Stratton ABC - The Stratton ABC Foundation Childrens Home Chiang Mai

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Re-Cycle Project Chiang Mai..American Pacific International School (Kindergarten)Joins In

Sep 242011

We are very happy this week with a nice start to our Re-Cycle Project. On Friday we made our first pick-up from the American Pacific International School (Kindergarten) in Hang Dong Rd.

It was great to meet Kailyn Fullerton, the enthusiastic teacher who is organising the re-cycling at the school. Also Principal Ladda Mahidi, a lovely lady who is also very keen to make the project a success and is encouraging the childrens parents to bring their re-cyclables to the school as well.

With our Mattayom students on a month long break at the moment it was nice for the children to have an opportunity to meet to.

We are still at the logistical planning stage of the project and really need more participants, volunteers and collection points to maximise the efficiency and success of this effort.

Once finished at American Pacific we popped into the outskirts of town to the home of Oscar and Nalini , Oscar produced our Promo video.

They also had re-cylables for us and have kindly offered their home as a drop off point for any of you in the Wulai Rd area.

If you want to take part and have re-cyclables to donate please contact us here and we can give you a map to the drop off point.

Alternatively we may be able to add your home onto a collection route and collect direct.

Lets help make Chiang Mai a leading example for re-cycling and in turn help our Foundation help many more children.

Fishy Business

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Aug 042011

The recent rains have seemed to speed up the time it takes for the water in our fish pond to get so murky that you can’t see the fish. So yesterday, during a break in the rains Becca and the kids got on with the job of changing the water.

We also added more oxygenating plants.

Thankfully we have so far avoided flood here and today the water had dropped slightly. Fingers crossed that the ominous grey skies don’t open overnight.

Stratton House Virtual Art Gallery Exhibition 1

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Oct 282010

Dreamcatchers–Craft Workshop With Art Relief.

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Oct 152010

Thursday 14th saw our first Art Relief workshop at Stratton House. Five volunteers from Art Relief came armed with all that was needed for the children to learn how to make Dreamcatchers.

Along with five of our children from Stratton House the workshop was also attended by five local village children.

Pee Bat was the leading instructor, with the other volunteers helping the kids out when they got stuck.

The workshop went very well and was popular with all the children who attended.

I was impressed with their attention and how well they all listened and followed instructions. The class was very relaxed and informal and all the children clearly had a lot of fun.

I think the volunteers had as much fun as the kids did too.

Everyone here at Stratton House looks forward to the next workshop and doing much more with our friends from Art Relief.

Once again I was particularly happy seeing Jack so enthralled and proud of himself afterwards, as he came speak to me, checking that I had seen that he had listened closely and done a good job.

He didn’t need to tell me, I had noticed and was so happy to see his self esteem rising.

We have started to see a vast and sustained improvement with Jack and more of these sorts of activities are sure to enhance those changes.

A big thanks to all the Art Relief Team for giving the kids such an interesting activity.

Fishy Business

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Oct 122010

Our friend Li Li Tan returned on Saturday to assist the children with the next stage of Mural practise. All the children joined in with drawing bigger versions of fish and other sea life ready for painting next weekend.
There has been a slight change of plan in that the first Mural will now be on the walls of our out door hut.
This is all leading up to the much bigger excersise with Art International painting the Mural on our front boundary walls.

Garden Project Update

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Oct 122010

So our vegetable growing project is well underway now. The children have been out watering their plots every morning and checking progress.

Its a learning curve for all of us as we see what will grow easily.

Most of the pots have yeilded results of varying degree, with just two yet to show signs of life.

The most vigorous growth so far has come from Gu’s pot, in which he is producing ‘yard long beans’.

We would love to extend this project, not just to give more growing area to our own children but also with the thought to invite children from the local community to join in if they want to. Please follow the link if you think you would like to help.

For full sponsorship;

Funding Stage 2 of the Vegetable Garden Project

For individual items sponsorship

Partial sponsorship of Garden projects

Thanks Bpaa Bonnie

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Oct 092010

A big thanks to our friend Heather, (Bpaa Bonnie), for the parcel of clothes that arrived on Thursday.

Heather heads the Faa Gamma fund raising team in Australia and featured on this site when she and her family visited and helped out with prepping the Home here before we opened.

She was recently in Thailand again to collect William, a Thai child that she id now fostering in Australia. Unfortunately , due to time restrictions she was unable to come to visit us here but arranged the posting of her kind donation of clothes. There was also a lovely letter for Jack , who Heather sponsors monthly.

Thanks again Heather, love from all at Stratton House to you and all your family.

Making of The Thai Schools English Logo

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Sep 292010

For a long time I have been thinking about what to use as a logo for the Thai Schools English program and website. With the increasing artistry around the place i decided to as Tai if he could come up with something.
On Saturday he did.

Garden Project Day 3

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Sep 282010

Today was yet another free day for the Mattayom boys.

At least it was a day free of school.

Unfortunately for them there is more than enough to keep them busy at home.

Both boys did a great job carrying on with our garden project.

First they scrubbed the walls clean.

Then Gu did second coats of paint on the concrete pots, while Tai got busy with the roller on the walls.

Well done boys its looking great; proud of you:)

If you think you may be able to help with soil for the pots, please get in touch.

Garden Project Day 2

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Sep 272010

Sunday morning saw day 2 of our vegetable growing project.

There some more gravel to be spread first.

Its hard work in the heat of the morning, hats were a must.

But it was great to see everyone working with a smile on their face.

Then, after a well earned break, three volunteers set to scrubbing the garden walls clean, ready for painting.

The rest of the crew all took a paint brush and put first coats of paint on the concrete rings that will serve as the vegetable plots.

As usual veryone pitched in with lots of effort.

With two wall panels cleaned and first coats of paint on all the concrete rings we decided that everyone had worked enough for the day and broke for lunch before spending the afternoon at Huay Tung Taow.