The children at Stratton House Childrens Home continue to respond well to our regular English lessons. At present I am the sole teacher and it is all very informal. Hopefully in the future we will get volunteers who may like to give me a break. I have been very impressed by the childrens enthusiasm and [...]

This weekends trip out took us to San Kampaeng Hot Springs where we had arranged to meet Khruu Khem and her friend Anna from Holland. Anna lives in a village nearby to Huay Sai and has been helping Khruu Khem with her Saturday ‘Say Hello’ club for some time now. We met inside the Hot [...]

This time of year is always a little bit tense for me. The coming of the rains also bring out all the bugs, including the notorius Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti mosquito, which bites all day long. This mosquito can be the carrier of Dengue Fever, a flu like disease which kills hundreds every year. There is [...]

Continuing our association with Khruu Khem at Huay Sai, I responded to a request to visit Huay Sai on Friday(23rd), to make a photo record of the Kaow Pan Saa Festival, attended by many Lamphun Schools and culminating at Huay Sai School. Kaow Pan Saa celebrates the beginning of the new rice growing season. It [...]

On Wednesday 21st I went for a long overdue meeting with Khruu Khem of Huay Sai School. Huay Sai is one of the schools on www.thaischoolsenglish.org, a project run in association with our Foundation, with a view to promoting English language learning in the local community. Having been very busy ensuring registration for the Foundation [...]

Life at Stratton House Childrens Home is most rewarding when you get to see the childrens inventiveness when left to play together. Coming out of the house late afternoon on Monday I was greeted by the wonderful sight of little 5 year old May after she had been given an impromptu makeover by her older [...]

This weekend has been a bit of a wet onehere at Stratton House Childrens Home and Sundays usual trip out was cancelled this week. Nevertheless everyone enjoyed their day, riding their bikes, playing ball games, sleeping and listening to music. Sunday afternoon saw more Lamyai harvesting. This time we got less money as the fruits [...]

This weeks bai tio was abit of a mess after we had decided on a change from Huay Tung Tao. We had decided on a visit to Wiang Kum Kan, the home of many ancient Temple sites, close to Sarapee. I had made the mistake of mentioning the pony trap rides available there, and the [...]

Every Saturday, at Stratton House Childrens Home, is Spring clean day and all the children pitch in. When breakfast is finished they all know that they need to do their bit to keep things tidy before they enjoy playtime. Today there was some extra work to be done. With the rainy season the garden has [...]

A big thankyou to my Mum for the recent arrival of a package of ladybird books for the children to practise reading English; and also for the hand puppet soft toy for May 2 , to replace the one she had on her birthday which she left at home in Nan during Aprils home visit. [...]