Frozen River
Phantansanja - Happy New Year!
After spending three and a half weeks at Baan Kingkaew
Gryffe
orphanage in Thailand last Oct/Nov, I still can’t put a finger on
what made me have to go back and work with them after only
The ‘Kitchen’ family drilled
a half hour visit last April. What follows is a summary of my
holes to check the depth of
experience at Baan Kingkaew and Vieng Ping Children’s homes:
the ice and found 4.5 inches,
so they decided to explore
After my official introduction, I was going back to the guest
a side of the river not often
house when I met Mai Ma, a Buddhist nun, who is in charge of
seen! Hope you enjoy
the day-to-day running of the children’s home. She asked if
the pictures!
I would like to help with the children as they could do with
an extra pair of hands. From my first day, until my last, I
returned every morning and afternoon to help out with these
adorable children, who had been given a second chance
and thankfully, too young to understand their unfortunate
backgrounds. For children so young, they already had so
much history but radiated such unconditional love.
Each morning, I would help with the 18 babies, aged between 3 months
and 1 year. Caring for all these babies with just the two of us was quite
a challenge. During my time, I was able to watch them grow and their
personalities shone through as they got to know me.
A few afternoons were spent at Vieng Ping children’s home, 20 minutes drive
out of Chiang Mai. There they have up to 200 girls. This is where
Tea Dances
the children from Baan Kingkaew go once they reach
the age of five and a half, if they have not been
Held in Paisley Town Hall, from 1pm - 3.30pm. Tickets £1.50. Enjoy adopted. From here they attend mainstream schools
an afternoon of dancing, music and chatting with friends. John achieving some amazing results. They were all so loving and
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