WHAT SHALL WE DO AFTER SCHOOL TODAY THEN?
Gift of Happiness Foundation has been serving the kids who live on the Garbage Dump near Mae Sot, Northern Thailand since 2005.
This project also helped the kids living at a residential migrant school near Mae Sot.
This project also helped the kids living at a residential migrant school near Mae Sot.
All these pictures are taken during the Gift of Happiness Foundation aid and show giving project in January 2015.
Children shown in this first section all live on the Garbage Dump near Mae Sot.
Some of the children are wearing uniforms that Gift of Happiness Foundation gave them three years ago. Most of the children are wearing clothing we gave them during our last visit in 2013.
 Gift of Happiness Uniform hand-me-downs worn for the show  Clothing given on every visit here from Gift of Happiness |  And its back to work as usual on the dump after the show  Chattering as they head home after school. (Home?) |
Please click 'PLAY' on this slide show of important pictures to see how children live on a very different planet!
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This Gift of Happiness aid and show giving project supported 100 children and teachers at the Sky Blue Migrant School. The Foundation also supported people living on the Garbage Dump located very close to the school.
This Gift of Happiness aid and show giving project also supported 250 children, teachers and local community at the Kwe Ka Baw high school, near Mae Sot.
Every child here received new towels, toys and more from Gift of Happiness Foundation
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Gift of Happiness Foundation report for January 2015.
January collections, storage, sorting and logistics:
Gift of Happiness Foundation collected five truckloads of goods. These were donated by:
Some goods sent from our British collaborators, the Giving Back Community Organisation in Manchester, UK were collected by arrangement from the warehouse of World Mega Logistics in Samut Prakarn near Bangkok. The import agency waved all charges for customs duty and storage costs and the Foundation thanked them with a Certificate of Appreciation given to Khun Paulie Charoenaksornkul at their head office in Bangkok.
Gift of Happiness Foundation collected five truckloads of goods. These were donated by:
- Park Plaza Hotel Sukhumvit, Bangkok;
- Six individual family homes in Bangkok;
- Individuals who dropped off goods at DTC Travel Office and The Len Penn Music Academy in Bangkok.
Some goods sent from our British collaborators, the Giving Back Community Organisation in Manchester, UK were collected by arrangement from the warehouse of World Mega Logistics in Samut Prakarn near Bangkok. The import agency waved all charges for customs duty and storage costs and the Foundation thanked them with a Certificate of Appreciation given to Khun Paulie Charoenaksornkul at their head office in Bangkok.
January 2015 projects completed:
During the first three weeks of January 2015, Gift of Happiness Foundation collected around 2.5 tons of clothing, toys, medical supplies, educational equipment, bedding, towels and uniforms. Most goods were donated in Bangkok and surrounding areas and some were purchased. Then all goods were redistributed to poor people in Northern Thailand, as described in Table 2.
During the last week of January 2015, the Foundation produced one main field project giving aid to 350 children and 710 adults, plus an unknown number of out-patients at Mae Tao Clinic. This project was carried out at three locations in Mae Sot City and surrounding areas, in Tak province, Thailand. The Foundation also gave free educational entertainment performances for all 350 children, teachers and some parents.
January 2015 money matters:
Gift of Happiness Foundation received financial support from the Cyril Duncan Siam Children’s Foundation in Dublin, Ireland, Opus Recruitment Ltd, Bangkok and individual friends of the Foundation. (Details to be provided on publication of the Foundation’s 2015 year-end audited financial accounts).
The Director paid the Foundation’s warehouse/office rent, utility bills, truck lease, transport fuel and maintenance, plus hire costs for a second truck. The Director also paid the daily rate for hire of a second driver for 5 days, his food and accommodation, plus extra fuel costs incurred during some of the collections of goods in Bangkok, and fuel for the main project to northern Thailand.
During the first three weeks of January 2015, Gift of Happiness Foundation collected around 2.5 tons of clothing, toys, medical supplies, educational equipment, bedding, towels and uniforms. Most goods were donated in Bangkok and surrounding areas and some were purchased. Then all goods were redistributed to poor people in Northern Thailand, as described in Table 2.
During the last week of January 2015, the Foundation produced one main field project giving aid to 350 children and 710 adults, plus an unknown number of out-patients at Mae Tao Clinic. This project was carried out at three locations in Mae Sot City and surrounding areas, in Tak province, Thailand. The Foundation also gave free educational entertainment performances for all 350 children, teachers and some parents.
January 2015 money matters:
Gift of Happiness Foundation received financial support from the Cyril Duncan Siam Children’s Foundation in Dublin, Ireland, Opus Recruitment Ltd, Bangkok and individual friends of the Foundation. (Details to be provided on publication of the Foundation’s 2015 year-end audited financial accounts).
The Director paid the Foundation’s warehouse/office rent, utility bills, truck lease, transport fuel and maintenance, plus hire costs for a second truck. The Director also paid the daily rate for hire of a second driver for 5 days, his food and accommodation, plus extra fuel costs incurred during some of the collections of goods in Bangkok, and fuel for the main project to northern Thailand.
| January 2015 report conclusion: Gift of Happiness Foundation fulfilled its commitment to assist more than 1,000 needy people in Thailand during January 2015. We plan to keep our little charity moving onwards and upwards throughout 2015 and we sincerely hope to receive a good level of assistance from friends of the Foundation to help us help the children and people we serve as much as possible in 2015. |  Just a few of the 1,000 happy people in January 2015. |
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