Wednesday 27 November 2013

The dangers of mosquitoes





Suky went out to visit these children's mother  yesterday.  It seems that her husband has begun drinking, 'playing the field' and meeting with 'old pals', so they have separated.

Unable to earn enough at her day job to take care of her children and her brother, she has begun working in a Karaoke bar in the evenings/nights.


It seems that Saharat was not at school when she called, because he has some very worrying skin problems, probably the result of being bitten by mosquitoes and then scratching...and the baby has some similar, but less angry looking patches, too. (We may have to look at how we can try to prevent this, also.)


The children need to go to the hospital, and Suky is free to take them tomorrow morning.  We're trying to firm up details with Mum.  We have no idea how much it will cost, but we'll give you the report as soon as they've seen the doctor, O.K?



Registered Charity No. 1104335
100 Years From Today
It will not matter how big your bank account was, the sort of house you lived in, or the kind of car you drove. But the world may be a little better because your help touched the life of one child.

Tuesday 12 November 2013

UK based sponsor's visit to meet his students in Pattaya.



Never let it be said that we do not immerse visiting sponsors in the madness that is Pattaya:


It was all very hectic yesterday - and in the middle of it was the question of how to get my dog back from the vet's, can you believe?   It was one of those days when "You don't have to be mad to work here, but it does help", comes to mind.

Having said that, Thomas (always such a pleasant and amenable chap) arrived at the office promptly at 10:30am, so I had the chance to catch up on his life and new job (and the weather, of course, being a Brit.), while Suky dashed around in the background trying to find out where the van was. It transpired that the van at the Home was in the garage, so Sharon was using the Toyota van to take two of the kids to hospital, and the pick-ups were being used by others - so we reckoned that since the two boys were only slim, everyone would just manage to fit in my car. 


Thomas, Suky and Boonying, having collected the boys from their school, ate at Maes Y Ruen - chicken, prawns & rice and satay with bread (I've never found out why they serve bread with the satay - maybe to mop up any remaining peanut sauce?) before going into Tesco Lotus to choose a gift for each of them (remote controlled cars) and groceries for the family.  Thomas was happy to help them carry their goodies home before going back to school, and being the sweet natured fellow he is, sent me a non spicy take away lunch to the office. He could see I might fade away from lack of nourishment, obviously!


I'd checked previously that he wasn't afraid of dogs, so on the way back, after taking the boys back to school, they collected my dog from the vet's, and took her home.

I was very sorry I couldn't arrange to get Thomas to the Home though - we hadn't the transport available at the time the children would be there.  However, Thomas said (although I know he was disappointed) he would do it next time.  Bless his heart, it would be wonderful if everyone was so understanding, wouldn't it?


Anyway, Suky said the boys were still enjoying school and hadn't encountered any problems (yet), and they were delighted to see Thomas again.  They're not in the least shy these days, which always makes it easier for a sponsor, of course.


Registered Charity No. 1104335
100 Years From Today
It will not matter how big your bank account was, the sort of house you lived in, or the kind of car you drove. But the world may be a little better because your help touched the life of one child.

Thursday 7 November 2013

Jeans for the kids


 
With winter just around the corner it was time to kit out the kids at BKP with new jeans so we donated 11,900 baht (£238) for a new pair of jeans and a belt for each of the 30 kids.
 

Registered Charity No. 1104335
100 Years From Today
It will not matter how big your bank account was, the sort of house you lived in, or the kind of car you drove. But the world may be a little better because your help touched the life of one child.