St Andrews children enjoy their Sports Day!

St. Andrews children bring Christmas cheer to the Camillian Center

Children’s Day made special by ESBEC

Amari Watergate makes children happy

800 Thai children orphaned in tsunamis

The U.S. Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation 2005

St Andrews children enjoy their Sports Day!

The children from Reception and Key Stage 1 participated in their annual Sports Fun day, where the emphasis is on physical skills, team work, co operation and fun!

Marie Lou makes it through the tunnel

On Thursday, Year 2, Year 1 and Reception had our Pirate Sports Day on the hard court. First we got changed into our PE clothes, and then we put on our pirate badges. My best race was the ‘Peter Pan’s Revenge and ‘Aye, Aye Captain!’. In Peter Pan’s revenge you needed to throw the sponge filled with water to Captain Hook. In Aye Aye Captain, you needed to listen to the captain. If he said to run north, you need to run and if said ‘Cannon Ball’ then you have to roll up like a cannon ball. But if you are last to do it, then the captain will catch you and you will be out. It was a very good day. I was very excited.

By Maxim – Year 2

Ellie is ready to cheer on her Blackbeards team

On Thursday we had our Pirate fun day. We had teams called Redbeard, Bluebeard, Greenbeard, Blackbeard and Yellowbeard. I liked the Aye, Aye Captain. When I went to the treasure hunt, nobody found the treasure chest. All the other teams couldn’t find the treasure chest either! I didn’t like Peter Pan’s revenge because I got all wet, but it was good because when I got hot, I didn’t get too sweaty. The last race was ‘Bail out’. The teachers let the parents join in and win the race too. It was a fun day. I was very tired at the end.

By Yi Ting – Year 2

St. Andrews children bring Christmas cheer to the Camillian Center

During the last weeks of Term One the students, parents and teachers of St. Andrews International School were involved in a Christmas Gift Box Appeal for the children and adults who reside at the Camillian Center in Rayong.

The gifts were delivered to the Camillian Center on the last day of the term, which was a heart-warming experience for the adults and children who participated in the presentation. It was wonderful to see the look of delight on the children’s faces when they saw the St. Andrews team arrive at the center.

“This year our appeal was very successful with many gifts and money being donated by the St. Andrews community, and we would like to say a huge thank you to everyone for their generosity and support for this very worthwhile project.”

Children’s Day made special by ESBEC

Eastern Seaboard Environmental Complex (ESBEC) recently helped support the Nation Children’s Day 2005. ESBEC presented scholarships, stationary and sports equipment to the 7 local schools around ESBEC including Baan Khao Tabak School, Baan Khao Tabak Kindergarten Center, Baan Khao Hin School, Baan Bowin School, Baan Phan Sadej Nai School, Baan Phan Sadej Nok School and Hubbon School.

Amari Watergate makes children happy

To celebrate Children’s day, the management of the Amari Watergate Hotel led by Pierre Andre Pelletier, general manager hosted a lunch party for the children at the Thanyaporn Reception Home for Girls. A donation of a computer and other gifts was also made, which delighted the children immensely.

800 Thai children orphaned in tsunamis

The United Nations Children’s Fund in Thailand said on Friday that it has found at least 800 children who have lost both parents to the Indian Ocean’s devastating tsunamis late last year.

An information officer of UNICEF Thailand said UNICEF had surveyed the human cost from the tsunamis and would follow up the orphans’ well-being. She said the Thai government has well taken care of these children and most of the orphans have been living with relatives in their communities. \

‘’UNICEF will coordinate with the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security to look after these orphans,’’ she said. She did not clarify what kinds of helps UNICEF would offer.

Thailand’s six southern Andaman provinces, including Phuket, Phang-nga, Krabi, Trang, Ranong and Satun, were ravaged by the 26 December tsunamis, causing over 5,300 victims dead, over 8,400 injured and over 3,000 missing. (TNA)

The U.S. Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation 2005

Call for Proposals

The U.S. Embassy and the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State are pleased to announce the 2005 call for proposals for the Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation.

The Fund was established to help countries preserve cultural heritage and to demonstrate U.S. respect for other cultures. The Fund is aimed at preserving cultural sites or objects that have an historical or cultural significance to the cultural heritage of Thailand. The deadline for submitting a proposal is February 18, 2005.

Proposals may be submitted targeting the following criteria:

a) A cultural site or sites. This might include, but is not limited to, preservation of an archaeological or historical site, sacred place or monument, an archaeological survey as a component of a preservation plan, preservation management planning for a site or sites in a region, and documentation of a site in a region for preservation purposes.

b) An object or collection of objects from a site, a museum or similar institution. This might include, but is not limited to, conservation of an object or collection of objects, inventory of a collection of objects for conservation purposes, creating suitable space and conditions for a collection of objects, and specialized training in the care and preservation of collections.

c) Other forms of traditional cultural expression. This might include, but is not limited to, recording traditional music or dance forms, compiling a dictionary of an endangered language, recording oral history or traditional poetry, and support for training in the preservation of traditional arts or crafts that are threatened by extinction.

Note: Only Thai organizations or institutions are eligible to apply for the Fund. The Fund cannot be used to support conservation or the purchase of privately owned residential or commercial property or collections, to pay for international airfare for foreign specialists, or to construct or reconstruct buildings.

Each proposal must be in English and should include:

1. A description of the project and participants, including the time frame for completion.

2. A description of the importance of the cultural or sacred site (or sites), object (or collection), or form of expression.

3. An explanation of the relevance of the proposal to Thailand.

4. An indication of the urgency of the project.

5. An indication of the impact of the U.S. contribution to the preservation project.

6. A detailed budget indicating expenditure of funds.

7. A resume of the Project Director.

8. An indication of other funding sources, if any.

The proposal should be submitted to Kenneth Foster, Cultural Affairs Officer, RE: The Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation, Cultural Affairs Office, Public Affairs Section, U.S. Embassy, 95 Wireless Road, Bangkok 10330.

For more information, please contact Kanchalee Jitjang at tel. 02-205-4597 or fax 02-650-8924.

To obtain proposal guidelines, please go to http://bangkok.usembassy.gov/news/press/2005/proposal guidelines2005.htm

For additional information of the Fund, please visit the following website http://exchanges .state.gov/culprop/afcp/