The Pattaya Social Welfare Department and area
businesses and organizations joined together to brighten the future of
high-risk children in Naklua through art and education.
Deputy Mayor Wutisak Rermkitkarn presided over the
Aug. 26 event in the Old Naklua Market neighborhood.
Sponsors, including Tesco-Lotus department stores,
the Y.W.C.A. Bangkok-Pattaya Center, Rotary Club and HRH Princess
Sirindhorn Vocational Training Center provided gifts given to children
of families residing in low-income housing.
Activities included coloring dolls, clay sculpting,
drawing, and finger-painting. Sponsors also talked to kids about drug
addiction and AIDS, as well as offer free haircuts and sweets for
dessert.
The project is one in a series organized by city hall
to aid low-income children seen as high risk of becoming involved in
drugs and prostitution, or otherwise affected by family problems, crime
and unhealthy environments.
