Thai CDC Receives the Presidential Award for Extraordinary Efforts to Combat Trafficking in Persons

Thai Community Development Center is excited to announce that on January 25th, 2022, it was presented with the Presidential Award for Extraordinary Efforts to Combat Trafficking in Persons. This prestigious award from President Biden was presented online instead of in-person at our nation’s capital due to COVID.

The presentation of the award took place during the annual cabinet-level meeting of the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons which coordinates the US government’s effort to combat all forms of human trafficking.

President Biden’s cabinet member, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, appeared on the screen alongside Thai CDC’s live feed and presented the award.

The full presentation of the Presidential Award by US Secretary of State Blinken to Thai CDC can be viewed at the 33:42 minute-mark of the video provided at the following link: https://www.state.gov/the-presidents-interagency-task-force/

The Thai CDC staff, volunteers, and interns who have worked diligently and tirelessly to serve trafficked victims and combat human trafficking over the years are truly grateful for being uplifted in such an auspicious and high-level way. Thai CDC has been at the forefront of fighting this violation of fundamental human rights for almost three decades.

However, we are not resting on our laurels as the work to bring justice, redress and restitution to victims and survivors and make them whole persons again continues in the face of the relentless scourge of human trafficking.