LISA NESSER: "I was really trying to get them into regular schools and they just wouldn't take them, even when I offered to sponsor fees."
The children also do not have the time or money for regular school. They have to work to help support their families.
Lisa Nesser says children in her school who are as young as twelve work in construction or in noodle shops.
In the past few years, Thai Freedom House has taught English, Thai and art to about two hundred children. It also teaches them the Shan language. And the school brings in craft workers to teach the children how to make items that they can sell.
Lisa Nesser says her goal is to provide help for displaced people who are poor and have been denied their human rights. Her Web site says the school tries to show them "how to locate and use the resources available to them, within themselves and their communities."
NAM GAO, STUDENT: "I want to say, 'Thank you,' to the teachers [at Thai Freedom House]. If there was no home like this, I would have no place to go to continue my education. Thank you for Freedom House."
FAITH LAPIDUS: Our program was written by Nancy Steinbach with reporting by Daniel Schearf in Chang Mai, Natalia Ardanza in Washington and Eric Bersh in San Rafael, California. Caty Weaver was our producer. I'm Faith Lapidus.
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