Belated thanks to our first child sponsors, Azadeh and Heather from the Faa Gamma fund raising team.
Azadeh has started sponsoring Nu and Heather is sponsoring Jack.
I have to apologise for continued technical problems with the sponsor facility in the shop.
Also an explaination of our child sponsor programme……..
Its still early days, but an early estimate of [...]

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 remove all [...]

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.
In between times the [...]

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 sponsoring any of [...]

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 baskets [...]

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 Mays [...]

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 there is [...]

With New Years day done with we decided on a Saturday trip to Huay Tung Tao. Unfortunately we had had a few behavourial issues that meant that our original 3 children remained at home with House Mother Wasana.
I’m happy to report that the clear message that the trips out are a reward for good behaviour [...]

Could we be about to form our own ,Thai version ,Von Trapp family? I doubt it, but music will definitely feature high on our agenda after a very successful, impromptu session last weekend.
I have played the flute for many years now, mostly for my own meditation. On Sunday I woke up in the mood to [...]

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.