Earlier this year The Stratton ABC Foundation benefited from a bequest by the late Ernst Weber. Ernst was a regular visitor to Northern Thailand and developed a love for its people and its culture. He very much wanted to do something to help disadvantaged children in Northern Thailand.
On receiving the donation we agreed to use it to secure land on which we can construct a purpose built, permanent facility including services for the wider community as well as more placement availability for disadvantaged children from Northern Thailand.
With inflation raging and costs rising we desperately need all those who know or see our work and like what we are doing, to pitch in and help.
Last week we made a deposit on land, which will be bought in The Foundations name. On completion of the purchase next month we will the begin the challenging task of designing the facility and finding sponsors to fund the building work.
We would like to ask for suggestions for naming of the facility.
We would also like to ask if there is anyone with access to an architect who may offer their services free, for the official design.
With thought to the children’s future, we very much want to make the facility as environmentally friendly as possible. We will be incorporating re-cycle and composting ideas into the design stage as well as researching the possibilities of using solar panel roofing to produce our own electricity.
Any serious input is very welcome.
The ground is due to be cleared this month as part of the purchase agreement so look out for updated photos and a better idea of the size of the site.
Well, 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.
The 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.
