At long last we got a bit of a start on our planned work project, making a bike track that will go all the way around the house. The tracks borders will be marked with lengths of bamboo set in the ground. The first job was to make out the start of the track and [...]

Another Sunday, another fun day out. The childrens choice was Huay Tung Taow.  This time we took two of the bicycles with us to extend the range of the days activities. As usual the kids had lots of fun playing in the water. Water snail collecting seemed to be the popular past-time for the day. [...]

Our very first placement, Jack, is at heart, a very special boy, who likes nothing better than making others laugh and be happy. Unfortunately Jack has many problems, that have become more and more apparent as time has passed since he arrived. Having known Jack previously, whilst helping out at his previous placement, I had [...]

Just a note to apologise for the long delay in adding details of how to sponsor a child with us. I have been having technical difficulties with the shop and have had problems  adding details. I have managed to add details of two of the children to our shop today. For those of you who wish to start [...]

The official childrens day is the second Saturday in January, but it came a day early at Pasak School with a large event held, to which several local schools came to take part. There was a big turn-out and the many food stalls and attractions were kept busy all the way through. All the children [...]

After the brisk swim in the chilly waters of Huay Tung Taow in cool season, we had promised the children that the next trip out would be to Kan Kampaeng Hot Springs, and this Sunday that is where we went. After checking out the geysers and the hot water pool where folk gather to cook [...]

With the emotions of Childrens Day some of the Children were understandably missing their families and May(2), in particular, had asked if she could visit her Aunty, who lives in the same village as Yong and May(1)s family, near San Pa Tong. So on Sunday we drove over for a visit. Unfortunately it transpired that [...]

Its a long time coming, but here at last is the report on the recent Childrens Day celebrations. Childrens Day is an annual event in Thailand, held on the second weekend in January, where a lot of effort is put into making a special day for all children. Personally I prefer it to Xmas as [...]

It was long before our new children showed their willingness to pitch in. I was very happy to return home from a shopping trip one day last week to see the new kids helping Wasana in the garden.

Another productive day yesterday, partly due to the school in Banthi still being part closed due to Teachers being at some event elsewhere. This meant I had much more time than I expected to work on filling the ‘shelves’ in our online shop which I hope to have truely online by the end of the [...]