Suchada Tupchai
September 22 was a big day for the students of Mabprachan
School when Pattaya Marriott Resort & Spa led by general manager Somsak
Tanruengsri and Rojana Dangroj, chairperson of Spirit to Serve Our
Communities, one of the social caring projects of the resort hotel, held a
celebration day party at the school.
“Happy
Birthday”
Mabprachan school director Wattana Chankul warmly
welcomed the guests and the pupils greeted everyone with huge smiles in
anticipation of the enjoyment to come.
Somsak said the celebration day party was being held for
staff of the hotel who were born in this month, and for the children to
enjoy a great lunch served by the hotel staff.
Wattana
presents certificate to Boonrod Wangsraklang, the brave security man.
In addition, Spirit to Serve participants were there to
see the progress being made on the various projects the initiative is
supporting, such as the renovation of the buildings and the construction of
a new brick wall around the school. One of the buildings is already complete
and proudly bears a coat of fresh paint, while the wall has been completely
finished.
Lovely
group
For lunch the children enjoyed food provided by the
hotel, including seafood fried rice, Chinese noodle, sausage, pork satay,
ice cream, fruits and desserts.
Afterwards, school director Wattana presented a certificate to Boonrod
Wangsraklang, the security man from ESC Company who showed great initiative
in catching a thief who attempted to steal a motorcycle parked in front of
the hotel a few days previously and who had attracted considerable coverage
in the local media as a result.
Victory
Church Mercy Children’s Home was presented with three bicycles from the
English Speaking Cosmopolitan Lions Club Jomtien Branch, to add to their
collection of transport for the children in their care. Photo shows Lion
Felicity, President Peter, Pastor Doell, Lion Graham with the lucky
recipients and friends
On display now at schools throughout Pattaya are works
produced by children based on the theme of children’s rights.
Supanimit Foundation in cooperation with the schools of
Pattaya began this large-scale activity in June and July of this year, as a
competition for students in painting walls and designing posters bearing
the motto “Children’s Rights”, the idea deriving from the
foundation’s project to help street kids.
Students
from the Banglamung School creating their own masterpieces on the school
walls - graffitti has never been so much fun!
The city of Pattaya along with five different schools,
namely Banglamung School and Pattaya School numbers 1, 5, 6 and 8 are
attempting to raise awareness amongst pupils and youngsters towards
children’s rights.
Thailand became a signatory to the United Nations
Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1992, and is thus obliged to
ensure the four basic rights of children, namely the rights to survival,
protection, development, and participation.
Supanimit Foundation arranged this extracurricular
activity to enable kids to participate in working towards children’s
rights together with their teachers. Walls were chosen to display the
paintings because they ensure high visibility and lasts longer than on any
other surface, allowing children to exhibit works of art that strongly
represent their primary goal of improving the quality of their lives.
After painting the walls or posters, one child from each
group has the opportunity to convey the meaning and idea of the picture to
their fellow students so that they may learn from each other.
Teachers and guardians watch over the children closely,
to teach and also to protect them from any harm that can be inflicted upon
them by those with ill intentions.
The paintings are open to the public for viewing at the participating
schools.
Chatchanun Chaisri
Banglamung Vocational College is asking if anyone would care to donate a
used air conditioning unit for use at its Wat Phothisamphan branch. A
student intending to enroll on a course there had felt that the room was
especially hot and humid. When Pattaya Mail asked about this we were
told Wat Phothisamphan branch had four air
This
unit is old, rusted and has been inoperative for a long time.
conditioners but three of them are inoperative. There is only one
left and it cannot be run constantly. The school has applied for a further
budget allocation but has not received the necessary increase. The
institute sympathizes with the person who complained but the situation as
it is cannot be improved. Repairs have been attempted on the broken units
several times but nothing much can be done with them. If there is anybody
who wishes to donate a used air conditioner to the institute, please
contact Banglamung Vocational College, Wat Phothisamphan branch, Tel 038
221643, 222482
