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Sriracha schools mark Visakha Bucha Day
Students and teachers make merit
whilst learning
about Visakha Bucha Day customs.
Theerarak Suthathiwong
Led by Sriracha School director, Dr. Chalao Kaewpraken,
Sriracha students learned about the customs of Visakha Bucha Day,
participating in processions around their schools with candles, joss sticks
and flowers.
Sriracha students are all smiles as they learn about
Visakha Bucha Day customs.
Similar activities were carried out May 27 for Mathayom
1-6 students at Sriracha School, Baan Sri Maharaja Municipality School and
Wat Ratniyomtham School.
Principals from the two latter schools, Nawasu
Phupaijitkul and Pensri Naekaew, gave alms to monks on the revered Buddhist
holiday to teach children about the importance of giving and the culture of
the Buddhist holiday.
Ban Mapfakthong School given healthy boost from Bangkok Hospital Pattaya
Students, teachers,
parents and hospital staff gather
for a commemorative photo during the presentation.
Vimolrat Singnikorn
Bangkok Hospital Pattaya donated supplies and
expertise to students at Ban Mapfakthong School, whereby the school not
only gained a new nurse’s office and playground, but the students gained
valuable knowledge on hygiene and dental care.
The hospital’s “Sharing for the Child Project,” which
ran May 28-June 1 at the Huay Yai primary school, offered lessons in
properly washing hands, brushing teeth and effective cold remedies.
Hospital staff also upgraded the school’s playground
to make it cleaner and safer and modified a storeroom to become a
nurse’s office, complete with medicine cabinet and necessary equipment.
The library also received a boost with a supply of new books.
On June 1, about 100 BHP executives and staff
formally presented all the new upgrades, with hospital director, Dr.
Pichit Kangwonkit and nursing director, Pranee Janjanerawee presenting
speeches encouraging students to study and read.
Bangkok Hospital Pattaya also donated 5,000 baht for
the children’s lunches. Children gathered wearing yellow sports T-shirts
that the hospital distributed to them during the last visit to welcome
the group. Then they took part in the health activities.
Principal Wichan Thongda said the school still needs
more support, as it is an older facility opened in 1940. It currently
has enrollment of about 250 kids.
A successful 3 days for GIS Primary FOBISSEA team in Malaysia
The Gold medal winning GIS Tee Ball Team.
Miss Stanton
PE Teacher / Coach
From May 18-22, Garden International School’s Primary
FOBISSEA Team traveled to Kinabalu, Malaysia to participate in the Group
“D” FOBISSEA Games.
The girls’ football team got off to a cracking start,
winning their first three games of the day, beating ISP (Uplands) 3-0,
KIS (Kinabalu) 1-0 and ISP 2-0. Giving them 12 points and putting them
in the lead in their pool. Unfortunately, the girls weren’t able to
finish on the winning high they deserved, as they lost to KIS 1-0.
However, this did not break the girls’ spirits as they still won their
pool, finishing with 13 points, claiming the Gold medal.
While the girls were storming to victory, the boys
had a fight of their own. A newly formed team on the day and of all
different ages, the boys gave it their all. Unfortunately, this was not
enough against the competing school, resulting in the boys’ football
team finishing fourth.
Day two and all the children were ready for the
T-ball competition first thing in the morning. Playing conditions were
not the best as it had been raining heavily the night before, making the
field wet and muddy.
However, this did not affect Garden’s aim to win the
tournament. They showed high levels of skill and ability and proved
themselves to be the best team. They defeated ISP (Uplands) 9-7 in their
first game and followed that up with an 8-6 victory over the host school
KIS. GIS was awarded the Gold medal for finishing first in the pool of
three schools.
Next came the swimming, as coaches (I, Mr. Edwards
and Miss Smith) had high hopes for all our students. The team got off to
a flying start, winning medals in the first five events of the gala. In
total, GIS swimmers managed to haul in 27 medals; 7 Gold, 6 Silver and
14 Bronze. Many thanks to Miss Smith for all her hard work with the swim
team over the year.
Sang Hyun (Yr. 4) led the way with six individual
medals (two Gold, four Bronze) while Katrina (Yr. 5) collected four
individual Gold and two team Silver medals.
On the final day of competition, GIS athletes ran,
threw and jumped their way to 23 more medals. For the second day in a
row, every athlete on the team won at least one medal.
Katrina collected three more Gold medals as she won
the Year 5 Girls 100m, the high jump and was a member of the winning
4x100m relay team.
This year’s team performed extremely well considering
only 11 athletes made the trip to Malaysia. Over the three days of
competition, GIS won a total of 52 medals (16 Gold, 14 Silver and 22
Bronze), including two team Gold medals in Girls Football and Tee Ball.
The students were a credit to the school and showed
great sportsmanship in all sports. It was a pleasure to accompany them
to the games and they were brilliantly behaved at all times.
Congratulations to all the athletes.
Tesco for Thais promoting education
Tesco for Thais Foundation Chairman Sunthorn
Arunanondchai presents 150,000 baht towards scholarships at the
postgraduate level to Jatuporn Iam-sa-ard, president of the Economic
Reporters Association.
Tesco for Thais Foundation Chairman Sunthorn
Arunanondchai recently presented 150,000 baht towards scholarships at
the postgraduate level to Jatuporn Iam-sa-ard, president of the Economic
Reporters Association (ERA), at Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University (STOU).
Tesco for Thais Foundation (TFT) is dedicated to
providing young people with opportunities for improved education, with
activities such as scholarships, promoting vocational retail courses and
donating sports equipment to schools, as well as other fund-raising
charitable activities in education, health and disaster relief. TFT has
awarded 10,000 scholarships to students nationwide.
Raising the Flags at the Fr. Ray Foundation
Derek Franklin
Being Pattaya’s largest children’s charity, the Fr.
Ray Foundation relies on the generosity of donors both in Thailand and
from supporters from around the world. Fr. Ray Brennan once said that
“People give me money to help children, the more money I have the more
children I can help.”
Peter Nordhues and Fr. Peter prepare the German flag.
Today there are more than eight hundred and fifty
young children and teenagers who have been abandoned and neglected and
who have now found a home. Blind children and young adults with
disabilities have received an education, and since 1984 more than two
thousand five hundred graduates have found employment and are now able
to ‘earn their own rice’.
To pay tribute to its supporters, the Fr. Ray
Foundation recently held ceremonies to raise the flags of the ten most
generous nations who have allowed the Foundation to continue the work of
their late founder, Fr. Ray Brennan.
Mike Lancaster, development director, with Fr. Peter and the flag of
Monaco.
Flags from Thailand, the United Kingdom, United
States, Monaco, Denmark, France, Germany, Switzerland, Hong Kong and
Canada were raised, with Fr. Peter, acting-president of the Fr. Ray
Foundation, giving thanks to the people of these countries. Many other
countries have also given generously and in the near future the
Foundation will be raising the flags of these nations.
The people of Denmark have been great supporters.
Volunteers have been travelling to Thailand for many
years to help with the work at the Fr. Ray Foundation, and the current
volunteers were on hand to represent their countries and to represent
past volunteers who have become ambassadors to the work here in Pattaya,
spreading the word and encouraging people to get involved.
Local support has been invaluable to the work of the
Foundation, and the local media has been instrumental in raising
awareness of the work in the Pattaya area. Peter Nordhues, journalist of
Pattaya Blatt newspaper, was therefore invited to attend the
ceremony and he proudly raised the flag of Germany.
Tim Hague and Brother Denis with the Maple Leaf of Canada.
As a charitable organisation the Fr. Ray Foundation
relies on donations; they have no way of making money for themselves,
but the money they do receive is spent wisely.
With the worldwide financial crisis affecting the
amount of money coming to the Fr. Ray Foundation each month, they hope
that supporters, both in Thailand and abroad, will continue to do what
they have done for many years and allow the work of Fr. Ray Brennan to
continue.
For more information on the work of the Fr. Ray
Foundation take a look at their website www.fr-ray.org or email
[email protected]
Chinese volunteers raise the flag of Hong Kong.
The people of France have been very generous to the
Fr. Ray Foundation.
Volunteers from the US raise the Stars & Stripes.
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