Games and Fun with the Meyer Company

Our guests arrived in the bright and early Saturday Morning and were hearty welcomed by our children.   The group brought many packages of crisps and drinks and other donations with them to give great pleasure to our children.   While the children could enjoy all the sumptuous choice of snacks, our guests had prepared many games.   Our…

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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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A Fun Day with the Thai-Chinese International School

At two o’clock in the afternoon the excited group of students and their teachers met our children for the first time.   After a few hearty welcoming words, the students seized the initiative and divided our children up in two groups.   In the beginning, the boys enjoyed playing football together.   In the meantime, we girls from the…

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The US Navy’s Joyful Visit

In the beginning, a guided walk over the compound gave us a good opportunity to show the CPDC’s progress in becoming self-sustainable to the US Navy. Some of our projects such as our farming projects has been built up and supported by other groups of the US Navy during previous visits.   But since the last visit of the…

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“Love and Care” Charity Concert

In the bright and early morning, our whole team set off to the Alangkarn Theater to make last preparations and to be ready to welcome the Pattaya Orphanage’s friends and supporters.   We did not have to wait long until our first guests arrived. Khun Samphan, Khun Toy and the other volunteers welcomed our children from CPDC and the…

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Pratumnak Hill Quarterly Beach Clean Up

Everyone was armed with a rubbish bag and a pair of plastic gloves before starting the task of collecting the in the street leading to the beach, where we picked up old plastic bags and other litter lying along the roadside. This task was accomplished relatively quickly as there seemed to be less litter than on previous occasions, which…

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A Lovely Surprise for the Children of the CPDC

The Morells began their visit with a guided walk around the compound to stretch their legs, taking a look at the buildings and our farming area.  They were very interested to learn about our project and our goals in helping the children to develop into self-supporting adults.  After our walk there was a special surprise for everyone, as Mr…

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A Morning with our Friends from Lufthansa

Mrs. Radchada Chomjinda greeted our 90 guests from Lufthansa’s Global Business Service as they arrived in two buses bright and early on Saturday morning. After a hearty welcome from all at CPDC and hearing a little about the HHNFT’s current projects, the Lufthansa staff dispersed into groups to enjoy different activities with our children.   One group participated in…

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US Navy and Marriott Resort and Spa at the CPDC

They began the morning with a guided walk around the compound, visiting the dining hall as well as the chicken and pig farms. This was a good opportunity for us to share the CPDC’s aims and vision towards self-sufficiency and sustainability.   Our visitors and the children were able to get to know each other better as they played…

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