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The Pattaya Orphanage
(9.00)Ref:1072 Hits:11 Votes:1 The Pattaya Orphanage in Thailand provides a loving home, residential care and education for 180 orphans, up to 100 street children, 220 deaf or blind children and 200 disabled young people. Please visit our site to review the postitive work that we do! Latest News from Pattaya Delighted to be able to report that the has been visited more than three hundred times in total in the first five weeks of operation, representing 189 different children. This compares with an expectation of 100 children in the first month, so it has been very busy! Week Ending - 14th March Friday was the last day of term at the School for the Deaf, which meant that several students would be leaving us to go to regular Government schools. Like in all schools when students leave, there is a graduation ceremony. Although the children graduating are all young, we hold a students children job news placement graduating work graduation latest guests school schools disabilities vocational delighted routines hold graduation ceremony just like any college or university would hold. Parents and family, as well as guests, were invited and there were many proud looking faces in the audience, as well as a few tears. After the official welcoming speech, given by the Schools Principal, Sister Rungthip, the graduating students, who were all dressed in their graduating gowns, were presented to Fr. Banchong who handed them their certificates. Following this was a few dance routines performed by the younger students. Then lunch was provided, with all the children, teachers and families allowed to eat as much food as they could. Sister Rungthip then gave farewell gifts to all students and wished them all good luck. For more pictures, please Each year the cruise ship Queen Elizabeth 2' visits Thailand on its journey around the world. And each year we are invited to go and perform for the guests. This year we took many children from both the Orphanage and the Home for Street Kids, who delighted and impressed the guests with their dance routines. Most of the children had never seen a boat as big as the QE2, Reciprocal Link The Pattaya Orphanage in Thailand provides a loving home, residential care and education for 180 orphans, up to 100 street children, 220 deaf or blind children and 200 disabled young people. Please visit our site to review the postitive work that we do! |