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Asian U students show well in National SIFE competition
Over the past few months a team from Asian University
have been setting up their own SIFE project. Students in Free Enterprise
(SIFE) is a global non-profit organisation which was established in
2000. SIFE Thailand was founded in 2004 with KPMG, the Stock Exchange of
Thailand, The Nation and HSBC as the main sponsors. The students learn
about business management, financial responsibility, market economics
and ethics.
 Charcoal
kiln
Asian U’s project, Char-Chain Reaction, is to establish the Sambandid
District, Ayuthaya as a model of organic agriculture by spreading knowledge
of organic products to interested groups with permanent exhibitions. In
particular they have concentrated on improving the production, packaging,
marketing and use of wood vinegar, produced as an organic by-product of
charcoal burning.
From June 27 to 29 the Asian U team was in Bangkok for the Thai National
final competition. After the opening round, the remaining 16 teams were
divided into four groups, and Asian U came first in their group. Each round
of the competition had a different set of judges, all from well-known
successful international and local companies. The students gave a
presentation, in English, and answered questions in a professional manner.
They showed samples of their wood vinegar, brand name “Awake” which has been
produced and sold in Sambandid.
On the final day Far Eastern University were declared the winners (with a
project to help HIV infected women and young people in Chiang Mai market
their funeral flower arrangements) and they will go to New York later this
year for the international finals.
This is the first time that Asian U has participated in this competition,
and the students have gained a lot from the experience. They spent a month
in Ayuthaya, working with the local people, visiting local officials,
schools, farmers and then teaching people about the project and how it can
be sustained.
They were able to compete in a National competition and come away with heads
held high.
Big, X, Wen & Pan Pan teaching
villagers.
Pan Pan (L) & Job with
villagers.
The Asian U SIFE team.
SIFE team, Asian U.
SIFE with children.
SIFE team with villagers.
Tears and laughter as Nurse Trainers
say farewell to Asian U.
Ben tells Rock to drink
the demon drink and become as strong as a rock.
Flowers bloom beautifully
as friends Nun,
Katerina & Mai are happy together again.
Kemg and Aun look on
sympathetically as the jilted Mai bemoans her loss.
Rock and Palm sit in a
daze as Ning goes bonkers after imbibing
in the demon drink.
Peach looks on as
Dina calls for pizza delivery.
“Make a jumbo with everything on it.”
After five weeks in Asian U’s English Immersion
Programme, a group of ten Nurse Instructors from Nonthaburi have just
left Asian university to return to their regular jobs. They joined
forces with the undergraduate students to put on an excellent and
entertaining show. The show was all in English, of course.
Twelve bankers from BAAC also left the university on the same day, after
ten weeks of Intensive English, tailored to their needs.
Students and staff from the university and the College at Asian U filled
the auditorium to enjoy the show.
The nurses sang and acted out sketches, and then presented hearts and
roses to staff and students. The undergraduates also sang and then
performed sketches that they had written about some of the differences
between Thai and other cultures. The photos show some of the acts.
Quick lets get her to the
operation room.
Nurses sing farewell to
their newfound friends.
Jesters Care for Kids Charity Drive 2007.
Dear Sir or Madam,
We are now less that two months from our Children’s Fair and Party
Night. To those who donated last year, we would like to thank you once
again as it has allowed us to distribute nearly THB 6 million to needy
children’s charities on the Eastern Seaboard and the tsunami-ravaged
south. Our efforts are again well underway for this year’s Jesters Care
for Kids Charity Drive 2007.
 This year we want to give especially our Diamond and Platinum sponsors,
as much recognition as possible. Therefore, we have closed these levels
of sponsorship so that we can get our promotional tools prepared
earlier. However, we are still actively seeking Gold, Silver, and Bronze
Sponsors and will do so until September 1st.
Your response so far has been wonderful to date with a Diamond Sponsor,
27 Platinums, 12 Golds, 10 Silvers, 39 Bronzes and 14 Pledgers.Thanks to
you we have been able to commit and/or complete the following projects:
Ban Jing Jai in Nong Prue, an orphanage for 44 kids, which needed
additonal renovation (completed).
Groagyaicha School in Rayong, extensive renovation done to the two
school buildings (completed).
Pattaya Drop In Center, new roof constructed for this temporary shelter
for wayward street kids (completed).
Pattaya Redemptorist School for the Blind in Naklua needs the
construction and furnishing of an audible library.
Children of Inmates from Rayong Central Prison, provided with
scholarships for attending govt schools.
Chaloogya and Noangkaboag Schools, along with PILC built much needed
additional toilets (completed).
Next Step Program, which supplies scholarships for children and young
adults in Chonburi and Rayong Provinces, including a candidate, Em, who
will graduate this year with a university engineering degree in Bangkok.
Happiness Camps, alternative learning/teaching methods for govt school
students and teachers.
Fountain of Life Center for Children in North Pattaya, our target
charity, which provides identities, medical care, nutritious meals, day
care and ultimately scholarships for the education of slum children into
govt schools.
Projects in the south, presently providing school lunches on Phi Phi
Island and a 9-year old in Krabi for a 5-year scholarship through the
Sriphong Khaoluan Foundation
This year our Jesters Children’s Fair will be held on Sunday,
September 9th, at Diana Garden Resort and Driving Range while our
Jesters Party Night will be on Saturday, September 15th, at Jameson’s
Irish Pub.
Please send your donations, cheques, and/or bank drafts to: Good
Shepherd Foundation, c/o The Fountain of Life Center, 3/199 M.6 Soi
Chalermprakiet 3, Pattaya 3rd Road, Naklua, Banglamung, Chonburi 20150,
Thailand, or transfer funds directly to their account at Bangkok Bank,
Muang Pattaya Branch, Chonburi 20260, Acct# 484-0-68306-6. Swiftcode:
BKKBTBK and the fax payment slip with your name to number above.
Official invoices and tax receipts will be provided for all
contributions. Alternatively, you can use our Online Donation Facility
on our website.
For more information about us and other ways to help, please visit our
web site at www.care4kids.info or email us at [email protected].
Yours faithfully,
Lewis Underwood
Chairman
Kids! It’s family afternoon
at Jameson’s again
For all those children who enjoyed giving their
parents something to do (talking, listening and drinking) a month or so
ago at Jameson’s the Irish Pub, there is another opportunity this
weekend, Sunday 22 July. While you enjoy the kid’s party, kid’s buffet
and the magic show, your parents can listen to Pop and the All Stars,
Leo Payne and the All Stars and even Harpic and the All Stars, and if
they can’t find anyone else, Rick on Leo’s guitar while he’s having his
afternoon bottle. That’s Leo’s bottle, as Rick doesn’t need to stop
while having his several bottles. (He is the only man who can talk under
Heineken, and a new world record may ensue this Sunday.)
These (infrequent) events have been very popular as a family Sunday
afternoon outing, with the library section devoted to the children, with
their own (free) buffet, toys and coloring books, and the world’s most
luscious nanny, Lola.
Get there around 2 p.m., in time for the first of the magic shows from
Dr. Magic, the man who can provide a whole new concept to Jameson’s
chicken dinners.
For those who would like to make a real welter of it, Landlord Kim
Fletcher’s birthday is on Saturday night 21 July!
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