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Hilton Pattaya donates scholarships
to CPDC during Global Week of Service
Children from CPDC pose for a
commemorative picture with employees from Hilton Hotel, Pattaya, after being
treated to lunch and receiving scholarships.
Warunya Thongrod
The Hilton Pattaya donated more than 200,000 baht in scholarships to
children at the Child Protection and Development Center at Huay Yai and the
Father Ray Foundation as part of the company’s second Global Week of
Service.
Finance Director Sean Craig, other executives and about 100 employees of the
Beach Road resort provided lunch and drinks to 60 children Oct. 10 before
presenting Human Help Network Thailand executives with 227,560 baht raised
through the sale of charity dolls.
Organized by Hilton Worldwide, Global Week of Service is the corporation’s
largest annual charitable activity participated voluntarily by employees
worldwide fulfilling the wishes and cultures of Hilton Worldwide in order to
return good to the society through continuous activities. Employees of
various hotels and resorts share pictures, activities and stories through
social media.
“I am proud to lead this creative activity in our locality and to have
promoted Hilton Worldwide through the Global Week of Service. All of Hilton
Hotel, Pattaya, employees are ready to be a part of activities to better the
society and of course, the future of the children we have sponsored will
help improve the society,” director of human resources for Hilton Pattaya,
Mantree Sattham said.
Children showing off their
favorite chicken wings distributed by Hilton Hotel, Pattaya, for lunch at
Child Protection and Development Center.
“I want to thank Hilton Pattaya for realizing the
importance of helping society. The children of the foundation are very happy
because this will help push them to the society with confidence and will
encourage them to fight for their future,” said HHN Thailand Director
Rachada Chomjinda.
The fun day included a small ceremony during which a plaque commemorating
the Hilton Pattaya Hotel as an official sponsor of the CDPC was presented
and proudly added to a wall honoring the generous people and organizations
who continue to support the foundation.
During the afternoon the Hilton Pattaya staff and the children shared some
fun, decorating the wall opposite the commemoration plaques with bright
colored paint and children’s handprints.
Hilton Worldwide’s Global Week of Service began in 2012 with over 800
employees from the group’s hotels and resorts participating in over 401
activities, all of which sponsor and promote all to be aware of working for
society through travel with purpose and for this year, Hilton Worldwide
hopes that over 1,200 activities will be organized worldwide.
During the afternoon the
Hilton Pattaya staff and the children shared some fun, decorating the wall
opposite the commemoration plaques with bright colored paint and children’s
handprints.
Good food always brings bright
smiles.
Thank you with all my heart.
The Hilton staff and young
dancers enjoy a fun dance.
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Maths Week IV - From Hogwarts to St Andrews
Samui Island community leaders.
Mr. Lewis, Head of Secondary Maths
Having just moved into a brand-new maths suite with panoramic views, it was time
for the St Andrews Green Valley Mathematics students to party and celebrate
another fantastic set of examination results. With an impressive average of
Level 5.8 in IB Mathematics and commendable 62% A*/A’s at IGCSE, with just one
student falling below the C grade, spirits were high.
Maths Week was full of group challenges, quizzes, demonstrations and video
footage, in a frenzied build-up to a dramatic afternoon of Maths Games. Despite
Harry Potter like storms, lightning and power cuts, the students battled bravely
through the elements and their communities were rewarded handsomely. Basketballs
flew in from angles both acute and obtuse, great volumes of giant Jenga blocks
came crashing down, torches flared in the darkened English corridors, whilst
paper shapes and cylindrical bins replaced soggy spheres and goal posts in the
science labs.
Samui finally took the Maths Week Trophy having being runners up for the last
two years. Samet were close behind, followed by Chang and Phuket. Once again,
the enthusiasm and good nature of the students were a delight, and credit must
go to the IB students who played an outstanding role in helping the events stay
fun and competitive, and run smoothly.
There are rumours of a Splash and Dash Maths Challenge next year as Green Valley
aims to spice up proceedings in the new pool arena.
Year 10 girls enjoying the maths
challenges.
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Pattaya Sports Club solves a problem for A.T.C.C.
The ground must be cleared.
William Macey
There are many distressing situations we encounter when meeting up with
the underprivileged, those that have a handicapped member of the family, both
young and elderly, or do not have sufficient income to support their family just
to provide the basic essentials that are required every day.
But there are times when we start happy and end up even happier. That is exactly
what happened recently when Pattaya Sports Club visited Khun Ja at the
Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Abuse Centre in Nongprue. Many guests were also
in attendance which included members of PSC, Jesters, Toy, Pattaya Mail, and
Rotary to show their support for this project.
The ATCC is a home for children who have been sexually and physically abused
but, the happy starting point, they now have been introduced to other children
in the home and have found a new family and friends sharing everything with 31
other children.
The children have cleared the site.
Ja involves the children when developing the site, building
new houses, a classroom, a computer and medical centre. But all the children are
involved in helping to grow vegetables, taking care of mushrooms and chickens,
the surplus products being sold to the local market. With so much going on it
became apparent that there wasn’t anywhere to play. Children love, and need, to
play and many Thai children develop into very capable sportspersons and apart
from the benefits of regular exercise they learn discipline and self-control.
Something had to be done. There was an area that was uneven, covered with banana
trees and other plants and was underwater following a typical Thailand downpour.
A no-go area until it had dried.
An approach to Pattaya Sports Club solved the problem. An all-weather,
all-purpose playing area was laid allowing the children to play at any time and
enjoy multi sports events, including football, basketball, takraw, badminton or
whatever sport they can devise.
The look of happiness on Ja and the children’s faces when they saw the finished
area was fantastic, and now sufficient funds must be found to purchase the
necessary equipment for them to enjoy this area even more. If you feel you would
like to help the ATCC with a donation of cash or basic food requirements, please
contact PSC or William on 086 152 2754.
The finished area.
It isn’t only sport but any exercise.
Children love ice cream.
You must relax to eat ice cream.
All the visitors together.
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Regent’s community unites for Nepal
Tim Eaton
Regent’s students aren’t ones to dodge the big issues, they like to act.
So when Manoj Chapagain from Year 13 decided to raise money for the village
school in Nepal which he attended before joining The Regent’s as a sponsored
student, it was ironic that he chose to organise a charity dodgeball
competition.
Manoj Chapagain - trying to make a difference to his
community back home.
It was an inspired choice, as the competition on Friday 11 October drew together
24 teams of pupils and staff and raised over 30,000 THB for Project Nepal.
Having arrived in Pattaya from Dhili Sabitri Higher Secondary School near
Kathmandu, Manoj has benefited hugely from his education at The Regent’s,
stretching himself academically and growing as a socially-aware young man
through The Regent’s Global Citizenship Programme. Along with a few friends,
Manoj formed the Project Nepal group, with the aim to raise at least 3000 USD
for computers for his poorly-funded former school. After the dodgeball
competition, the group is a third of the way towards its target.
Manoj commented, “I studied in that school for half of my life before joining
The Regent’s as a sponsored student, so I wanted to help or contribute. Regent’s
does so much community service, particularly in Thailand, and raises money for
charity and foundations, so I thought it would good idea to help out my village
school.”
Head of PE, Paul Madden, who officiated at the competition commented, “Manoj and
the rest of the Project Nepal team are a real credit to the school and epitomize
the spirit we strive to instill in all of our students. It was truly inspiring
to see our Global Citizenship Programme bringing together so many students and
staff to help one young man try to make a real difference to his community back
home.”
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