At the beginning of this year, a mother who worked in Baan Phak Ping for over 13 years left to take care of her sick father and other family members. This was tough for both the staff and the girls. Recently, the staff and the girls from the house where the mother had worked went to visit her at home. They chatted while enjoying a delicious meal. It was a wonderful reunion for everyone.
A group of children in the Netherlands has been saving money for a year in order to provide the girls in Thailand with new shoes. When the girls heard about this they were ecstatic and they could hardly wait to go shopping on a day off. Usually the children have a certain budget for when
We teach all the girls living with us to help out in the daily routine in and around the house. Cooking, doing the dishes, cleaning, doing the laundry, etc. We want to prepare them for the future when they will be living on their own with a family of their own. The younger girls first
The ‘mothers’ told us we would not be going straight home after school this afternoon, because we’d go out for dinner. “Really?” we all asked at once. “But why?” was the next question. Someone wants to throw us a party, so that’s why we’re going. Of course, we all wanted to know where we would
