Cyclefest in Pattaya

Early in the morning we headed off to the Siam Country Club where the event was held. There we met children from two or three other NGO’s. Everyone got a helmet and the Cyclefest team explained the course and some safety information. After that every child got a bike and they all lined up at the starting line. Now…

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14th Memorial Mass in honour of Father Ray

The children of the CPDC, the Pattaya Orphanage and the Fr. Ray Foundation, did pay homage by laying flowers over his grave.   Father Raymond A. Brennan popularly known as Fr. Ray was a warm hearted man whose love for abandoned children was unparalled. He would go extra miles just to make their lives better and happier. His advocacies…

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Easter Celebration at the CPDC

The great event started with Khun Toy and Khun Noi greeting the guests and explaining the children the rules for the `Eggs Hunt`. Nobody could stop our Child Protection and Development Center (CPDC) children as well as 30 students from the Drop-In center, once Khun Noi said the Countdown: `3,2,1,Go`. It didn´t take long and every child had found…

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Celebrating the ´Fest der Deutschen`

  The glamorous evening was opened by the president of the ´Deutscher Hilfsverein´ Mr. Dr. Thiengtham. He welcomed all guests and also took the opportunity to thank all supporters, volunteers and organisers. Following, His Excellency the ambassador of Germany Mr. Prügel greeted the guests and also thanked the men and women responsible for this great evening as well as…

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Celebrating the 112th Anniversary of Rotary

The beautiful Gala Dinner was held at the Sea Terrace of the Siam Bayshore Hotel. Over 80 Rotarians and friends attended the lovely celebration, opened by the President Rodney Charman. After his warm words the Charter President Martin Brands welcomed the special guests, gave members from other Rotary Clubs the chance to say some words and handed over awards…

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Farewell Party

It is already nine months ago that Sarah Hansen, a psychiatric nurse from England, had offered her help to us. Since then she has been a valuable part of our team especially to our Mobile Training Unit. Sarah joined our MTU team, thus visited every day another school, children home, slums area or construction side where she could provide…

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Surprise at Installation Ceremony of the Rotary Club

The annual Installation Ceremony means a lot to Rotarians as the constantly rotation in office of the president is one of the fundamental concepts of the Rotary Club. Therefore, the Rotary Club of Jomtien-Pattaya invited Khun Toy and her group of volunteers to join as the Rotarians wanted to celebrate this special evening among friends.   As the Rotary…

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Stetson Supports HHN

Stetson raised the 2,300 euros collected within the course of the evening to 5,000 euros, which was further increased by 1,200 euros two days later.   Klaus Kirschner, Stetson Europe CEO and director of the Friedrich W.Schneider GmbH & Co KG, was very excited about the additional donations and decided to round up the sum up to 8,000 euros…

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Remembering Father Ray’s Birthday

In the early morning, a group of children from the CPDC and a few ex-orphans visited the Pattaya Orphanage to bring flowers to the Father Ray statue to remember Father Ray Brennan, the founder of the Pattaya Orphanage, who set an inspiring example for so many people. Khun Toy seized the moment to tell the children about Father Ray…

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Celebrating the Austrian National Day

Therefore, the Grand Ballroom at the Conrad Hotel in Bangkok was decorated in red and white.  It offered enough space for all the beautifully dressed people to enjoy a great evening together.   Khun Toy and our volunteers were really happy to meet all the friendly people such as the famous ‘The Nation’ editor Thepchai Yong.   We would…

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