. I'm also pleased with the coordination between different agencies helping children. Rob: Communities are brought together by a shad tragedy and working consistently in the five years since, so their children should recover from it. For UNICEF television, this is Rob McBride in Thailand. Unite for children.