AMAZING GIFTS FOR 3,200 VERY POOR PEOPLE!
See how much we give to the poor in Thailand?
Yes...The numbers are simply amazing!
And it's only made possible by wonderful people like YOU, who follow the
Gift of Happiness Foundation. - Thank you!
Yes...The numbers are simply amazing!
And it's only made possible by wonderful people like YOU, who follow the
Gift of Happiness Foundation. - Thank you!
500 BRAND NEW UNIFORMS, 500 BRAND NEW SETS OF UNDERWEAR, 200 BRAND NEW PAIRS OF SHOES.
PLUS THREE MORE TRUCKLOADS OF USED CLOTHING, EDUCATIONAL SUPPLIES, TOYS, BEDDING, TOWELS, TOILETRIES, COOKING EQUIPMENT AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES.
GIVEN TO 3,200 POOR CHILDREN & ADULTS IN JUST
ONE WEEK OF HAPPINESS GIVING!!
PLUS THREE MORE TRUCKLOADS OF USED CLOTHING, EDUCATIONAL SUPPLIES, TOYS, BEDDING, TOWELS, TOILETRIES, COOKING EQUIPMENT AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES.
GIVEN TO 3,200 POOR CHILDREN & ADULTS IN JUST
ONE WEEK OF HAPPINESS GIVING!!
BRITISH CLOWN PROVIDING THE IMPORTANT GIFT OF HAPPINESS IN THAILAND!
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Project location details, sponsors, volunteers and value of donations given, as required by the Royal Thai Government
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7 day project: 17 to 24/09/17.
Prep/loading/breakdown: 17/09/17 & 24/09/17
Volunteers: Eddie Haworth, Founder/Director at Gift of Happiness Foundation, Mr Nicol Burr - Mr Martin Kneath - Jon Matthews - Pru Colville - Jordan Colville - Khun Wat, Mae Sot & Umphang
Paid staff (sponsored by Monroe consulting Group): Khun Wanpen Sotiya (AKA Bob) - Khun Chutchada (Aiw) ชัฌฎา อิ๋ว General Manager at GoHF and Khun Polchanok Buasorn sponsored by the Clown Eckie Corporation. Transport sponsored by: Monroe Consulting Group - Clown Eckie Corporation - Martin Kneath - Khun Wat , Mae Sot & Umphang extra 4x4 Project sponsors: Monroe Consulting Group - Clown Eckie Corpo- Planet of the Crepes USA/Thailand - British Women's Group BKK. Individual donations via bank transfers/Paypal: = 11,000-THB Administration and location guides: Chutchada (Aiw) ชัฌฎา อิ๋ว General Manager at Gift of Happiness Foundation - Khun Wat , Mae Sot & Umphang - Mr Eddie Haworth. Number of beneficiaries: 3,220 children & adults at 6 hill-tribe villages & government schools. Goods and services given: Sukhumvit Park Plaza Hotel - Professional family entertainment shows & educational performances given by volunteer, Clown Eckie. 500 NEW UNIFORMS & UNDERWEAR SETS GIVEN BY: Bangkok Gentlemen Spoofers - Rotary Club of Hythe, Kent UK District 1120 - Negotech/Sourirres D’Ailleurs - Exo Foundation. 200 PAIRS NEW SHOES: Individual donation from Khun Malinee Wongdee Total value of goods and services given; ฿-739,600.00. |
Schools/Orphanages served with goods and services, by GoHF
17 Sept: Preparation/loading day.
18 Sept: Driving day. 19 Sep’17 morning, Driving : Afternoon: 1.1 รร. ตชด. บ้านแม่กลองคี Tor Chor Dor Baan Mea Klong Kee government school. 360 children/19 teachers 20 Sep’17 Morning: 2.1 Paw bu la hta hill-tribe school. 290 children/9 teachers + Villagers 20 Sep’17 Afternoon: 2.2 รร. บ้านไม้กระพง Baan Mai Kra Pong government school. 300 children/11 teachers 21 Sep’17 Morning: 3.1 klaw gaw hill-tribe school. 230 children/7 teachers. + Villagers 21 Sep’17 Afternoon: 3.2 kaw hser hill-tribe school. 340 children/10 teachers + Villagers 22 Sep’17 Morning: 4.1 รร.บ้านปรอผาโด้ Baan Pror Pha Do government school. 390 children/17 teachers. 22 Sep’17 Afternoon: Driving. 23 Sep’17: driving day. 24 Sep’17: Laundry, vehicle maintenance & web publishing day. Total number of children and adults served; 3,200. |
Follow this slideshow to see some of the people who received so much HAPPINESS>>>
Report; GoHF Aid Giving Project to Umphang 17th – 24th September 2017. By Nicol Burr
Sunday 17th September 2017.
Loading day at the Go Happiness Centre in Bangkok.
Quote from the GoHF F/Book page;
Big Loading Day at the Go Happiness Centre! Off we go yet again to the North of Thailand with another 3 truckloads of essentials for more than 1,000 children in need. Just like a couple of weeks ago here; https://goo.gl/1BjG26..
BUT this time we have 500 BRAND NEW UNIFORMS...COMPLETE WITH 500 SETS OF UNDERWEAR AND 200 PAIRS OF NEW SHOES!...ALL to-go with bags-n-bags of toys, used clothing, bedding, toiletries and educational supplies!
How HAPPY we are to be giving so much HAPPINESS to so many poor people again and again...It's all because of YOU!!..our followers who give so much of these essential goods to the poor. THANK YOU!
End quote.
Quote from the GoHF F/Book page;
Big Loading Day at the Go Happiness Centre! Off we go yet again to the North of Thailand with another 3 truckloads of essentials for more than 1,000 children in need. Just like a couple of weeks ago here; https://goo.gl/1BjG26..
BUT this time we have 500 BRAND NEW UNIFORMS...COMPLETE WITH 500 SETS OF UNDERWEAR AND 200 PAIRS OF NEW SHOES!...ALL to-go with bags-n-bags of toys, used clothing, bedding, toiletries and educational supplies!
How HAPPY we are to be giving so much HAPPINESS to so many poor people again and again...It's all because of YOU!!..our followers who give so much of these essential goods to the poor. THANK YOU!
End quote.
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Monday 18th September 2017.
Leaving time was arranged for 10 am on the Monday morning, and after dropping my child off at school, I received a call from Eddie to say that the proposed leaving time would be delayed as his chariot had become unwell and was in the garage near the Go Happiness Centre. As I still had some loading to do, I continued with my plans to arrive at the Go Happiness Centre early to help load Mr Martin Kneaths’ vehicle with some 500 uniforms, generously donated by three groups mentioned on this page. |
All vehicles must be well maintained to go where Go Happiness goes!
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On the way to the Go Happiness Centre Eddie called again and asked if I could chauffeur three of his friends from their hotel. They are Jon, Pru and their teenage grandson, Jordan who’d arrived a few hours earlier from Sydney. Only too happy to help, off I went to collect and deliver them to the Go Happiness Centre.
Just a few of the 500 Brand New Uniforms and Sets of Underwear for Very Poor Children!
We loaded the uniforms into Martins vehicle and waited for Eddie who arrived ten minutes later. We proceeded to load Eddies’ chariot with his show gear and his friends movie equipment as they are doing a documentary about Eddies’ life. There will also be a book about it too. We left rather later than planned but made good time as the roads were quite quiet. A quick stop for lunch/toilet break at the regular petrol station and off we went again. A short stop at the road side to check the cover on Eddies’ roof rack as it had started flapping a bit. Once repaired, we were off again, without incident to the next stop before we climbed the mountain pass to Mae Sot.
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A quick toilet stop and driver change in the Monroe sponsored truck fully loaded with goodies for the needy kids and families in the remote region of Umphang, North Thailand. It was a rather slow and tedious trip over the mountains, as there were road works and slow moving trucks for most of the way.
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Part of just one truckload of Great Gifts for the poor children.
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We arrived at the accommodation around 7 pm where we met our guide Khun Wat, checked in and went for some much needed nourishment at a local eatery. Off to bed to recharge the batteries for to give all the uniforms, undies, toys educational goods etc, plus six of Clown Eckie's finest shows for all the kids, parents and teachers.
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Tuesday 19th September 2017
Up early for breakfast and headed off around 9-am to the first school and show planned. We travelled 4 hours to the first school of the project school about 160kms from Mae Sot and 40kms short of Umphang in the middle of the mountains between the two towns. This serpentine road through the mountains was once again slowly traversed as the van was loaded to the roof. On occasions first and second gears were required to climb some of the steeper part of the way. We stopped at a view point on the way, only to find that the brakes of the van had overheated with the strenuous breaking required to slow the van down for the numerous bends in the road. I had to start engine breaking to help keep the brakes from totally overheating. |
We arrived at the first school and set up the show gear and donations before Eddie did his show, which was, as usual, excellent and all the kids and teachers seemed to enjoy the show. This was the only show on day one as we had travelled so far from Mae Sot to reach this very remote area. We packed up and headed to the accommodation for the next three nights. We ate at a local eatery on the banks of the river and Eddie was very happy as they had French Fries (his favourite). Back to the accommodation, which was a rather quaint place, with lots of fauna and flora everywhere, situated on the banks of the river Umphang. My room was overlooking the river and the noise of the river made it very relaxing and helped me sleep easily. Although Eddie said he didn't sleep quite so well on his so-called concrete mattress in a wooden room with no air-conditioning and the sounds of the jungle keeping him awake all night?
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Wednesday 20th September 2017
Once again an early start, breakfast at 7:30 am, ready to leave at 8-30-am, for the 40 km trip to meet Khun Wats’ father who agreed to help us drive to the remote schools planned for that day. We transferred lots of goodies and uniforms for the children into his 4x4 truck as the road was impassable buy any normal vehicle. Whilst loading the trucks Martin was surprised by two Mynah birds squabbling around his head as he strapped goodies to his roof rack. |
Eddies truck must be well maintained to bring the goods to remote hill-tribe villages in Thailand
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He thought one bird had flown into his car, but a quick check revealed nothing. We continued to load up and I decided to help Martin tie down the load on the roof rack. It required me to open the rear door of his car and as I did so out flew one of the Mynah birds, which had secreted itself in the rear of Martins car. Everyone thought that was funny except me! We set off for the school and took around 45 minutes to reach the school. The road was up through corn fields into the mountains and riddled with craters and small fjords to cross quite deep in mud and concealed rocks. The scenery was stunning and the outcrop of bamboo hut, houses and different crops they grew were amazing to see. We once again set up the show at hill-tribe school, donations displayed and Eddie did his thing! The school had no electricity so Eddie had to use a battery power pump for his balloon inflation routine, which all the kids really enjoyed. Once the show ended, we distributed the first lot of 200+ uniforms and a big load of other essential goodies to the children. We said our goodbyes and returned to our van to reload more supplies for the second school. We had a quick lunch, of local noodles and pork before we set off to the next show. Luckily this time the school was on the opposite side of the road from where we had our lunch so it took all of 5 minutes to get there. Once again set up the show, display the donations and Eddie does his magic.
Some of the luckier children wearing clean uniforms while still living in very harsh conditions. All credit to their parents!
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The show was once again well received by all the children and teaching staff. Even though this was a Thai government school rather than the majority of hill-tribe schools in the area, the children were still coming from poor or very poor backgrounds and I was most impressed by the way they all appeared to be so well dressed in their scout and guide uniforms. That must be very hard for the parents to maintain and can only be done through working long hours on the steep mountain terraces that produce a lot of the food we eat back in Bangkok.
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Thursday 21st September 2017
Once again an early start, breakfast at 7:30 am, ready to leave at 8:30am, for the 40 km trip to meet Khun Wats’ father again. We transferred more goodies to his 4x4 ready for the next trip up through the corn fields to the next remote school. This was a very hard ride as the road was in even worse condition than the road the day before. We manage to arrive safely, without too much trouble, but there were a few scary moments crossing the very small bridge in big 4x4 vehicles. We arrived at the first school and set up the show once more. Donations were displayed and Eddie did his show. We distributed another 300 uniforms to the hill-tribe children attending the school. We were running late due to the slow drive up and down the mountain road, to our RV point to reload Khun Wats’ fathers truck with another load of goodies before lunch. Here we had a minor mishap as we loaded Martins car with goodies. We had so many donations in his car that the back door would not close, so I put my arm in to push the bags, but Khun Pen (aka Bob) decided to slam the tailgate and push with all his might to shut the door, unfortunately trapping my arm in the process, causing me some pain. Finally we managed to shut the tailgate and head off up through the corn fields again to the next school. Another extremely long slow drive trough beautiful scenery to the school, where we once again set up the show, displayed donations and Eddie did his show. Once again there was no electricity so the battery powered pump came into operation. Once the show was completed, down came the show gear and reloaded into the vehicles for the slow trip back down the mountain.
Once again an early start, breakfast at 7:30 am, ready to leave at 8:30am, for the 40 km trip to meet Khun Wats’ father again. We transferred more goodies to his 4x4 ready for the next trip up through the corn fields to the next remote school. This was a very hard ride as the road was in even worse condition than the road the day before. We manage to arrive safely, without too much trouble, but there were a few scary moments crossing the very small bridge in big 4x4 vehicles. We arrived at the first school and set up the show once more. Donations were displayed and Eddie did his show. We distributed another 300 uniforms to the hill-tribe children attending the school. We were running late due to the slow drive up and down the mountain road, to our RV point to reload Khun Wats’ fathers truck with another load of goodies before lunch. Here we had a minor mishap as we loaded Martins car with goodies. We had so many donations in his car that the back door would not close, so I put my arm in to push the bags, but Khun Pen (aka Bob) decided to slam the tailgate and push with all his might to shut the door, unfortunately trapping my arm in the process, causing me some pain. Finally we managed to shut the tailgate and head off up through the corn fields again to the next school. Another extremely long slow drive trough beautiful scenery to the school, where we once again set up the show, displayed donations and Eddie did his show. Once again there was no electricity so the battery powered pump came into operation. Once the show was completed, down came the show gear and reloaded into the vehicles for the slow trip back down the mountain.
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We stopped on the way for a few stunning photos of the surrounding mountains enveloped by fog. Amazing. Back to the Umpang and since we were running late we decided to go to eat as soon as we reached Umpang. Another local eatery before we headed back to our accommodation for a night cap and a good night’s sleep. The last three days may have been impossible without the help from Khun Wat and his father. I thank you for your help and support over the last couple of days.
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Misty mountains near Umphang, North Thailand
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Friday 22nd September 2017
A slightly later breakfast today as we only had one show to do at the last school before our two day drive back to Bangkok. We checked out of the concrete bed accommodation and packed all the gear into the trucks for the 45 minute drive to the last school of the trip. The owner of the accommodation was a very nice lady who came out to say goodbye. We talked about her garden and I mentioned I liked her orchids. To my great surprise she offered to give me one for my garden at home. She then surprised everyone with lots of lemons from her garden for everyone. What a very nice lady.
A slightly later breakfast today as we only had one show to do at the last school before our two day drive back to Bangkok. We checked out of the concrete bed accommodation and packed all the gear into the trucks for the 45 minute drive to the last school of the trip. The owner of the accommodation was a very nice lady who came out to say goodbye. We talked about her garden and I mentioned I liked her orchids. To my great surprise she offered to give me one for my garden at home. She then surprised everyone with lots of lemons from her garden for everyone. What a very nice lady.
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We arrived at the school and set up and displayed the show and donations. Eddie did his show and we were ready to pack up and return, through the mountains to Mae Sot. This was another four hour drive as we were concerned about the brakes on the truck overheating again. It was an uneventful trip and the brakes were fine, as the van was now empty. We arrived in Mae Sot and checked in to our accommodation.
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We all went to another local eatery for a final meal in Mae Sot, before the long drive home on Saturday. We had a good night’s rest after a quick night cap and a chat about the trip.
Saturday 23rd September 2017
We had breakfast at 8am and left the accommodation at 9am. We stopped at M.... market for some fresh fruits and some wild boar. Off through the mountains and back to Bangkok. A quick stop for lunch and another driver change. Once we hit route 9, the heavens opened up and it was a long slow crawl all the way back to Bangkok. We arrived back at the office at 6:30 pm to a flooded garden and a dark office as there had been a power outage. Glad to be back but this trip will always stick with me as all the children were fun to be around and the scenery was spectacular.
End report, by Nicol Burr
We had breakfast at 8am and left the accommodation at 9am. We stopped at M.... market for some fresh fruits and some wild boar. Off through the mountains and back to Bangkok. A quick stop for lunch and another driver change. Once we hit route 9, the heavens opened up and it was a long slow crawl all the way back to Bangkok. We arrived back at the office at 6:30 pm to a flooded garden and a dark office as there had been a power outage. Glad to be back but this trip will always stick with me as all the children were fun to be around and the scenery was spectacular.
End report, by Nicol Burr
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Gift of Happiness Foundation has been established as a properly registered charity in Thailand since 2009. The charity was originally registered in 2005 under the laws relating to a recognised body of persons just like many established loyal societies and other committees set-up to provide support for the needy in Thailand. In March 2010 the charity was also honoured to be granted membership of the League of Foundations of Thailand under the Royal Patronage of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
Gift of Happiness Foundation registration number: Kor Tor 1914. - Tax I.D: 0-9930-0009226-1.
Since those early first steps to become a trusted and transparent child support charity we have received numerous accolades and commendations from British, Australian, French, South African Ambassadors and a high level of trust from many respected companies and organizations (Not least our only corporate sponsor, Monroe Consulting Group). We have also been properly vetted and approved to receive grants or donations from Charities Aid Foundation of America (CAFA), Exo Foundation, Boulevard De La Stim, Rotary Clubs, PayPal and Ammado Giving to Nonprofits.
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Gift of Happiness Foundation registration number: Kor Tor 1914. - Tax I.D: 0-9930-0009226-1.
Since those early first steps to become a trusted and transparent child support charity we have received numerous accolades and commendations from British, Australian, French, South African Ambassadors and a high level of trust from many respected companies and organizations (Not least our only corporate sponsor, Monroe Consulting Group). We have also been properly vetted and approved to receive grants or donations from Charities Aid Foundation of America (CAFA), Exo Foundation, Boulevard De La Stim, Rotary Clubs, PayPal and Ammado Giving to Nonprofits.
See our monthly project reports here - Our full 2016 Annual Report here Or Read more about us
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