Kids' Corner

YWCA Bangkok-Pattaya donates scholarships to children at Pattaya School #10 on Larn Island

Norwegian group all smiles during first visit/donation to orphanage

Kids' Corner

How did you go with the puzzle that Marvin gave you to do last week? It was easy really. Here’s how to do it:

This week Marvin has another challenge for you. You can try this game with a friend or your mum and dad. On the count of 3 both players show a number using the fingers of one hand. (Two fingers means 2, four fingers means 4, etc.). Now you need to multiply the numbers together. If the number is an odd number, your friend wins. If the answer is an even number, then you win. The trick is; how can you make sure that you win EVERY time?

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JOKES

1) What does a baby do when it plays basketball?

2) Why did the rabbit cross the road?

3) Why did it take Brahms 5 years to write a lullaby?

4) Why doesn’t a frog jump when it is sad?

ANSWERS

1) It dribbles

2) Because it wanted to get to the hopping mall.

3) It kept putting him to sleep

4) Because it is unhoppy

YWCA Bangkok-Pattaya donates scholarships to children at Pattaya School #10 on Larn Island

Songklod Kaewvisit

Nittaya Patimasongkroh, president of the YWCA Bangkok-Pattaya, along with members of the Rotary Club of Taksin-Pattaya donated much needed educational scholarships to the children attending Pattaya School #10 on Larn Island. The donation of scholarships presented on November 12th is part of the YWCA’s ‘Warm Family Project’ under the guidance of Alvi Sinthuvanik.

As part of the YWCA’s ‘Warm Family Project’, under the guidance of Alvi Sinthuvanik (center), members of the Rotary Club of Taksin-Pattaya and the YWCA Bangkok-Pattaya prepared a delicious lunch for the school children.

Members of the YWCA Bangkok-Pattaya, and members of the Rotary Club of Taksin-Pattaya donated scholarships to Pattaya School #10 on Larn Island, headed by Wanna Samathi (center).

Members from Rotary Club of Taksin-Pattaya also donated a delicious lunch for the school children. In all, 13 scholarships were handed over to deserving students.

The YWCA, which was originally set up to assist the community and those less fortunate, has made an annual donation of scholarship to the Larn Island School.

The school is the smallest of the 10 government-run schools in Pattaya with a total 414 students from pre-school up to 9th grade.

Parents of the children who attend the school on Larn Island gain income from the tourist industry and rarely have enough to completely support the educational needs of their children.

The donated funds were raised through a number of YWCA activities, a donation by the Rotary Club of Jomtien-Pattaya and private donations.

The 13 students who received scholarship funding will attend the YWCA’s annual ‘Warm Family Day’, scheduled to be held on Thursday November 21 on the 5th floor of Mike Shopping Mall, where the school will receive an additional donation of 3,000 baht towards for school lunches and another 5,000 baht allocated for the school library.

Students from all of the city’s 10 schools who have received scholarships will also attend the event. Teachers and school representatives have arranged to show off the youngsters’ talents by putting on shows and skits in appreciation for the charitable work that affords them a basic right to an education.

Norwegian group all smiles during first visit/donation to orphanage

AFT-ERC celebrates the occasion with big BBQ for all

Suchada Tupchai

A group of Norwegians living in Pattaya led by Edgar Syjonhals visited the Pattaya Redemptorist Orphanage on November 12th and donated 44,000 baht and a variety of necessary items to the children’s home. This was the group’s first visit and donation.

The benevolent group of Norwegians pose for a remembrance of the occasion.

Edgar Syjonhals, who led a benevolent group of Norwegians to the Pattaya Orphanage, poses with the children the group so kindly helped.

On the same day, the Association of Filipinos in Thailand - Eastern Regional chapter (AFT-ERC) led by Virginia D. Sorensen, president, threw a BBQ party for the kids at the orphanage.

Virginia said the group has come every month to donate to the children, and join them for some fun activities. She said the association loves doing things for the community and enjoys donating their time to the youngsters at the orphanage so they can have some fun in their lives.