Re: School bells are ringing... and your help is needed
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Originally Posted by pyro
Thank you for the introduction to this organizattion BaoBao.
You're quite welcome, but the intro on the board here really came from Dick, should memory serve - perhaps even earlier - when he posted his suggestion about New Year's party donations. That's where I first remember reading about them.
There is still plenty of time to look around the Pattaya Street Kids Support Project web site before the school year begins. There are usually students there that need sponsors, and with the economy down they're having more difficulty matching students with sponsors this year. As you saw in romania's post, this is not a "religious" organization, per se. It's VERY much "live and let live".
http://www.pattayastreetkids.org/
Re: School bells are ringing... and your help is needed
Bao Bao, Soi 10Tom, Romania you convinced me,. I hate religious organizations and stay as far away from these groups as possible. After you msg, I went to the site and I am with Pyro--this is a great charity and a good idea and I sent them a donation.
Thank you Bao Bao for bringing this to my attention and thank you soi and Roma for your recommendations.
School bells are STILL ringing...
Not to beat a topic completely into the ground (after all - it isn't a near-ethereal cheeseburger or a duo of singing Filipinos) but even though the school semester has begun for many, sponsorship is still needed for more deserving kids in Thailand than there are chairs and umbrellas on the beaches there.
I'm bumping this thread as a reminder for those of you who may have had the intention of helping but just had it slip your minds.
Some students follow a "trade school" track, like the kids in the electrical class below; some follow a more academic path. Either way, every child deserves the opportunity to build themselves a better future - and you can provide that, if you want to.
We can't save the world, but we CAN save small parts of it.
Up to you! :cheers:
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Re: School bells are STILL ringing...
Are there any Buddhist organizations in the Pattaya area that have a similar program?
dboy
Re: School bells are STILL ringing...
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Originally Posted by Dboy
Are there any Buddhist organizations in the Pattaya area that have a similar program?
dboy
...or better yet, one not affiliated with any religion?
Re: School bells are STILL ringing...
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Originally Posted by Dboy
Are there any Buddhist organizations in the Pattaya area that have a similar program?
dboy
Perhaps this is the one the call monk-hood which already takes many of the boys.
Cheers
krobbie
Re: School bells are STILL ringing...
I find one of the most sadly interesting things about the orphanages in Thailand is that almost all of them are run by christian organizations or christian people. Christians love to judge and then step in and help.
My observation has been that Buddhist in Thailand are just the opposite they do not judge and do not help. The poor, starving, orphaned, abandoned, sexually abused children of Thailand are just living out their karma brought from a previous life: not for good Buddihist to judge or interfer with the lesson that they need to learn in this life so that their next life can be better. And then there is the flip side of this religion run amuck; the rich: aka Yellow Shirts", have been taught that their wealth and position in Thai society is their Karma because of past lives well lived....no need to worry or waste a thought on the poor and abused they ask for it in a previous life and have a lesson to learn.
What do you guys think of my observations???
Re: School bells are STILL ringing...
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Originally Posted by Soi 10 Tom
What do you guys think of my observations???
I think you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. The vast majority of the charity and relief operations in Thailand -- including orphanages -- are Buddhist. Perhaps you do not notice them or know anything about them as they are Thai oriented and do not often feature in English media.
Re: School bells are STILL ringing...
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Originally Posted by Beach Bunny
Perhaps you do not notice them or know anything about them as they are Thai oriented and do not often feature in English media.
Definitely true. There are several Wat's that specialize in caring for HIV victims (for instance the one outside Lopburi). I guess there's just not enough communication between the Farang community and the Thai community...I assume due to the language barrier. This sounds like an interesting project. I would much rather be supporting an organization that is not hostile to the culture it is operating in.
dboy
Re: School bells are STILL ringing...
I have visited that AIDS hospice outside of Lopburi. They are doing some beautiful work there, with the most desperate of AIDS victims. Well deserving of support.