FOL children enjoy a day at LCB1

St Andrews children enjoy football fun afternoon

GE Aircraft Engines renovate school at Eastern Child Welfare Protection Institution in Rayong

FOL children enjoy a day at LCB1

Last November, management and staff at LCB1 made arrangements to host children from the Fountain of Life Center in Pattaya. The idea was to give them a great opportunity to learn, see and understand more of the world than what they experience in their daily lives.

Upon their arrival, GM Anil Singh and LCB1 staff greeted them with welcome drinks and snacks, and gave them some brief information about the terminal.

Before embarking on the tour, the group enjoyed many activities that the staff had prepared for them, including singing, dancing and playing games. As can be seen on their faces, all of the children truly enjoyed themselves.

Faces lit up with awe when the tour began, especially when staff showed them the Gantry Cranes, huge pieces of equipment they children were calling “Big Giant”! The children were also amazed by the large mother vessel that was berthed at the terminal.

The children then enjoyed the opportunity to visit the terminal where they could see the entire working process below.

When the tour was finished, the children were given the chance to show off their artistic talents by drawing their impressions of the facility on New Year Cards that had been prepared for them. LCB1 planned to send the cards to all their customers, related companies and suppliers around the world, complete with each child’s name and contact address.

By now, surely hungry from all the fun they were having, LCB1 staff prepared a sumptuous lunch in the canteen, which was followed by more activities before the trip back to the Fountain of Life. Each was given a small gift to remember their experience by.

The kids sang a thank you song to LCB1 staff after enjoying a wonderful day in a working environment. It was very gratifying for LCB1 staff to be able to give time, effort, and attention to these economically challenged children from the Fountain of Life.

FOL Children and LCB1 staff all gained something from of the experience.

St Andrews children enjoy football fun afternoon

Year 2 children from St Andrews visited the Regents School to participate in an afternoon of Football fun! There were teams represented from St Andrews, the Regents as well as GIS. There was a buzz of excitement in the air - and not only from the children. Parents came and joined in the atmosphere as they cheered and gave advice from the sidelines.

Here are some reports from St Andrews about their fantastic afternoon.

By Mariko, Year 2

Year 2 went to ISR on the 22nd of March. When we got there I was so excited because the football field was very big. And then GIS came. Next ISR came out of their classes. I saw my Mum and Cara’s Mum. There were lots of parents there. Some Mums brought some oranges.

Group team photo - Say cheese!

We started the game the other team played first. The other team was called the St Andrews Arrows. They were playing against ISR. Henri, Cara, Adam, Gabriel, Yutung, Daniel, Abigail were in the Arrow team. The Arrow team scored 4 goals. Henri scored 2 goals. Gabriel scored 1 goal and Yu-tung scored 1 goal. Cara and Abigale were the only girls in Arrow team. Cara and Abigale were trying very hard.

When the Arrow team finished playing football they had a rest. They had water and orange juice to drink. It was my team’s time to play against ISR. My team was called Super St Andrews. John, Kao, Math, Nat, Robin, Tian, Dries and I were in this team. We scored two goals. When we finished playing football, we shook hands with the other team.

Children showing skills of sportsmanship.

We all had a fantastic afternoon because we had so much fun. I didn’t really like playing football before. But now, I love it and want to play again soon.

By Cara, Year 2

Year 2 went to ISR on the 22nd of March. We went on the bus and when we got there I was very excited because the school was so big and I did not know that they were so good at football. In the first game we scored 4 goals. My mum was there.

Some people did not play but they still came and they cheered for St Andrews. Our team was called the Arrows and the other team was called Super St Andrews.

Everyone played very nicely. It was very hot. Some parents brought oranges. We all enjoyed the day because we got to meet other children from year 2 from different schools. We all had fun. We didn’t worry about who won the games, we just wanted to play as a team and have fun.

Thank you Mums, for cheering for St Andrews. You were very loud and we could hear you when we were playing!

GE Aircraft Engines renovate school at Eastern Child Welfare Protection Institution in Rayong

Host Elfun’s Project in Thailand

This year GE Aircraft Engines volunteered to spearhead the annual GE Elfun Project. The project was to renovate the 40-year-old school building at the Eastern Child Welfare Protection Institution in Rayong Province where there are approximately 300 children.

Participating in the handling over ceremony of the school renovation project on March 20 in Rayong were (left to right & front to back): Wanlop Ploytabtim - director general, Department of Social Development and Welfare, Stuart Dean - president, GE Southeast Asia, Russell Mobley - managing director, MRAS, and Dwight Thomas - managing director, GE Elano Asia.

This institute provides welfare assistant and protection for both boys and girls aged between 7-18 years old who are orphaned, neglected, lost, vagrant, destitute, have behavioral problems or are in need of care. This school provides formal education at the primary level as well as vocational training before releasing the children to the outside world.

The renovation took 3 months to complete and cost about $16,000, with GE Elfun Volunteers spending approximately 1,640 labor hours during the weekends. GE Elfun Volunteers contributed their weekends with the belief that they would see big smiles from the children at the institute on getting a better school environment. No one was disappointed.

The handling over ceremony of the building was organized on March 20. There were over a hundred GE Elfun Volunteers from every GE business in Thailand represented, as well as GE regional and in country business leaders.

In addition to providing the students with a better place to study, Environment Protection is also part of the theme for this event. Both senior staff and other GE Volunteers planted over 30 trees in the school area to help protect the environment.

GE Elfun also provided items for their daily living; i.e., socks, slippers, towels, blankets, stationeries, used items, used books and magazines that were donated and consolidated by GE Elfun members from all business units of GE in Thailand.

GE Elano Asia & Middle River Aircraft Systems, representing GE Aircraft Engines, every year leads the Cross Businesses Elfun Project in Thailand. GE Elfun Thailand Chapter consists of hundreds of GE Elfun volunteers from all existing GE businesses in Thailand. Every year there is at least one big project that all members do together, and with each GE business unit taking turns as the lead organizer of the project. This year GE Aircraft Engines volunteered to spearhead the annual Elfun Project. GE Elano Asia and MRAS worked in partnership from the beginning to the end, with support from all the other GE businesses.

GE has a very strong presence in Rayong province where there are 6 GE facilities located in this area, 2 from GE Aircraft Engines, 2 from GE Advance Materials, 1 from GE Energy and another one from GE Infrastructure.

A lot of activities between GE Elfun Volunteers and the children were organized during the day, concluding with lunch in the canteen where volunteers had a chance to spend time with the children. The event ended with the big smiles from all, reminding us why we do Elfun volunteer work.

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