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Canadian Jackalope Open and Jesters team
up to care for children with HIV and disabilities
Jesters Care For Kids 2014 - Sponsored by Glencore International and Canadian Jackalope Open
Tewid and his mother at the
Camillian Home.
Lewis Underwood
The Jesters Fair is next month already!
“Charity does not only start at the home…Playing golf with us you help
children with disability…” is the slogan of the Canadian Jackalope Open and
their 16th annual tournament is today on Friday, August 1st at Burapha Golf
and Country Club. This charity event is their fund-raiser for the Camillian
children living with HIV and disabilities.
 Children
from the Camillian Social Center getting ready to go Christmas shopping last
year.
The first annual Canadian Jackalope Open, in conjunction with the Pattaya
Sports Club, was held on Friday, September 3, 1999 at Great Lake Golf and
Country Club. Organized by Glen Dragland, Mark Gorda, Dale Drader, Eddy
Henheffer, Derek Reaper and Moe Deverdenne, their sole beneficiary was the
El Shaddai Home for abandoned children run by a Canadian couple Father Fred
and Dianne Doell in Sriracha, and now run the Mercy Pattaya Children Center
in Pattaya. For their inaugural event the Canadians raised 185,000 baht.
In 2000, the Jackalope also included the Garunyawet Center for disabled
ladies to their beneficiary list, and by 2004, the Jackalope had become an
institution, not only by filling their tournaments to full capacity, but
also adding more projects, such as, the Pattaya Street Kids, Ban Nong
Charkngaew School, Jesters Care for Kids, and the Camillian Social Center in
Rayong. The latter became their target charity in 2006.
In 2008, the Canadian Jackalope Open became a major sponsor for the Jesters
Care for Kids Charity Drive with the rider that all funds raised from their
tournament would go to the children at the Camillian Social Center. The only
way this was feasible to us was to join forces and combine funds from our
side too to make a larger impact. And towards this end, since our 6-year
union, we have provided over 4,170,000 baht for the 24/7 care and physical
therapy for children living with HIV and severe disabilities.
One of the children is a girl, Fey, now 12 years old, who was born
HIV-positive and abandoned by her parents at birth. She is blind and
mentally impaired, most likely from her untreated HIV infection. However,
with the administration of ARV’s, in conjunction with therapy and loving
care, her demeanor has improved markedly and is now able to walk with
assistance.
The second child is a 17-year old boy, Tewid, who was also born HIV-positive
and is partially paralyzed with mental impairment. He enjoys listening to
music, and spending time with the other resident children. His mother, who
is deaf from her own HIV infection, also stays and cares for him at the
center.
In 2009, Fey and Tewid were transferred from Rayong to the Camillian Home in
Lat Krabang, which is a center specializing in disabled children. Since then
we have supported both centers in Lat Krabang and Rayong.
The third child, Fah Sai, the 6-year girl with cerebral palsy, who was
abandoned here in Pattaya, is also under our umbrella at the Camillian Home.
We featured her earlier this month issue of the Pattaya Mail Vol. XXII No.
28 on July 11th.
There are 23 resident children at the Home, 11 of those are orphaned and 12
are HIV positive. There are also regular day visitors, who come for basic
education and physical therapy. Most of the children in question are
afflicted with palsy, blindness, autism, Down syndrome and learning
impairment. The dedicated staff members at the center work 8-hour shifts
around the clock, every day of the year.
Besides the 24/7 care for the above 3 children, every year, the Canadian
Jackalope and Jesters take the Camillian children from the Rayong projects
to Big C for Christmas shopping and in the spring on excursions of their
choice.
As Mark Gorda’s favorite statement sums it up: “We make a living by what we
get, but we make a life by what we give.”
If you would like to learn more about these children, please go to:
http://jackalopeopen
www.care4kids.info
www.facebook.com/jesterscare.kids
https://twitter.com/JestersCare4Kid
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Chulalongkorn Business School partners
with Townsend Thai Project and J.P. Morgan to launch ‘Financial Communication Center’
Attending the recent launch of the Chulalongkorn
Business School’s Financial Communication Center were, from left to right, Dr.
Sunti Tirapat, Director of the Social Innovation Center, Chulalongkorn Business
School, Dr. Danuja Kunpanitchakit, Vice President, Chulalongkorn University, Dr.
Virach Aphimeteetamrong, Honorable Committee, Chulalongkorn University Council,
Siripong Paisarnkongtawee, Representative from the Stock Exchange of Thailand,
Chuleeporn Nuamtanong, Representative from the Thai Bankers Association, Dr.
Prasarn Trairatvorakul, Governor of the Bank of Thailand, ML. Chayotid Kridakon,
Senior Country Officer, Thailand, and Managing Director of J.P. Morgan,
Professor Robert M. Townsend, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Wiwan
Tarahirunchote, Honorable Committee, Chulalongkorn University Council, Dr. Pasu
Decharin, Dean, Chulalongkorn Business School, and Professor Russ Wermers,
Director of Center for Financial Policy, Robert H. Smith School of Business,
University of Maryland.
Chulalongkorn Business School (CBS), in collaboration with
the Townsend’s Thai Project and the J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation, launched their
Financial Communication Center on June 23rd.
The Center is designed to train financial advisers who will in turn help educate
Thai households with financial management skills and knowledge to enable them to
manage their general household finances as well as prepare for financial risks
such as fluctuations in income, chronic illness and premature disability.
The Center will begin by focusing up to 600 households on low- and middle-income
households in four rural and semi-urban provinces in Thailand - Buriram,
Sisaket, Chachoengsao, and Lopburi.
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