After a warm opening by President Rodney James Charman, the Big Band “Big to the Future” welcomed the guests with two lovely versions of the national anthems of Thailand and the Netherlands. In the following all guests were welcomed and some special guests were introduced by Jan Abbink, Vice President of the Rotary Club Eastern Seaboard and one of…
Mr. Mike Baird (the Cartoonist), a longtime good friend of the Pattaya Orphanage, brought a Christmas donation of 50,000.- Baht, that he raised with his work on an eBook for Mr. Billy Makin, for the children at the Pattaya Orphanage. Due to the mourning period of our great KING, the Christmas Party and celebration for the children at the…
The Begegnungszentrum Pattaya is a German speaking Protestant Church in Pattaya. On 4th December Father Weidel and Mr Wolfram Reda visited the Pattaya Orphanage and decided to dedicate all the donations which they would collect in their Christmas service to our children. Of course we were already grateful that they wanted to do something in favour of…
37 bicycles were bought in different sizes and colors and arrived in the early Friday Morning. As the bicycles are a very big presents, we could not easily wrap them. Instead, we decorated them with ribbons colored like the Thai flag. On Saturday, the children from the Pattaya Orphanage got the bicycles as their first Christmas presents…
For this special occasion, the 80 children from the Sanuk Daycare Center visited the CPDC and welcomed with our youngest children the special guests. Khun Toy gave a hearty welcoming speech followed by the Austrian Ambassador who found warm words to thank the CPDC for inviting him and his wife. Two girls from CPDC were beautifully dressed…
After a few welcoming words, the children of the Pattaya Orphanage started singing for instance “Joy to the World”, “Jingle Bells” and “Oh come”. Later on, the guests were treated with a sumptuous buffet and more music. In the very moment when the first people thought about leaving after a joyful evening, the president of the Rotary…
The residence was strung with fairy lights and had a beautifully decorated Christmas tree. The Mahidol Univeristy performed a collection of German and French carols and created a joyfull christmas atmosphere. The dirndl wearing waitresses served stollen, bratwurst buns, baked apples and all other manner of finger foods. It was lovely to see all the children so at ease,…
On Wednesday morning the CPDC met with the Austrian Minister Dr. Johannes Peterlik with his wife Dr. Uschi Peterlik, his mother and his two children as well as the Austrian Consul Rudolf Hofer at Central Festival in front of the Toys’R’Us. For this Christmas the Austrian Ambassador took the opportunity again to treat the children of the CPDC. Every…
Planned was a football tournament with an award ceremony in the end. While the boys started the football match the other children enjoyed playing basketball or badminton in another sports hall. Led by the enthusiastic Mr. Oumar Cisse the children had so much fun by doing sports together. In the afternoon the football teams were honored with medals…
