Rice for the kids.

Every month the Jesters Care for Kids and Pattaya Street Kids Project make a combined donation of 15,000 baht for poor families with disabled children in the Nong Prue municipality, under the Share Love with a Friend banner.

This photo is of "Meaw" a 3 year old Down's Syndrome child.

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.

'Nong Ta'

 This little eight year old boy lives with his father and 2 yr old sister in a tent behind a room which the family rented until Mum was sentenced to prison on drug charges.  Since the husband then had to stay at home and take care of the children he has no income. 

They are in desperate need and are  entirely dependent on neighbours for food, water etc. 

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.

Video of Hauy Phong Children's Home New Year Party

Hauy Phong party YouTube video

Helping the kids in the slums.

One of the projects that we are supporting is the Chum Chon (slums) project that is led by Lhen Lhen of MERCY Pattaya. Each week the project takes food, milk and clothes to the slums.

The kids in these photos are two of the children from the slums, the mother is 16 years of age and the father 17 years old.

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.

www.slumkids.org

Children of Baan Khong Por Home

UK Registered Charity No. 1104335

www.slumkids.org

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.

The challenges facing some families.

Home Visit – ‘Ton’

Date:   February 7^th 2013

Team: Suky and Social Worker

We have changed the name of the child to protect her identity.

The new house the family is living in is concrete built and secure.  Rent is 2,500 B per month.

Previously there had been suspicions of misconduct between the stepfather and the elder daughter (Ton).  When the grandmother was very sick it gave Mum the ideal reason for leaving and taking the girls upcountry.  When her mother subsequently died and there was no work to be found, Mum came back to Pattaya and tried to re-enter the girls in school 7, but because the term had already begun, this wasn’t possible until mid year. 

Father, having no job and nowhere to stay, found out where they were living and moved back in.

Ton’s older sister subsequently found a boyfriend, and left home to move in with the boyfriend’s parents, but they didn’t get along.  She was unwilling to go to school and unwilling to work, so subsequently she decided to come back home.  She has become sullen and unco-operative and refuses to go to school.  She stays home all day playing video games. Mum is afraid of saying anything that might upset her.

The parents do not have any regular income, they take whatever is on offer whenever it’s offered – construction work, house cleaning, moving etc.  Father is handicapped, having only one arm, which doesn’t help the situation.

The home is basic in the extreme.  There is no working T.V., no fan (the one in the photo is broken), no refrigerator, no washing machine, no beds, virtually no furniture and a piece of thin matting in one area of the room for sleeping on.  The toilet/shower room has a pipe very close to the floor and the ‘bath’ is a large plastic bowl.  Water is from the mains and the pressure is very low (no tank) so they get only a trickle. 

It is clear they are desperately poor, and when they were conversing, Mum was crying – partly because she was ashamed of her current circumstances and partly because she was afraid to upset her daughter.  She must be at the end of her tether with one thing and another.  How they will manage in the hot season, I can’t imagine

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.

 

Lunch with a visiting American sponsor

Earlier today visiting American sponsor Rick took time out of his visit to Thailand to visit Pattaya and take the two students out for lunch.

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.

Just kids

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tM8WAfNpD0

Baby 'Vic'

During our recent visit to Pattaya we were asked if we could help 'Vic' an 18 month old Hydrocephalic child who was born with only brain stem.

We purchased a special pushchair for her and offered to pay for the monthly supply of Pampers ...

and other items she needs.

Ian, a visiting UK sponsor heard about the baby and has offered to refund to PSK the cost of the pushchair and to also take on the cost of her monthly needs.
Ian made a visit to see 'Vic a few days ago and to meet the couple who the baby's mother abandoned her to.

See more

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.

From the mind of a child.

Going through more than 100 hand written cards given to us at the Hauy Phong children's home New Year party we came cross this one which no doubt reflects the feelings of my of the children at the home.