Vision

Labour Rigths Promotion Network Foundation (LPN) is an organisation that aims to promote quality of life for workers. This includes rights-protection, equality promotion, self-reliance, and peaceful living together in society.

Target

The fundamental rights, and other rights granted by laws, are guaranteed and implmented equally for migrant workers, their families and dependants, in order to ensure their improvement of quality of life and safe migration.

Main Strategies

1. Operational research and analysis to support information based actions concerning grievance of migrant workers, communities as well as societal and policy-related issues

2. Development of projects addressing problems and needs of the workers

3. Direct assistance in legal counsel and access to fundamental rights

4. Development of networks with government agencies, non-governmental organisations and community organisations at both provincial and national levels

5. Rights-based policy advocacy to support workers' fundamental rights including labour rights; rights to health, education and social services

6. Formation of learning process and participation of workers towards self-reliance

Objectives

1. To promote mutual understanding and assimilation of migrant workers and their families into Thai society

2. To promote access to rights-protection for migrant workers and their families

3. To build capacity of networks of Thai/migrant workers, their families, and communities in order to attain self-reliance with cooperation of government and civil society

4. To raise awareness of shared responsibilities in nurturing and promoting health of migrant workers, families and communities

5. To conduct activities for public interests or collaborate with other non-profit organizations for public interests

Programmes

Programmes during 2010 and 2011

"Project for Enhancement of Delivery of Fundamental Rigths and Child Development among Preschool Children and Child Labour in Muang District, Samut Sakhon Province"
"Project for Enhancement of Delivery of Fundamental Rigths and Child Development among Preschool Children and Child Labour in Muang District, Ratchaburi Province"
"Project for the Protection of Migrants and Stateless Children in Ratchaburi Province"
"Anti Human Trafficking Regional Programme"
"Project: LPN/G-TIP Anti-Trafficking in Persons"
"Education for All"

Previous Programmes

"Education of migrant children and migrant workers"
"Access to health services and improvement of health standards"
"Protection of children and child labour"
"Labour rights protection (for nationals of Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar)"
"Prevention of the worst forms of child labour and human trafficking"
"Operational research and analysis concerning prevention and protection of labour rights"
"Prevention and resolution to human trafficking issues with labour groups in Thailand"

Main Donors

1. ILO/IPEC (International Labour Organisation/ International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour)
2. UN Inter-Agency Project on Human Trafficking in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (UNIAP)
3. Embassy of Japan in Thailand
4. The Royal Netherlands Embassy in Thailand (Bangkok)
5. Hussman Foundation
6. Oxfam
7. Save the Children UK

Contact Details

Samut Sakhon Office

25/ 17-18 Mahachai Muangthong Village, Sahakhon Road, Bang Yah Praek Sub-district, Muang District, Samut Sakhon Province 74000 Thailand
Tel: (+66) 034 434726, 086 1631390, or 084 12111609
GPS: 13.526642,100.292662
Google map: 

http://maps.google.co.th/maps/ms?msid=204299405832133684111.0004ae384161f3063ffe8&msa=0

Ratchaburi Office

182/3 Moo 3 Village, Donthago Subdistrict, Muang District, Ratchabur Province 70000 Thailand
Tel: (+66) 032 314667

Samutprakarn Office 

83/2 Moo 4, Soi Thesabarn 23 (Kantabutra), Sukhumvit Road, Bang Muang Mai Sub-district, Samutprakarn Province 72000 Thailand
Tel: (+66) 02 7538811