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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