Due to your help last year, the Jesters ‘Care for
Kids’ Charity Drive 2004 was able to raise over 5.2 million baht so we
would like to thank you deeply for your part in achieving this fantastic
result. We could not have done it without you.
Due to your support and involvement last year we have
been able to do the following:
Thank
you from the Jesters Care for Kids Charity Drive
1. Complete our 3rd building renovation (now a total of 2
dormitories and one school building) at the Eastern Child Welfare Protection
Institute in Huay Pong for wayward, abandoned and orphaned children.
(850,000 baht, including funds from our 2003 charity drive.) This was a
joint venture with PSC, PILC and RLC.
2. Renovate the premises of the VFC Children’s Shelter
for young homeless children in Pattaya (50,000 baht).
3. Provide an extensive lavatory renovation and funding
for organic gardening projects at the Rayong Child and Youth Training Center
(1,000,000 baht).
4. Fund student/teacher encounter sessions at government
schools through the ‘Happiness Camp’ program, that focuses on
communication skills, creativity and acquiring self-esteem (80,000 baht).
5. Continue to provide educational aids and building
renovations at the Pattaya Redemptorist School for the Blind in Naklua,
which is a boarding school for blind and mentally impaired children (158,000
baht).
6. Continue to cover the majority of the operational
expenses for the Fountain of Life Center that provides documentation,
education, scholarships, medical and dental treatment and care for kids from
shattered families (2,498,000 baht).
7. And most recently, offer both immediate relief and
long term aid for the tsunami victims and survivors in Southern Thailand.
Particularly the children, many of whom are orphaned, traumatized and
homeless. (553,500 baht, that also includes our part in a joint venture with
the Pattaya Jomtien Rotary and Sportsman Inn to construct a new school
building in Thap Lamu, Khao Lak. Note: some of this relief funding for the
South has come from monies raised already in this year’s emerging Jesters
‘Care for Kids’ Charity Drive.)
In the Jesters ‘Care for Kids’ Charity Drive 2005, we
will also continue our assistance to the South, specifically by providing
lunches for one full academic year to the students in Sangka Oo on the
southern tip of Koh Lanta.
Additionally, we will continue to take care of our
various projects and beneficiaries here on the Eastern Seaboard
(Chonburi/Rayong provinces), as well as look for new projects to sponsor.
One such project currently underway is the construction of a new building at
Huay Pong, the Rayong Shelter. This is an emergency haven for abused boys,
and is a joint venture with PSC, PILC and RLC.
This year we also plan to put into operation our Next
Step program for young adults, who have gone through the Fountain of Life
Center’s program, entered government schools through scholarships, and now
are ready to pursue higher education. One such candidate is Khun Em, an auto
mechanic, who will be taking his entrance exams in May, and hopefully will
be accepted for admission soon after into a technical college in Bangkok.
We also plan to provide additional scholarships, as well
as food, lodging and uniforms, for 12 students from broken families
currently residing in the Choon Chee Boarding School in Ban Bung, Chonburi.
We will also sponsor seven more children in the Pattaya area who are
attending government schools and who have been recommended to us by their
teachers. These students are excelling in their studies, despite being under
extreme hardship and austere conditions. These children are ready to pursue
their secondary and/or higher school education.
Thank you once again for your assistance and for helping us to continue
our successful drive to helping children in need. For more information,
please visit our website: www.care4kids.info. We hope we can continue to
work together throughout 2005.
