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Where did you Sleep Last Night?

Published on 30/12/2020

» If you slept safely in your own bed last night then you're more fortunate than Foto and his family. Foto is only 7 years old, has never been to school and can't read or write. His family was forced to leave their home in Suphan Buri and ended up on the streets of Bangkok where he and his sister, aged 9, resorted to begging. Together with their mother and father they slept on the banks of the canals or outside Hua Lamphong railway station. During Thailand's Covid-19 lockdown in March life became even harder for the family as the deserted streets meant fewer opportunities to beg for money.