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Wednesday, June 2, 2010

1 Million Hours Project from Tesco Lotus, Maesai to paint kitchen.







On Saturday 29 of May, 2010, 10 staff of Tesco Lotus, Maesai branch, both coordinators of this project and volunteer staffs participating the activities “1 million hours project” from Tesco Lotus department came to Childlife to do their activities at Childlife. This project is a good project of Tesco Lotus to give benefit back to communities by setting good activities and useful and letting staff of Tesco Lotus to be part of this project to do good thing fro communities. This project to do at Childlife is to paint the kitchen. This kitchen was repaired by changing new roof after it was broken by the strong wind in April. They did not only paint the kitchen but also offered lunch for children. It consisted of food - Rad Na, noodles with a topping of pork – and fruit - rambutan and water melon. It was nice meal for children in Baannana.
That morning they arrived Childlife very early and then were given the introduction to Childlife and its work at the meeting hall by the new shelter project coordinator, Pee Mee. After Pee Mee finished introduction to Childlife presentation, they moved to the kitchen nearby the meeting hall and then prepared paints and painting equipments and started painting. Staff from Tesco Lotus were very eager to paint the new color for the kitchen to give to Childlife and children as a gift. Pee Pui and other staff of Childlife and children, both small and older children, came and helped paint. Some children helped the adult to paint and some helped carry a bucket of paint and brush. It is a very good picture to see children helping paint in a group. Some Some staff from Tesco got into the kitchen room to prepare lunch, warming Rad Na and peeled of water melon shell.
When lunch time coming, children became hungry and staff finished preparation meals, before having lunch staff had introduced themselves to all children in kitchen. Then children sang some songs, both Baannana song like the song “Under the Bridge” which explains the life nearby Maesai bridge and under the bridge when sleeping before coming to stay in Childlife and other songs like Rong Rean Khong Noo school on hills of up-country children. When activity finished, children started having food and fruits. It was very delicious for them. Thank you for this meal and painting to our kitchen.
Tesco Lotus started this project in 2009 and its staff went out to communities 2-3 months a time. Staff of the project said that Tesco at first set the project to finish in a year but it is extend for many year, many non-stop project because they want to do the good thing to communities who are their customers. The previous activities were just to donate books and note book and some other school stuff. This time project to do in Baanana is bigger than previous time.Some staff wanted to come back to visit children in Baannana again when they have a chance.
From chatting with the project coordinators, Pee U and Pee Kung, Tesco Lotus let Childlife to place donation box in Tesco Lotus, Maesai branch. Childlife just send the donation box with the letter to ask for permission to place donation box and then it is allowed to place.
Thank You very much for such a good project.

 

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