Welcome back to Childlife, Pee Jane.

Welcome back again, Pee Jane.
After getting married, Jane got pregnant and had to quit from work in Childlife for many months to take care of herself until she gave a birth to her son just for few months, Jacob, she decided to come back to work in Childlife again because there is no anyone to take care of the girl house. Pee Jane comes back this time to manage and take care in girl dormitory in the beginning of this June.
Pee Jane is one of few staff who understand Akha and can get information from kids in case they don’t want to speak in Thai. Pee Jane can ask questions to get more information in case there are cases of new kid and they don’t understand Thai well enough to tell their stories. Moreover, when kids have something to speak between them or have some argument and want to keep secret, Pee Jane can understand what they said to each others so she can understand kids deeply and make it easy for her to find the solution.
Pee Jane began working here in Baanana or Childlife after she finished from Maesai Vocational school, Maesai, Chiang Rai, for few months. She had worked here for around 2 years before quitting job to take care of her pregnancy after she got married until she gave a birth to her son. What makes her come back to work in Childlife again is that she cares of the girls and worries of their daily life because there is no staff, specific to take care of them, to manage the things in girl dormitory. It is because of lacking of staff in shelter now. Although now her son is still very young, she decided to come and work again to help children. When knowing Pee Jane comes back again, many girls are very happy to welcome her.
You’re welcome to Childlife again, Pee Jane.

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.

Pencils and school stuff from Pencilsforkids, America.

Pencilsforkids from the United State of America contacted Childlife to donate school stuff such as pencils, pens, and other stationery in bag pack for children in Childlife to use in school before school opens. This trip is the second time of Pencilsforkids to visit and donate school stuff bag pack to children in Childlife. This trip Loretta Jitner the founder and president of the “Pencilsforkids’ and her volunteers came to visit and donated stationery for many schools in the northern of Thailand including Childlife. After some communication problems, finally Loretta and her staff came to Childlife on the 18th of May to donate stationery in bag packs for children. That day, most of children went to school so there were some children who study in half day school in shelter and in Non formal education learning center left in shelter. Staff of Pencilsforkids gave the bag packs full of school stuff and some school uniforms to these children and gave the rest to staff to give out to all children later. Pee Ying presented these school bag packs and some uniforms to children the day after. Children received this bagpack with face of smilling. Thank You very much for your very big heart, Retta.

Learning Organic farming at Farmer School.

Leadership developing Activity
The group of children of the child council from Childlife went to join training workshop about the organic farming at Yonok Lanna farmer field school, Chiang Saen, Chiang Rai. Ajarn Pat Santad from “Thailand Farmer Field School’ and Khun Sukanya Charernporn, the owner of the school, are the lecturer in this workshop for children and staff from Childlife.
The farming which children learned from the Farmer Field School is the alternative farming. The school teaches the new way of agriculture that trains farmer to be able to rely on themselves. This school teaches organic farming without any chemical substances, neither chemical compost nor insecticide in farm. The idea is that farmer should create the good soil by using the organic fertilizer and microorganism from banana shoot to cover all the vegetable patch. This means will increase the useful substance in soil and can prevent the plant pest and make plants strong and resist plant deceases. Vegetables’ taste is good. The school does not only teach rice farming but also teach mixed agricultures such as plant, rice, vegetables fishing and livestock.
Staff and children got trained to make organic fertilizer from microorganism from banana shoot, making soups, hormone from eggs, herb water for health and others. It was very good workshop because staff and children learned from the workshop by doing.

Children from Childlife were commended that were very good and it was the lovely group to learn there, compared to children from other schools or other places. This made children and staff very happy with this training workshop. Children made commitment that they will use what they learned from this work shop and will pass this to their friends in Childlife shelter. Children will have organic vegetable to consume in the shelter.
Thank you very to staff of Yonok Lanna Farmer Field school.

Volunteer from Switzerland

Andrea Weibel, from Switzerland, or Pee Chompoo of children in Baannana volunteered to help children in shelter and to teach English in Baan San Khong school where primary students from Baannana go to study between March to April, 2010. Usually Pee Andrea creates and prepares many activities to do with children very well and today Pee Andrea teaches children to make bracelet from knitting wool. This will let children learn to be patient and to get their bracelet by their own effort. Small children of Baannana learn this from Pee Andrea eagerly and they like it vey much. Thank you very much Pee Andrea, we will miss you.

How to be farmer.

How to be farmer.

Thailand, our contry, is agricultural country so Childlife kids as Thais should have to know and follow their parents' way of life to be farmer. We realize that all kids in Childlife, wherever they are from or whoever they are, or whereever their original life is from, should learn how to be happy in simple life.

Our Blog comes back again.

Nearly 2 year we never updated our blog because we did not have any staff to update.
Now, we have staff who can update this blog.Our blog becomes alive again.