On Saturday afternoon May 7, The Haven in Soi 13 played host to some 65 children from the Baan Jing Jai shelter for orphaned and abandoned children.
The organization is currently home to some eighty children and survives on donations from many groups and individuals that donate generously and on a regular basis to enable the facility to continue to provide a vital service in the local community. The facility is housed in three rented houses in the eastern suburbs of Pattaya.
These little guys certainly love their hot dogs.
Recently, the organization has received recognition as a “Charitable Foundation” authorized by the local and provincial authorities which will assist in its planned programme of improving the services and facilities.
To this end approximately 4.3 rai of land has been purchased and plans drawn up to build a new home for the existing children, plus the inevitable additions, on the outskirts of the city.
The children have fun playing in the pool.
The proposed plan can be viewed on the web site at www.baanjingjai.org
The children had a great day playing in the pool after feasting on a meal of a special Jing Jai hot dog, french-fries, ice-cream and gallons of soft drinks. After a couple of hours in the pool the children moved across the road to the beach for another hour or so swimming and then returned to the hotel where they were provided with a take-away kow pad goong to replace some of the energy spent during a great fun day.
After a couple of hours in the pool the children moved across the road to the beach.
The children’s day at The Haven was also the launch pad for the Summer Charity Draw to be held following the annual golf tournament on July 4th and following the very successful Santa competition when 200,000 baht was raised for the children’s Christmas presents and additional necessities. It is hoped that another good event will result in a another large sum to go to the building fund that has been set up to finance the proposed building project. As previously, 50% of all monies will be allocated for prizes and this time 50% will be for the benefit of Baan Jing Jai new building project.
Chai yo! Thank you for a great day!
