{"id":1815,"date":"2019-07-18T09:22:08","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T09:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carecornerorphanage.com\/?page_id=1815"},"modified":"2019-08-16T10:03:27","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T10:03:27","slug":"nipha","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.carecornerorphanage.com\/en\/real-life-stories\/nipha\/","title":{"rendered":"Story of Nipha"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='welcome'  class='av-layout-grid-container av-7vao79-b46d9f3a4d4cb36deb56e16f3452af3f entry-content-wrapper main_color av-fixed-cells  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-first  line-header  container_wrap sidebar_right'  >\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-7qqg5x-527bc5e44229f41c0dad4dd4fb1724de\">\n.flex_cell.av-7qqg5x-527bc5e44229f41c0dad4dd4fb1724de{\nvertical-align:top;\nheight:15px;\nmin-height:15px;\nbackground-color:#bf292b;\n}\n.responsive #top #wrap_all 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itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>AT THE EDGE <\/strong>: Ms Ang Lay Hwa\u00a0 and husband Ricky Tan are stand-in parents to 80 Thai children and eight AIDS babies. Orphanages like theirs are a small buffer to weakening family ties in crisis-hit Thailand.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Couple care for girl in Thai orphanage<\/li>\n<li>Mum reclaims teen and sells her to prostitution syndicate<\/li>\n<li>She is found in a halfway house for virgins<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-56n047-996ba443f0a2886b54211c2f9a53e6a9\">\n.flex_column.av-56n047-996ba443f0a2886b54211c2f9a53e6a9{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-56n047-996ba443f0a2886b54211c2f9a53e6a9 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_hr  flex_column_div  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jyljtbun-a8f8068666274b43de8578d14a476584\">\n#top .avia-gallery.av-jyljtbun-a8f8068666274b43de8578d14a476584 .avia-gallery-thumb a{\nwidth:100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-gallery av-jyljtbun-a8f8068666274b43de8578d14a476584 avia_animate_when_visible  avia-builder-el-9  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  gallery-thumb--center avia_lazyload avia-gallery-animate avia-gallery-1'  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><meta itemprop=\"contentURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.carecornerorphanage.com\/en\/real-life-stories\/nipha\/\"><div class='avia-gallery-thumb'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carecornerorphanage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4990_95706709299_3530641_n.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carecornerorphanage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4990_95706709299_3530641_n.jpg 604w, https:\/\/www.carecornerorphanage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4990_95706709299_3530641_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carecornerorphanage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4990_95706709299_3530641_n-450x338.jpg 450w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" data-rel='gallery-1' data-prev-img='https:\/\/www.carecornerorphanage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4990_95706709299_3530641_n-495x400.jpg' class='first_thumb lightbox ' data-onclick='1' title=''  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"wp-image-1841 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-1841\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.carecornerorphanage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4990_95706709299_3530641_n-495x400.jpg\" width=\"495\" height=\"400\"  title='' alt='' \/><div class='big-prev-fake'><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1841 avia-img-lazy-loading-1841\"  width=\"495\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carecornerorphanage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4990_95706709299_3530641_n-495x400.jpg\" title='' alt='' \/><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div  class='hr av-25cglj-5c5f0733b8e11ea9e6fa486128c7ced5 hr-default  avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_one_half '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/p>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-4dq6zb-9cd13a6e36572164294879959687b9ac\">\n.flex_column.av-4dq6zb-9cd13a6e36572164294879959687b9ac{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-4dq6zb-9cd13a6e36572164294879959687b9ac av_one_half  avia-builder-el-11  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_one_half  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-6hv2m5-2ffef058a4aa52814082add59e33a65e\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-6hv2m5-2ffef058a4aa52814082add59e33a65e .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:16px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-6hv2m5-2ffef058a4aa52814082add59e33a65e '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock column-card p-3 my-3'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h4>Forward<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr. Ricky Tan\u2019s troubled mind was clearly somewhere else as we were having lunch a few weeks ago at Great World City. He was thinking of a missing Thai teen called Nipha whom he and his wife had looked after for four years. They feared she might be in the clutches of a syndicate \u2013 perhaps working temporarily in a restaurant. He had saved her once \u2013 but she had gone missing again.<br \/>\n\u201cSome Chiangmai restaurants are being used as holding areas for child prostitutes before they are sent out to brothels,\u201d he explained. \u201cI\u2019m planning to look for Nipha,\u201d said Mr. Tan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIt sounds like a long shot but I want to join you,\u201d I said, not knowing if the editor would buy the idea. We knew little of Nipha, 15, but the couple were old contacts. Five years ago, Singaporean Madam Ang Lay Hwa, 37, and Mr Tan, 42, a Malaysian, gave up their jobs to set up the AIDS Babies Centre (ABC) for AIDS babies and the Care Corner Orphanage Foundation, for 80 children, in Chiangmai, Thailand. Madam Ang, a National University of Singapore graduate, was a secondary school teacher while Mr. Tan, an American-trained theology graduate, was a church pastor. They uprooted their family of three young children to pursue their calling. We met the couple while researching a report on AIDS babies in Chiangmai last year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nipha was not an AIDS orphan but her story was also riveting. On New Year\u2019s Day, Ricky called me. Nipha was sighted in Bangkok. Two days later, he called to say he had an address. Chief photographer Philip Lim and I flew to Bangkok the next day. The following three days were an eye-opener for us.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013\u00a0<em>Written by Augustine Pang<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Couple try to take teen out of sex ring\u2019s holding house<\/li>\n<li>Thug stops couple from taking teen out of sex ring<\/li>\n<li>Thai social worker then persuades underworld bosses to free teen<\/li>\n<li>Couple take teen back to orphanage but she runs away<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2e3ymf-b432df02b5b1dca6a526b0db31eee7ba\">\n.flex_column.av-2e3ymf-b432df02b5b1dca6a526b0db31eee7ba{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-2e3ymf-b432df02b5b1dca6a526b0db31eee7ba av_one_half  avia-builder-el-13  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_textblock  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-6hv2m5-2ffef058a4aa52814082add59e33a65e\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-6hv2m5-2ffef058a4aa52814082add59e33a65e .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:16px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-6hv2m5-2ffef058a4aa52814082add59e33a65e '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock column-card p-3 my-3'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h4>LAST WORD<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWhy don\u2019t you write something positive? There is more to Thailand than prostitutes and AIDS,\u201d a Thai social worker said to me in Chiangmai. This is an ancient civilisation. At its height, Thai culture and independence was much admired in the region, led by a long line of monarchs like the current King Bhumibol. During his reign, the economy has soared to new heights. But the bubble burst in July 1997 when the baht collapsed and started a crisis in the region. The Thais are now struggling. There are so many stories of kids being abandoned or sold by parents because people have no money.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013\u00a0<em>Augustine Pang<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cMother said she needed to build a house and told me to work so that I could help her raise some money. She told me to work in the coffeeshop, but as I worked there, I slowly realised the girls had to sleep with men.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2013\u00a0<em>Nipha, 15<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Six million Thais are living just above the poverty line.<\/li>\n<li>About 50,000 Primary 1 students dropped out last year.<\/li>\n<li>World Bank<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-6hv2m5-2ffef058a4aa52814082add59e33a65e\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-6hv2m5-2ffef058a4aa52814082add59e33a65e .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:16px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-6hv2m5-2ffef058a4aa52814082add59e33a65e '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock column-card p-3 my-3'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h4>Saving Nipha: Couple fights to free Thai teen from pimps<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the heart of our story is an innocent 15-year-old Thai girl who has felt more pain and betrayal than most of us know in a lifetime. She has been hurt by her own mother, who first dumped her in an orphanage and then sold her to a sex ring. For just 4,000 baht ($190).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When Nipha Chasaw is packed off to a restaurant, she first thinks that she merely has to serve food to customers. Then the horror sinks in. A prostitution syndicate is using the restaurant as a holding area for virgins. And the girl knows that it is only a matter of time before she joins other girls who are distributed to brothels around the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Who will take on the might of the Thai underworld to rescue one helpless teen. Enter Singaporean Ang Lay Hwa, 37, and her Malaysian husband Ricky Tan, 42, who run an orphanage in Thailand. The couple care for Nipha. It was at their orphanage that Nipha lived before her mother whisked her away. And they are determined to save her from the sharks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr. Tan tracks her down, only to be turned away by a thug. A chance advertisement in a newsletter leads him to a woman named Hope, who lives up to her name. Through luck, guts and sheer pluck, she manages to rescue Nipha, who has already spent 1-1\/2 months at the restaurant. But our story is not over yet. When a girl has been let down by her own mother, who else will she trust? Nipha runs away. After hunting for six months, Ms. Ang and Mr. Tan find out where she is. Mr. Tan sets off to bring her back again.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-6hv2m5-2ffef058a4aa52814082add59e33a65e\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-6hv2m5-2ffef058a4aa52814082add59e33a65e .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:16px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-6hv2m5-2ffef058a4aa52814082add59e33a65e '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock column-card p-3 my-3'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h4>The Chiangmai coffeeshop<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was nearing the end of May last year and Mr. Tan wondered if he would ever meet Nipha again. He had no idea where she was, no clue where to look for her. Then one of his employees suddenly remembered to convey a half-forgotten message to him. Nipha had called several days earlier. She was working at a restaurant in Sansai. There was hope! Mr. Tan immediately rushed to the place to look for her. From the outside, it looked just like another Thai eating house. But it was actually a halfway house to hold child prostitutes before they are sent out to brothels.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nipha was serving some food to customers when she saw Mr. Tan enter the place. She broke down immediately. \u201cDo you want to come home?\u201d Mr. Tan asked. Nipha nodded. \u201cGo pack your things.\u201d As Nipha packed, a burly man came between them. He said fiercely: \u201cShe cannot leave!\u201d Turning to Nipha, the man said: \u201cYou stay!\u201d There was menace in the man\u2019s voice. Mr. Tan tried another approach. \u201cThis girl is from my orphanage,\u201d he said. \u201cAre you her legal guardian?\u201d the man asked smoothly. Mr. Tan knew he was beaten. The man could keep Nipha at his restaurant by force. And even the law could not help him.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-6hv2m5-2ffef058a4aa52814082add59e33a65e\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-6hv2m5-2ffef058a4aa52814082add59e33a65e .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:16px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-6hv2m5-2ffef058a4aa52814082add59e33a65e '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock column-card p-3 my-3'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h4>NEWSLETTER SURPRISE<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Was there no hope for Nipha? About a week after his visit to the restaurant, Mr Tan spotted an ad in a local newsletter. It was from International Women\u2019s Group (IWG) and in desperation, he just picked up the phone and called. The woman at the other end sounded indifferent, when Mr. Tan asked if she could help a child in trouble.<\/p>\n<p>Woman: Yeah, like what?<br \/>\nMr. Tan (impatiently): Look, I want to talk to your president.<br \/>\nWoman: Well, there\u2019s no one else higher here. I\u2019m the president.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This chance phone call was to change Nipha\u2019s life again. The woman Mr Tan spoke to was Mrs. Hope Watcharaprecha, the president of the IWG and one of the gutsiest women you will ever meet. The American, who is married to a Thai, speaks her mind. She knows most people who matter in Chiangmai high society. And above all, she was willing to help. Mrs. Watcharaprecha listened to Mr. Tan\u2019s story and came to a decision immediately. Yes, he could count on her. Why would the wife of a prominent Thai businessman want to tangle with the underworld to help a stranger?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mrs. Watcharaprecha has a ready answer: \u201cI sit down and imagine her (Nipha) knocking against the wall\u2026 Then I think about these people at Care Corner Orphanage. They raise her up from young\u2026 and now, they don\u2019t know what to do. I said I must do something about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She told Mr. Tan to call her in a couple of days. Meanwhile, he kept thinking of poor Nipha, trapped in that restaurant. When The New Paper visited the same restaurant, it looked deceptively quiet. But behind the restaurant is a colourfully decorated lounge with its own sets of tables and chairs, karaoke sets and hi-fi. A woman was seen entertaining a client. Next to the lounge was a room with two single-unit air-conditioners. Poor Nipha. The danger she faced was very real. This was confirmed by Mr. Narong Vijaykadga, vice-president of the Chiangmai-based Children and Youth Development Association, a voluntary organisation. Mr. Narong, 50, said syndicates usually buy children at a low price, and break them into prostitution before they sell them to the brothels. Estimates of child prostitutes in Thailand vary between 40,000 and 200,000. Would Nipha become one of them? A drop in the ocean, but\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-6hv2m5-2ffef058a4aa52814082add59e33a65e\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-6hv2m5-2ffef058a4aa52814082add59e33a65e .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:16px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-6hv2m5-2ffef058a4aa52814082add59e33a65e '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock column-card p-3 my-3'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h4>TOGETHER AGAIN: Nipha reunited with Mr. Tan for the second time.<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hope Watcharaprecha knows most people who counts in Chiangmai society. To save Nipha, she was willing to hound them all. She approached policemen, politicians, lawyers \u2013 everyone with clout to save a little girl from a horrible fate. Some shrugged. Others just dodged the issue. When the law could not help, she decided to approach the mafia boss. Another lucky break came her way.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mrs Watcharaprecha, who also runs a hardware company, found that one of her former employees was related to the leader of the syndicate that was holding Nipha. Through her, Mrs Watcharaprecha sent him a message. She said: \u201cI asked him how much he wants for the girl. He said, 3,000 baht ($145). I said I\u2019d pay, just release her in two days.\u201d And she also sent him a veiled threat. \u201cI told the messenger to let the boss know the people I know. And tell him to stay in his territory, and don\u2019t touch mine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here she was, threatening the mafia boss, even though her friends had refused to help her! Her sheer confidence must have scared him. Nipha was released within two days. Not a single baht was exchanged. Was the story ending happily? No, the end was still six months away.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A New Zealand couple offered to help Nipha rebuild her life, in Singapore. Singapore permanent residents Mrs Dawn Greenfield, and husband Dave, both 51, said: \u201cWe want her to be part of a family\u2026she has had too much pain in her life.\u201d But the offer back-fired. When Madam Ang mooted the idea to Nipha, she ran away, fearing she would be sold away again. After all, how could a girl who had been let down by her own mother trust complete strangers?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Six months pass. Six months of waiting, wondering, agonising. Where is Nipha? Finally, another lucky break. Someone has sighted Nipha and tipped Mr. Tan off. Now he\u2019s hoping to bring his little girl back, for good. He has heard she is working as a maid. And we are with him in Sara Buri. Near the place, our mini-bus turns into a side road leading to a provision shop with a public telephone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Tan\u2019s staff, Mr Srichan Latoo, 29, is asked to confirm that Nipha was indeed living at the address in hand. He emerges shortly: \u201cNipha is there. But people in the house want the police to check us first.\u201d Half an hour later, a police car arrives. Two officers come to inspect us and escort us to Nipha. Nipha is standing by the roadside. We hop out. Mr Tan runs to her and hugs her. \u201cThis is Nipha,\u201d he says. As if we didn\u2019t know! Nipha has been working as a maid with 48-year-old Madam Lator since August last year. She\u2019s safe. And she\u2019s ready to return \u201chome\u201d to Mr. Tan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He says he will pay Nipha 1,500 baht (the same salary she is getting) to help him out at the orphanage. What\u2019s more, she can resume her studies. Madam Lator says with a huge sigh: \u201cShe can go back with you after I find a replacement. Hopefully next month.\u201d Nipha, who is sitting nearby, broke into a big smile. She is going home again to a future that a small group of people are shaping for Thailand\u2019s many children of no hope.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Is the help a drop in the ocean? Mrs Watcharaprecha had said that for every child who is saved from prostitution, there may be 10 others who are not. 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