An emergency case

When Suky went to School 7 today  she was approached by the teacher concerning scholarships for a terribly poor family: Three boys

1) Pongsakorn  "Ice"   DOB 19.05.2004 (grade 3)

2) Thanayot       "Orm" DOB 17.11.2005 (grade 2)  

3) Thunathep (kindergarten 1) 

Mother and father had a motorcycle accident and mother was paralyzed as a result.  Father could not cope with taking care of her and the children and took off.  He is not in contact with them and does not support them.

Thanayot is  apparently blind in one eye, although we will need to take him to the doctor to see if this is a permanent disability or if anything can be done to improve/restore the sight. This came about after a football hit him in the eye some years ago and appears to have subsequently become infected as he, childlike, continually rubbed it with grubby fingers.

Grandma is also blind in one eye - the result of a gunshot during a fight with her husband, now dead.

Grandma is the sole supporter.  She grows vegetables and fruit.  If there is any extra after they have eaten, she sells it. 

All the boys have free lunch at school and grandma tries to give them 10 B per day for a snack. This is not always possible.

Because they are required to help in taking care of their mother, they are often late for school.  Grandma takes them by motorcycle. They are described as "good students, but not terribly academic."

 

Although they do not pay rent, the cost of the land is 700 B per month and the cost of utilities is a horrendous 1,500 B.  The only regular income is the 500 B per month given for grandma (old age pension), mother (medical) and Thanayot (medical).

They desperately need help -
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Further support from The Lady Boys of Bangkok show.

Once again we are indebted to the audiences of the Lady Boys of Bangkok UK (wtouring show for raising a further £1180 for the kids in Pattaya.

The show which tours the UK from April to October each year raised more than £17000 last year.

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Beach activities with the kids.

In Pattaya there are a number of groups who sponsor events for the kids at Baan Khong Por children’s home. One of the groups made up of ex-pats who live in Pattaya are known as the ‘Mind Awareness’ group who meet every Monday.

In January they indicated to MERCY Pattaya that they would like to organise a monthly activity for the kids from BKP and since then have taken the kids to the beach for games followed by a meal at a local restaurant.

Starting this May the group also decided to sponsor ten children from the slums for their education.

Whilst PSK is not involved with the monthly activity project we have been asked by the organiser to publicise their monthly visit with the kids and the photos here have been supplied by ‘Mind Awareness.

Kids needing sponsors for the new school year.

 

 

The new school year in Pattaya started this week and we have had an influx of scholarship application from kids whose parent are unable to afford the cost of un...iforms and book to enable the kids to go to school.

With the continuing cycle of economic uncertainly around the globe some kids who are already at school have had their sponsors withdraw from our Scholarship scheme so we are looking for new sponsors to ensure that the kids are able to continue their schooling.

On our website you will see the kids who need sponsors, there are still more kids to be added as soon as the applications are approved.

If you would like more details on sponsoring any of these children, the school fees start from as little as £5 (225Baht), please contact us either though the contact page on our website or by email to: streetkids@ntlworld.com and we will be happy to let you have further details.

You can for the price of a packet of cigarettes or a beer give a child the opportunity of an education, the one thing that will give the child a better chance of getting out of the poverty cycle and making a better future for themselves.

http://pattayastreetkids.homestead.com/childrenneedingsponsors.html

Registered Charity No. 1104335

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Fw: Annnual Report May 2013

Hello.

 

Attached is a PDF copy of our May 2013 Annual Report.

 

You can also view the report on our website here. 

 

We also have a new Facebook Page which you can view without the need for a Facebook account, simply disregard the 'Sign in' box, wait a few seconds for the page to load  and scroll down to read about some of the kids that we are helping in Pattaya.

 

Kind regards.

 

Don Ford.

Treasurer / Trustee

 

 

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Annual Report 2013

We have now published out Annual Report for 2013.

You can either choose to read or download the report from our website by following this link

The hardships kids face.

These two sisters Vanvisa and Wanya first came to our attention about 18 months ago when we heard from the school that the only food that the girls had was the leftover scraps from school meals.

The girls were being taken care of by a bedridden grandmother and a disabled grandfather as a visit to their home revealed that they were living in appalling conditions, a tiny one room shack and the family were sleeping on a raised wooden platform with no bedding. Over the next six month with the help of sponsors and donors we were able to obtain a hospital bed for the grandmother that enabled her to be wheeled outside of the room for the first time in many years, the family were put on our monthly food drop plan and the girls flourished at school.

However today it was more gloom and dooms us and for the Ploykajang family - grandpa was crying as his son came to collect them all and take them to his home province as the owner of the land gave them 7 days to leave! None of them wanted to leave, and grandpa said they'd only move if the son made sure the girls went to school and after they'd said "Goodbye" to Suky.

 

What can one do? You invest yourselves in these families and just as you give them real hope and support - along comes a landowner and disrupts their whole life again.

Anyway, at least we have the phone number and hopefully when they're settled we can take a day to visit and see how they are.

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.

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Two weeks at the Baan Khong Por Children's Home.

We wish to thank the audiences of the Lady Boys of Bangkok UK touring shows who in the first few weeks of this year's tour raised £1143.50 to help the kids in Pattaya.

A few days ago I returned from a two week visit to the Baan Khong Por (BKP) Children’s Home near Pattaya where we used some of the money donated by the audiences to help the thirty kids at the Home.

With four new children arriving during my visit with nowhere for them to sleep we purchased four new mattresses, we also replaced all of the metal forks and spoons and replaced the kids drinking cups.

 

We were also able to buy thirty new bath towels for the kids and also purchased a new PC for the kids to learn and play games on, many of the kids use a computer at school and homework is submitted in digital format.

During my visit we were able to take some of the children swimming in a local hotel pool which as we were in the middle of a heatwave was a welcome relief. We also took three of the boys to visit the naval base at Siracha where the Navy has a project to demonstrate the need for conservation. After a short boat ride we arrived on one of the Navy controlled island where the boys were able to experience snorkelling for the first time and to add to the excitement this was on a small coral reef.

 

One of our UK based sponsors was in town during my visit and asked to share his birthday with the kids at the Home where three of the children were celebrating birthdays during the month. So the kids were treated to a specially prepared meal of fried chicken, rice, and sauce followed by three ice cream birthday cakes from Svensons.

 

Another sponsor was leaving the day after my arrival so we took his student and my student for lunch and a Go-Karting session. A third sponsor visiting for the day from Bahrain to see his sponsored student wanted to treat her to a special day and invited some of the BKP kids along. We visited the Mimosa tourist attraction where after a meal we all watched a Lady Boys dance show.

 

The visit gave us a chance to see the many problems in providing for thirty kids and keeping them entertained during the school holidays, as well as the ongoing problem of providing clothes, food and other personal items for thirty growing kids.

Much of my time was spent just hanging around with the kids at the home, playing games, helping with school work and generally doing whatever the kids wanted to do. On my last day we took all thirty kids to a local open air Thai restaurant for lunch where the kids enjoyed eating out.

 

I would like to thank Sharon and Khun Sudjai at BKP for helping to make my visit a success and involving me in whatever was happening day by day.

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The kids visit Mimosa in Pattaya

Tonight we were invited to join Khalid Ali a sponsor from Bahrain who was making a one day visit to Pattaya to see his sponsored student 'Chompoo'.

Khalid invited us to take a few kids from Baan Kong Por children's home along to the Mimosa tourist attraction in Pattaya to join him and his student and her mother. The kids enjoyed the show and especially the water fountain displays and the colourful Ladyboys show.