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Our beneficiaries in Ban Bung
Hua Koon Chae Boarding School & Sunganseuksa Phiset School for Disabled Kids
Lewis Underwood
We are now supporting children in two Ban Bung schools in Chonburi Province.
One is the Hua Koon Chae Boarding School run by the Baptist Church, where we
have provided full scholarships for twelve children since level one. Since
then four have already moved on to secondary school, while the eight in the
photo are still in primary. However, four of those are currently in grade
six and will move up to secondary next year. All will receive scholarships,
at least through to high school.
 This
little princess warmed everyone’s heart at Sunganseuksa Phiset School.
Late February when we visited this school, we took Jeen, an 8-year-old from
the Fountain of Life Center, with us as he wants to be with his sister, who
is in secondary school there. Their parents disappeared years ago and, as a
result, Jeen has been living with their grandparents in a hovel near the
railroad tracks in Pattaya. The grandfather is incapacitated and cannot
work. The granny collects recyclables, and has no time to look after him.
Jeen is a clever boy and shows lots of promise. He was showing off his Thai
reading skills in the car while we were en route. Just recently we have been
able to arrange a special scholarship for him. He will be our 13th student
to join our sponsorship program there.
 (Back
row, left to right) Nae, Paew, Bot and Bert; (front row, left to right) Sek,
Wat, Gaen, Pae at Hua Koon Chae Boarding School.
Sunganseuksa Phiset School (Special Education Center for Region 12 in
Chonburi) is just down the road from Hua Koon Chae, and is a facility for
handicapped kids, including blind, deaf and dumb, autistic, or with Down’s
Syndrome. This school is situated on 30 rai of land in an idyllic setting
donated by a local doctor.
 Little
Jeen poses with Sister Jiemjit at Hua Koon Chae Boarding School.
We discovered this school last year from our Gold Sponsors Joe and Oiy St.
Laurent, who requested that their donation go to this school. On the day we
visited there were 22 children. This facility is basically a learning day
care center for these special kids, who can come for the day, or board there
for the week and go home at weekends. Staff members, often working one on
one with the child, teach the children how to make the best of their
disabilities. Typically the children come to this facility for 2 month
sessions, followed by similar stint at home with the staff working not only
with the child, but with the parents as well.
After our tour there, we decided to help them renovate their physical
therapy room starting with a rubberized floor covering to prevent the
children getting hurt if they fall, as well as provide exercise equipment.
If you would like to help us help the children at these two schools this
year, please email us at jesterscd@ care4kids.info and/or visit our website:
www.care4kids.info
Mini Summer Camp
for Yothin Burana School
Ajarn Ania is taught Thai.
Ajarn Susan gets
tongue-Thaied.
Susan Joyce
A group of over ninety pupils (M3 and M4) from Yothin Burana
School in Bangkok have just completed a 3-day mini Summer Camp at Asian
University. They were accompanied by fourteen of the teachers from their
English programme.
 The
girls try to measure the size of the classroom.
The objective was to have a representative taste of the boarding life in
the college at Asian University which boasts an English-speaking
environment. The pupils and teachers stayed on campus for the whole
time, and had a full and varied timetable of classes, sports and other
activities.
Most of the classes were delivered by the college teachers, with
additional sessions and enhanced activities designed by the Liberal Arts
Faculty.
The youngsters arrived on Monday morning, and after an English language
assessment were sorted into classes according to their English language
ability. They took part in a treasure hunt to acquaint themselves with
the layout of the academic building, and after evening games retired to
the dormitories. Early morning exercise was a part of the programme, and
on Tuesday they even had a try at teaching Thai to some of the farang
university and college teachers.
The pupils returned to Bangkok on Wednesday, tired abut happy.
The full scale Summer Camps start on March 15 and April 17, and there
are a few places still available for the April 17 date.
Early morning exercise
keeps everyone awake and on their toes.
Dr Kirsten learns with
humour.
ISP Eagles ready to fly
The ISP Eagles are ready
for the season, thanks to DSL and their new kits.
Deborah Services Ltd. (DSL), Thailand, a company
specializing in contract painting, scaffolding and insulation operating
out of Laem Chabang, is kindly sponsoring the boys’ basketball team from
the International School of Pattaya for upcoming matches against other
schools in the Chonburi area.
DSL is supplying the whole team with basketball kits featuring the name
of the school team and the name of the sponsoring company. At a
presentation held at the school, the boys were given their new gear by
two representatives from DSL (Thailand) Ltd, Anucha, the HSE Deputy
manager and Nippon, the chairman of the DSL Labour committee.
The coaches, Mr. Vench and Mr. William, along with the team are
extremely grateful to DSL for their generous donation and are looking
forward to their next game in their new kits.
Thai Windsurfing Association trains more youngsters in the hunt for fresh talent
Mayoral advisor Itthipol
Khunplome, Deputy Mayor Ronakit Ekasingh,
and Pattana Bunyasawat, secretary general of the Windsurfing Association
of Thailand (back row) encourage more students to take up windsurfing
in Jomtien.
Saksiri Uraiworn
More youngsters are to be encouraged to take up competitive
windsurfing under an agreement between the Thai Windsurfing Association
and Pattaya City in an attempt to discover potential new members for the
Thai national windsurfing team and to generate more interest in healthy
outdoor activities.
The agreement was announced on March 7 at the Jamjuri conference room in
Pattaya School No 7, during a meeting headed by mayoral advisor Itthipol
Khunplome, Deputy Mayor Ronakit Ekasingh, and Pattana Bunyasawat,
secretary general of the Windsurfing Association of Thailand.
Itthipol said that Pattaya is ideally suited for windsurfing, which is
becoming increasingly popular and attracting surfers from overseas,
making the sport more international and more competitive.
The Thai Windsurfing Association and Pattaya City were therefore working
together to promote the second round of the Summer Youth Windsurfing
Training Project. This would help instill new talent into the
association’s membership, and also to train potential new members of the
Thai national team.
There are 20 youngsters taking part in this training program, which is
being held between now and May at the water sports course on Jomtien
Beach. Chief instructor is physical education teacher Prapat Sangern
from Pattaya School No 7, a trainer approved by the Thai National
Windsurfing Association for youngsters under 15 years of age.
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