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Busy, busy, busy. We are still working hard here at Stratton House to increase efficiency and cut costs. One major way we can do this is to grow our own vegetables.
To this end we have been working hard on expanding our growing project. Every late afternoon this week the children have helped out with this expansion which is going very well.
However we desperately need help with funding the next expansion.
The plots you see featured in the photos cost around 2000 baht to produce, including all the bamboo and soil.
Can you help us expand further with a similar sized area?
We are also hoping to create dry leveled pathways in between the plots, using gravel, which comes at 1800 baht for a large lorry load.
At present we are not sure how far that will take us but would have a better idea if we can get that first load.
If you feel that you may be able to help fund these expansions , please contact us.
A healthy diet for our children is very important to us. If we can supply this using our own organically grown produce then more funds can be redirected towards continued development of our activities and services to help these and many more children.
Thank You for your consideration.

 

toiletroof2000Well, I imagined that works might be called off for today as we had a couple of boughts of torrential rain today. But I’m happy to report that the builders managed to get on with a fair bit and our shower block now has a roof and the initial flooring work is done to.

pathThe rain had stopped by the time we got there, after school and so i set about creating the first pathway. In an attempt to keep costs down and following a long standing principle of recycling, we are using the old breeze blocks to create the foundings of the pathways.

A hours or so of that and I was wet through with sweat and ready to come home.

For more photos of the transformation of the grounds please visit our photobucket album here.

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