New Shelter Project Coordinator.

Pee Mee, New Shelter Project Coordinator.

This month, Childlife gets a new shelter project coordinator. His name is Wanchalerm Petcharak- Pee Mee. He has worked at Childlife for 6 years as volunteer, driver and child care taker and assistant of shelter project coordinator, namely, before he is promoted to the shelter project coordinator this month.
Wanchalerm, Pee Mee, first came to Childlife in 2004 with Kru Ngaow, just visiting. Kru Ngaow just brought him here to travel and visit, not for working. First week, Pee Mee stayed in first house or office where Kru Ngaow stayed at that time and Kru Ngaow took hime to wherever he went and let Pee Mee helpe whatever Kru Ngaow did. Then Kru Ngaow took him to shelter and left him here and Pee Mee stayed in the shelter from then. He stayed in the shelter with kids and staff for a while and then staff asked him to help in mime drama show as volunteer. He said that he liked it very much because it was creative work and he could have travelled to where Childlife had drama show. Then he began to join in the staff meeting and became a volunteer getting some expenses. When many staff resigned from Childlife and there were few staff, he was offered to help work in Childlife as driver and child care taker. His jobs were driving and taking care of child in mime show group. It was quite difficult for him but he still fought to work. Sometimes he wanted to quit but he thought that he should help kids and Kru Ngaow so he did not quit. During working in Baannana, Childlife, with many kids he saw many kids left school before finishing some exact level in primary school and in non formal school. He wanted to tell kids how important education was for them and wanted to tell them to study until they finish some level but he was one who could not finish his study of the higher vocational level so he could not tell them completely.
Because of this thought, he decided to go back to school again to try to finish that level of study in order that he can tell kids to study until finishing exact level and how important education is for their future life.
He went to college in Chiang Rai again to reach his dream. He usually went to college during week days and helped work in Childlife on weekends as part time job. During his study, he got the idea that he wants to develop kids about education and other skills and tried to make plans and details for this idea. While he was studying, he worked in shelter as child care and driver and also helped other work shelter needed. He travelled between Chiang Rai and Maesai until he graduated that level of study. After graduated, he went back to work at Childlife as full time staff in shelter. His duties are to take care and to supervise the group of older kids. He wants this group finish studying at most according to their ability and to teach vocational skills in mechanic. The first intention to work at Childlife was just for 1 year and then he would go to find other job related to the field of his study. He became the assistant of shelter project coordinator after working for a half of year and this changed his mind a little bit. Although he was not in readiness for this position, he said, he never stopped. He still fight with the work with his full ability. He started to work more systematically and harder by making many plans and followed the plans.
This month he is promoted to new position, the head of shelter or shelter project coordinator according to the structure of Childlife. As having 6 years experiences in working with kids in Childife, he is ready to do this job. He says that he doesn’t think he is proper to the position because this position needs staff to be good at preparing many kinds of documents and he is not good at this kind of work to prepare such those documents. When he is promoted to the position, he is going to fight with work by his best and he is going to learn to improve himself during working, that is ‘learning by doing’.