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Drama success at Garden
Enjoying
a pool party!Danilo Becker,
Thai Garden Resort Hotel Manager
Marcella Cooper
Garden International School (GIS) in Thailand hosted the second
FOBISSEA Drama and provided a mix of acting and action.
FOBISSEA Drama was held at the Rayong-based school and was a complete
success. The students experienced many hours of drama workshops during the
event, which was held from February 13-16, that focused on everything from
movement to dance, to soundscapes, to choreographed fighting!
Students, who came from several countries within Southeast Asia, enjoyed
copious amounts of food, which was excellently prepared by the staff at
Brookside Valley Resort, which is where the event was held. The FOBISSEA
participants even found time to have a pool party and disco.
Students from across
Southeast Asia participate in Garden’s FOBISSEA Drama event.
On the final day, everyone returned to GIS and put on
various performances based on what they had learned before a packed
audience.
As well as drama, GIS offers IGCSE and International Baccalaureate (IB)
examinations. To find out more about these internationally-recognised tests,
come along to an IGCSE information evening at GIS on Tuesday March 12 from
7pm. Bursaries are available for Thai IB students, while Russian language
will be offered for native speakers from August 2013 at IB level.
For more on GIS, visit
www.gardenrayong.com.
Students take part in a
variety of teambuilding activities.
Taking to the sky for the
FOBISSEA Drama event.
Flying high on a zipline.
Garden students practice their
sword skills
Students learn many new drama
skills at the event.
Students stage a final
performance to showcase their newly-learned skills.
Students dance and act their
way through the final show.
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Jesters help Kophai Child Care Centre
Jesters Care for Kids Charity Drive 2013
The children can hardly wait until
the project is done.
Bernie Tuppin
Tucked away at the bottom of a small lane off Soi Kophai is a children’s
care centre run by Kru Kor. Here up to 30 small children below 6 years of age
are cared for daily. The parents, most of whom are casual laborers or recyclers,
would be unable to go out to work without this facility. The centre struggles
along with small donations from the parents and the Kophai Street committee.
Previously, the place was a small karaoke bar and unfortunately the pre-existing
stained, worn carpets still remained where the toddlers were crawling, playing
and sleeping.
Finished - the new floor provides a safe
environment for the little ones.
This situation was brought to the attention of the Jesters
Care for Kids Committee, which quickly decided that this unhygienic situation
should be rectified as soon as possible by replacing the carpets with tiles.
We provided the funding of 30,000 baht and the local community the labor. Now
the Centre has a brand new ceramic floor inside and out, where the kitchen and
ablutions are located.
For more info about our projects, please visit us at
www.care4kids.info and/or
www.facebook.com/jesterscare.forkids
[email protected]
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A brief visit
A future General.
Derek Franklin
COMREL, the community relations division of the annual Cobra Gold military
exercises, recently arrived in Pattaya to encourage the participating military
personnel to take part in volunteer exercises in the local community.
Unfortunately, and for reasons we may never know, several ships were rescheduled
at the last minute and their personnel were therefore unable to perform all
their arranged tasks.
The military personnel were due to perform several activities at the Father Ray
Children’s Home and the Vocational School for People with Disabilities, but
instead all crew were called back to base.
However, they did make a visit to the Father Ray Children’s Village where after
several hours clearing land ready to plant vegetables they sat down for dinner
with the children.
No visit to the Children’s Village would be complete without the children
performing for the guests and they were very surprised when the Marines joined
them in a version of ‘Gangnam Style’.
After a dinner of traditional Thai cuisine the children were presented with more
candy than they could possibly stuff into their pockets. Several cakes were also
presented. Needless to say all the adults enjoyed a few slices.
As usual the children melted the
hearts of the Marines.
New friends.
Those Marine women are just as
strong as the men.
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The story of Khopai School - a job well done
An away day for the children.
Sukanya (Pim) Seaton, CEO/Seaton Foundation
When I visited the area around Pattaya Tai - Soi 1, 8 years ago, I couldn’t
help but notice the terrible conditions in which slum families lived and in
particular the children. The financial situation here is such that the adults
have no alternative but to go to work and the children are left with no proper
care and are left in many cases to fend for themselves and, therefore, had no
control or guidance.
I felt in my heart that I had to help in some small way and decided to start a
kindergarten to take care of these children, to provide pre-school education and
to ensure that they had at least one good meal per day.
That was 8 years ago. We started with just 10 children and our reputation grew
to such an extent that the number has now increased to 60.
But during the last year or so, the owners of the land made a request that they
would like to run the centre themselves and at the end of 2012, we agreed. We
are happy that during the 8 years, the centre has improved beyond all
recognition, the lives of the local people have improved and that of the
children that have passed through our hands during the 8 years.
The school will operate the same system as before, same premises and teachers
and I am sure the children will not be worse off in any way.
The Seaton Foundation would like to thank all our sponsors for their help and
generosity during this period.
1. Seaton Foundation.
2. PILC.
3. Christian Group.
4. Pattaya Sports Club.
5. Mixx Club Pattaya.
6. Pattaya Street Kids.
Best regards, Sukanya (Pim) Seaton, CEO/Seaton Foundation.
A visit to the museum.
Pim, staff and some of the
children.
A little rest after a hard day.
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