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Single Mattress

Up until now all the children have been sleeping on the basic “cardboard” filled matresses.

These are adequate enough for the younger children but our teenagers are now in need of better quality support for their health and welfare.

They are now getting to the point where the present mattresses won’t support their weight which leads to sunken mattresses which I am concerned will then lead to possible back problems.

There are many outlets in Chiang Mai selling basic , good quality mattresses at very reasonable cost.

Please consider helping us replace at least 5 of our presently used mattresses.

 
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Yet more thanks to Pui for helping to put us in touch with our new friend and supporter Jurgen,

Today we had a very welcome visit from Pui, her family and Jurgen and his friend Ohs. Jurgen has expressed an interest in helping our Foundation, liking our core philosophies and our work so far.

Our visitors came with yet another great lunch for the kids, with green curry, chicken, noodles and much more. Jurgen and Ohs also presented us with a huge supply of toothpaste and toothbrushes for the children, donated by a dentist friend of theirs in Switzerland. Sorry I failed to get your name, but we all say a big thanks for that.

After a fantastic lunch Jurgen offered a return visit to Childrens World at the Night Safari. And so there followed a wonderful afternoon for the kids and a relaxing time for the adults with chance to discuss several ideas in connection with onward funding and development.

This includes a kind offer to help design and produce drawings for our ” permanent facility”.

We would like to thank Jurgen, Ohs, Pui and all her family for their generous support and I look forward to ongoing discussions in the near future.

 

 

 

A couple of days before Xmas day our microwave was discovered to be unusable anymore, as its inner lining had deteriorated.

It wasn’t long before it found a new use, feeding the curiosity of an inquiring young mind.

14 year old Tai, already established as a grade A student at school,  soon had at it with a screw driver, investigating its workings.

This is just the sort of activity we have hoped to encourage with our style of doing things at Stratton House, and I would very much like to further support this new found interest in electronics.

We would very much like to purchase an electronics starter kit to facilitate further , safe, learning in this field, giving Tai and any of the other children who may be interested, a chance to look into developing a new skill.

Having surfed the internet I am posting a link to one such kit that comes in at $94.95. 

If you feel you may be able to help please consider either donating  $100….I have been so far unable to establish shipping costs… or visit the link and purchase direct on our behalf….shipping address 36/1 ( Stratton House) Moo 7, T.Chompoo, A. Sarapee, Chiang Mai 50140

Or if you find another similar kit that is aimed at beginners this would be most welcome also.

 

Sorry about the lousy title, a little bit of Xmas madness creeping in…its been a long year..:)

This years festive season comes with many positive notes for the Foundation as friends, old and new,  step forward with their support.

This post is to say a big thanks to our old friends Mary and Bruce who, having visited our Foundations home last year, recently donated a significant amount of money with a view to sponsoring each and every child here to the tune of 10 pounds a month for the whole year, to include 1 new child who is expected to join us in May.

They have also indicated that they are prepared to consider help with funding extra educational needs for our hardest working students.

I am moved and delighted by this gesture and all here at Stratton House wish to say a huge “Thankyou” and wish the Grays a very enjoyable Festive season and a very very Happy New Year.

 

The Stratton ABC Foundation Re-Cycle Project has been underway for some time now but we are desperately in need of more participants to make it feasible to carry on.

Born of both, a concern for the environment and the future we are leaving our children and a need for more sources of funding for Foundation work, this Project gives you the chance to help us without hurting your pocket.

We need sponsors of all sorts and if you want to help but just don’t have the income to spare why not consider our offer to collect your re-cyclables.

Right now we have one main run through Sarapee to Hang Dong Road where we collect from The American Pacific International School Kindergarten and Kwan Wiang Moobahn.

We are prepared to consider collection from anywhere in and around the Chiang Mai City area as long as we can get enough participants to make the transport costs feasible.

If you would like to join in, maybe even organise a spot for our collection bins at your Moobahn, please get in touch:)

 
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One of our most popular activities here at Stratton House is Mural painting. We have a large concrete wall around our grounds made up of many “panels”. Slowly but surely the grounds get brighter as the children explore their artistic sides.

 
Bedding

Children being children bedding needs replacing on a regular basis to ensure good hygiene standards. With so many kids this can be a big drain on our budget.

 
food

One of the biggest parts of our budget is the weekly food bill. We ensure a healthy diet: low in meat, high in fresh vegetable content, brown rice and plenty of fruit.

We are doing our best to expand our vegetable growing at home in an attempt to relieve the budget a little.

Any help to sustain this high standard diet and so keep the children as healthy and active as possible, is much appreciated.

 

It feels like we may be on a bit of a roll with the Re-Cycle Project.

After lunch the children accompanied me going out to post flyers advertising the project. As it is hoped to be collecting from a large donator on the Samoeng Rd very soon, we took a route through Sarapee and out towards Samoeng.

We first called at a few outlets in Sarapee town and the children took it in turns to go and ask to be able to post the flyers.

No one refused. We are especially happy that , although they could not give a place to post the flyer, The Bangkok Bank kindly agreed to allow us to place brochure advertising inside the Bank.

We also had a great response from a gated Moobahn on the Samoeng Rd. The office official was most enthusiastic on hearing of our idea and has promised to put it to a planned Seminar being held at the Moobahn on Saturday. If successful she said she would try and get us a spot in the centre of the Moobahn where we can place collection bins.

This would be a great boost to our campaign. It has already been a Project consideration to get our own collection bins placed at convenient drop off points.

If you want to support this project maybe you can consider sponsoring the purchase of wheely bins for this purpose.

You can do this online by following the photo link on the right hand side of the page or alternatively donate through our Donate Button tagging your donation “wheely”. If you live in or around Chiang Mai and wish to donate an actual wheely bin the feel free to contact me using the contact form below.

On the way home the children did a little more work for their Villa and Sport Project, visiting a couple of outlets on the Samoeng Rd and negotiating a good price on a concrete chess table.

You can still sponsor this purchase using the photo link to the right of the page…the cost has been adjusted to reflect the children’s excellent bargaining skills.

 

The children’s term break project is underway. Named “The Villa and Sport Project”, the children wish to concentrate on improving outdoor facilities for sporting activities as well as building an outdoor study and relaxation shelter (Villa).
These are unprompted ideas born of a Project devised to encourage planning and design skills along with teamwork with the added bonus of improving our facilities.
So far the main work is clearing the areas to be worked on but the Mattayom Project team have also spent time discussing their plan and making a “shopping list”.
With a 5000 baht budget to complete the whole project, which will also include revamped growing plots the children really need sponsors to join in and help by donating items they need.
The first request is featured in our new category in the online shop and there is a link right here on the front page to the right.
Please help the children with their extraordinary task.

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