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Koh Pai Early Learning Center getting by with a little help from their friends
Kavita Lamba
On Wednesday January 7, Chris Hill visited Koh Pai Early Learning
Center in South Pattaya to make a presentation of 3,000 euros from the
Ambassador’s Club of Antwerp, Belgium. From this gift, 500 euros was donated
to Pastor Sanay for his dedicated work in the slums.
 Chris
Hill (2nd right) visited the Koh Pai Early Learning Center in South Pattaya
to make a presentation of 3,000 euros from the Ambassador’s Club of Antwerp,
Belgium.
Chris Hill is the founder of Help Line Pattaya and ran this successfully for
six years before returning to Europe for health reasons. Help Line Children
is a continuation of Help Line Pattaya and focuses on the needs of
underprivileged children, and raises funds for organisations dedicated to
this same goal.
The money was raised by Help Line Children together with the International
Ambassadors Club of Antwerp who organised a concert recital by the famous
Belgian pianist Francois Glorieux. The concert was held in Antwerp on
November 22 at the home of Ambassador Club President, Dr Philip Loquet, a
renowned gynaecologist. Dr Loquet and his wife tried to visit Pattaya to
make their own personal gifts on December 5 last year but were thwarted by
the PAD Suvarnabhumi siege. They have not given up, however, and will try
and visit at the end of the month.
This is the second gift by the Ambassadors Club to the Mercy Center, the
first being 2,000 euros donated one year ago. The presentation was made at
Koh Pai Early Learning Center which is one of the projects undertaken by the
Mercy Center.
The early learning center currently prepares around 69 children with
pre-school readiness skills starting from two to six years old. The children
are given the chance to learn Thai, English and maths skills from a very
early age. This is a true example of a solution for a need amongst the
underprivileged in Pattaya.
Diana Group, YWCA and
PSC throw party for lucky kids
Sopin Thappajug (left),
managing director of the Diana Group addresses the children and
benefactors.
Vimolrat Singnikorn
Chocolate, clothes then a big lunch of noodles, fried rice,
fruits, and ice-cream made up an exciting charity end-of-year party for
23 lucky children.
The Diana Group joined YWCA Bangkok-Pattaya Center and Pattaya Sports
Club to help the children from low-income families see in 2009 in a most
pleasant way.
On December 30, the Child Protection and Development Center’s director
Supagon Noja and kids welcomed members from the three organizations.
Sopin Thappajug, managing director of the Diana Group, Nittaya
Patimasongkroh, chairwoman of the YWCA Bangkok-Pattaya Center and Bernie
Tuppin, charity chairman of Pattaya Sports Club came with big armfuls of
food and gifts.
Sopin and Nittaya wished the children good behavior and attentive
studies in this coming year. Gifts were then presented to the kids and
their nannies, adding even more to the excitement of the party as the
children also sang songs.
Dinner was brought in by Waraporn Sukhontasit, member of YWCA
Bangkok-Pattaya Center and owner of Daeng-dum restaurant in South
Pattaya.
The food was pronounced “alloy maak” (very delicious).
Hotel brings presents to rural children
Chaiyo! Happy New Year at
Baan Tang Trong School in Sriracha.
Saksiri Uraiworn
Money from sales of teddy bears and Santa dolls at Amari Hotels and
Resorts is going into a campaign to help poor children at Baan Tang
Trong School in Sriracha.
On January 5 Dominic Stamm, general manager of Amari Orchid Resort and
Tower, accompanied by hotel staff went out to visit the children, taking
with them stacks of gifts and performers for a party.
Performers Wannasa Thongwiset, Font Montgomery, Ware Sow, A Chernyim and
Hana Tassanawalai were warmly welcomed by school principal Sayan
Ananatachart and the school kids.
Plenty of joy and laughter greeted the handing out of New Year’s gifts
of teddy bears, bicycles, remote toy cars and educational equipment.
It’s the fourth annual charitable campaign by the hotel to help children
living in deep rural areas, many of whose parents do seasonal
agricultural and laboring jobs.
The school has 120 students from first to sixth grade, eight teachers,
one building, a canteen, two toilets and is built on 1.5 acres of land.
Amari Hotels and Resorts seeks to return some profit to society by
helping with scholarships, equipment, clothing and shoes.
Little Duck Nursery celebrates another Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Ms. Sivanart Imtub, a
director at Little Duck Nursery, receives food from the children at
Little Duck Nursery in Rayong. The children said, “You Love, Feed and
Take care of us all year, today we want to feed you.” Rev Stephen
Brusini who started Little Duck Nursery along with Ms Imtub some eight
years ago said, “What a fine example of Love. We all should have that
kindness in our Hearts.”
Rev Stephen A. Brusini,
Sivanart Imtub and staff made this another memorable Christmas for the
babies at Little Duck Nursery in Rayong. “Sadly we didn’t have any
visitors for Christmas this year, but we did have love, food, fun,
happiness and presents for all of the 30+ babies. We thank all the
people who have brought donations of goods this past year. God bless you
for thinking of us. Our New Year wish is that we have a new facility and
more visitors for the babies,” said Rev Stephen.
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