In 2005, Friends-International launched a research project in collaboration with UNIAP, exploring the reasons that children and mothers came to the streets of Bangkok, including how they traveled there, how children and mothers survive and the process of repatriation to Cambodia.  A copy of this report is available here

As a result of the findings of this research, an initial pilot-project was launched by Friends-International to provide:

• Outreach services to meet children and mothers on the streets of Bangkok and in the areas where they reside.
• A collaboration with the Royal Thai Government in their various centers housing children and mothers in the wake of their repatriation: developing education and vocational training in Khmer.
• Preparation for a sustainable reintegration in Cambodia through income generation (home-based productions and gainful employment) and social support.

In 2006, Friends-International started the Peuan Peuan project (strong friends in Thai) and expanded its activities to include providing direct services to vulnerable children/youth from other nationalities including Cambodians, Burmese, Lao and Thai in collaboration with the Royal Thai Government, the Bangkok Municipal Administration and other organizations. For its work on the streets and in communities, Friends-International collaborates strongly with the Bangkok Municipal Authority working with approximately 100 individual children with an average of 1500 child contacts per month.

Friends-International also collaborates with the Royal Thai Government in 4 of its shelters working with approximately 120 individual children with an average of around 2000 child contacts per month.

Together with its partners, Peuan Peuan is working to ensure that all marginalized urban children and youth in Thailand are better protected and receive improved services leading to their social reintegration.