The Child Prostitution and Trafficking Prevention Project in Northern Thailand was established in 1998.

Originally operated by ECPAT International, it is now a project of an all-Thai foundation:
The Foundation to End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of
Children for Sexual Purposes.

All activities of the project are managed by the Foundation's Coordinating office, local grassroots NGOs are implementing partners, a team from Chiang Mai University is the academic advisor and ECPAT International continues to provide administrative and project management support.

Specific objectives of the project aim to:

• Provide alternative choices to children at risk of entering the sex trade, and their families
• Educate children and parents about child rights and how to prevent themselves/their children from being sexually exploited
• Empower children at risk of entering the sex trade to enable them make good life choices
• Integrate child rights in the school curriculum
• Support the development of the "hilltribe" communities
• Increase the knowledge of patterns, actors, and trends of CSEC and trafficking in Northern Thailand
• Raise awareness on sexual exploitation of children and child rights in Northern Thailand, at all levels from the province to the community
• Strengthen and empower local networks of NGOs, government agencies, community based organisations, as well as children's groups, to combat CSEC