Gift of Happiness Foundation visited Northern Thai/Burma border region February, 2012.
We visited the biggest refugee camp in Thailand – Karen Handicap Welfare Association - Mae Tao Clinic - Sky Blue garbage dump School – New Day migrant school – One World One Dream School for street kids – Help Without Frontiers district office and a Men’s Health Center.
Fourteen volunteers from all parts of the world helped us to give three truck-loads of donations and some very funny dance and clown shows for several hundred poor children in the region. “These memories will stay with those children for life!”
We visited the biggest refugee camp in Thailand – Karen Handicap Welfare Association - Mae Tao Clinic - Sky Blue garbage dump School – New Day migrant school – One World One Dream School for street kids – Help Without Frontiers district office and a Men’s Health Center.
Fourteen volunteers from all parts of the world helped us to give three truck-loads of donations and some very funny dance and clown shows for several hundred poor children in the region. “These memories will stay with those children for life!”
Thursday 1st March 2012 - Gift of Happiness Foundation are giving...
62 children and their teachers a great big day-out in Bangkok. The children are from our adopted school, Wat Sam Ma Kan School near Ayutthaya. These children are coming from some of the poorest families in the outskirts of Ayutthaya and most have never even been out of their local villages, so this will be a very special and memorable day out for them. In this picture taken last year, they are wearing uniforms donated by a bank. Now they are all looking a bit worse for wear, so they need to look good and feel confident when we take them to the big city...
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We will take them all to the Dusit Zoo in the morning. Then after lunch at the Zoo some of our volunteer performers will give a fantastic, fun and interactive animal dance workshop with the children.
This will be followed by a visit at about 3.00pm, to the Amnuay Silpa Bilingual School in Bangkok where the children will enjoy another very special event. Amnuay Silpa is one of the original and best performing bilingual schools in Bangkok and their Drama students are staging a special production of Peter-Pan for our children.
Then about 5.00pm it's back on the buses with a picnic package for them to enjoy on their way back to Ayutthaya and a well earned rest after such a big day-out.
We are also planning to present the children with some new uniforms before the great day-out, so there's no embarrassment suffered by some of the poorest of the children who have very limited shoes & clothing.
Volunteer helpers may join us on this special day in return for donations towards our costs. [email protected]
Now we need your help for this project!
Every bit helps - Please donate any amount...Online, direct transfer or cheque here:
http://www.gohappiness.org/donate.html Thank you.
62 children and their teachers a great big day-out in Bangkok. The children are from our adopted school, Wat Sam Ma Kan School near Ayutthaya. These children are coming from some of the poorest families in the outskirts of Ayutthaya and most have never even been out of their local villages, so this will be a very special and memorable day out for them. In this picture taken last year, they are wearing uniforms donated by a bank. Now they are all looking a bit worse for wear, so they need to look good and feel confident when we take them to the big city...
Read more:
We will take them all to the Dusit Zoo in the morning. Then after lunch at the Zoo some of our volunteer performers will give a fantastic, fun and interactive animal dance workshop with the children.
This will be followed by a visit at about 3.00pm, to the Amnuay Silpa Bilingual School in Bangkok where the children will enjoy another very special event. Amnuay Silpa is one of the original and best performing bilingual schools in Bangkok and their Drama students are staging a special production of Peter-Pan for our children.
Then about 5.00pm it's back on the buses with a picnic package for them to enjoy on their way back to Ayutthaya and a well earned rest after such a big day-out.
We are also planning to present the children with some new uniforms before the great day-out, so there's no embarrassment suffered by some of the poorest of the children who have very limited shoes & clothing.
Volunteer helpers may join us on this special day in return for donations towards our costs. [email protected]
Now we need your help for this project!
Every bit helps - Please donate any amount...Online, direct transfer or cheque here:
http://www.gohappiness.org/donate.html Thank you.
Gift of Happiness Foundation - A non profit organisation under the Royal patronage of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand.
Dedicated to helping poor children in Bangkok and throughout Thailand. Registered Charity in the Kingdom of Thailand
Registration number: Kor Tor 1914 -- VAT: 3-0337-6259-4
Donate in most currencies on-line, direct transfer or cheque here: http://www.gohappiness.org/donate.html
Dedicated to helping poor children in Bangkok and throughout Thailand. Registered Charity in the Kingdom of Thailand
Registration number: Kor Tor 1914 -- VAT: 3-0337-6259-4
Donate in most currencies on-line, direct transfer or cheque here: http://www.gohappiness.org/donate.html
