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PILC organized food drop on October 3
Staff and children at the
Fountain
of Life patiently await their turn to receive some food.
Kathleen Petras
PILC Welfare
This month the Pattaya International Ladies Club Welfare Team organized for
the Fountain of Life staff and children to receive the food that we would
normally donate to Kate’s Project.
 Youngsters
line up to receive their Mama noodles from the PILC welfare team.
The staff at the FOL help us every month to purchase the food from the
Sattahip Naval Base. The staff along with the older children from the FOL
then bag up the food for the monthly deliveries.
This month, due to a visit from Kate’s Project’s own fund raisers from
Ireland (Roisin and Andrew), who came to provide supplies, there was no need
to deliver any food to them. So it was a wonderful opportunity to thank the
staff and children of FOL by providing them with the food bags instead. We
did make the regular delivery to the AIDS home (6 bags of food to Baan Pak
Rakpuen).
It was very gratifying to see the happy faces of the staff when they
received their bag containing rice, cooking oil, tinned fish, fish sauce and
Mama noodles. The small children all lined up to receive a pack each of Mama
noodles which they were told to store safely in their bags until they got
home. The older children were not present but were due to also receive
noodles when they returned.
The food is all packages and
ready for distribution.
Mowbray College exchange students visit Mercy Center
Pam Sephton
At the end of September, The Regent’s School was host to six
Australian exchange students from Mowbray College, Melbourne, Australia.
The exchange students spent time in the Year 6 classes as well as
visiting some of the interesting tourist venues in the area.
 Mowbray
students give out toys to the very appreciative children at Mercy
Center.
While in Australia the students collected four large bags full of toys
to give to the children at the Mercy Center. So one day after school the
students went with their teacher Meagan Browning and two teachers from
The Regent’s School to the Mercy Center to give the toys to the
children.
The Mercy Center children were thrilled and excited to receive so many
lovely toys. The Mowbray students played with the children for about an
hour and then it was time for tea.
 The
Mowbray students play with the children for about an hour before tea.
There were many hugs and kisses as the Mowbray students left and a few
tears too! The Mowbray students were able to see Service (one of the
Round Square pillars) in action and experience the joy of giving to
others less fortunate than themselves.
The staff at the Mercy Center was very thankful for such a wonderful
group of young people and their generosity.
The Mowbray students have now returned to Australia where they will host
six students from The Regent’s School on exchange during the month of
October.
Disabled children treated to Lions day out
Vimolrat Singnikorn
To celebrate Lions’ Day, Pattaya Lions Club took disabled
children and their parents out on an outing to the shooting gallery at
Huayai in a day of fun and learning for the whole family.
 Nongprue
Mayor Mai Chaiyanit addresses the gathering.
It was the second of the “Disabled family days” organized by Nongprue
Municipality and the club on October 8, which saw the youngsters playing
games with their parents.
Nongprue Mayor Mai Chaiyanit said disabled people usually have to
contend with a basic lack of understanding in the community, as many
people in the community have the general attitude that disabled people
are a burden on society. Therefore, disabled people lack public services
and often don’t have the best opportunity to participate in social
activities.
Chang Kornjanarat, social worker at the Redemptorist Center, said a
survey in Chonburi Province found some 1,600 autistic children in
Pattaya alone, including 150 children in Banglamung district.
The only places in Pattaya that provide education for these children are
the Redemptorist Vocational School for the Disabled and Pattaya School
No. 7, he said.
Both the director of Pattaya School #7 and the director of Pattaya
City’s education department have agreed to support a new schooling
arrangement for some disabled children to be taught at the school in a
proposal now waiting for final approval.
This school will then be the second in Chonburi for disabled children,
in addition to the Ban Tungklom School, he said.
Parents and disabled
children enjoy playing on family day.
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