Ongoing Projects

On this page we will keep you informed of ongoing projects. These are special goals that are necessary to run Baan Phak Phing as a whole, in addition to the basic necessities of life for the girls. This concerns things such as; material items for maintenance work or means of transport, safety, trips, special activities, technical items such as computers, printers, network, internet, staff costs, a little extra for the girls, etc.
Scroll further down to can see which project you would like to contribute to.

Air conditioning and solar panels

We have a beautiful building where all of us, girls and staff, come together every Friday night. We also use it for meetings with other organisations, staff training, Christmas celebrations and English lessons and/or other tutoring. We would like to make more use of it, especially during the summer holidays, but we can’t because of the temperature.

This building is extremely hot and even with the fans at the highest setting and all windows open we are still sweating while sitting still. It would be wonderful to install air conditioning as well as solar panels and thus have no energy costs when using it as we have plenty of sun in Thailand. This purchase is of course a major investment, but it would be great if we could make proper use of this building.

The costs for air conditioning units, solar panels, the installation and the adaptations to the electricity will be about $ 14300 in total.

Funding

0.1%

New curtains living rooms

The curtains in the living rooms are pretty worn, some of them so torn that they don’t even cover the windows completely. This does not feel good or safe especially because here it already gets dark between 18:00 and 19:00 when the girls are walking around the house in their pajamas after their shower. Therefore, it would be nice if we could replace the curtains in the living rooms.

For each house we need about $ 355, so for three house that means a total of $ 1065

Will you help us?

Funding

33%

Mopeds

Mopeds, or rather ‘motorbikes’ as they go a bit faster than 40 km/hr, are a practical means of transport for the older girls who use them to go to school or sport on their own. They are also useful for the staff when they have to take a girl to the doctor’s or in other cases when going by car is not strictly necessary. The mopeds are cheaper to drive than cars which make them a good solution.
We need two extra additional mopeds to provide them to everyone who needs them.

One moped costs $ 2000 and so we need $ 4000 in total for two new bikes.

Can you help us?

Funding

0.1%

Kitchen cabinets

In the girls’ home the kitchen cabinets that we use for crockery and more are now about 17 years old. And if they are used many times by twelve residents every day then it’s only natural for them to wear out. They have been repaired many times but at some point that no longer works and now it’s time for new ones.
We need five new kitchen cabinets of $ 220 each.

In total we need $ 1100

Will you help us?

Funding

60%

Storage cupboards

In every family house we have storage cupboards for spare blankets, pillows and sheets for the girls as well as for personal items such as clothes and towels for the ‘mothers’. Just like the girls’ wardrobes these four veneered cupboards are almost falling apart and we would like to replace them.

We need $ 3.300 in total. Will you help us?

Funding

0.1%

Mower

Our three family houses, the building for independent living, the multipurpose building and other structures are located on two different areas. On those areas we also have many fields, trees and plants and so there is lots of maintenance needed. Especially during the wet season, which lasts for six months, the grass literally shoots up from the soil and this means a lot of mowing. We have two mowers, perhaps better known as brush cutters, that we use to keep the grass short. Not only do we do this because it looks neat, but it also keeps pests out of the garden, such as snakes. Safety first.

One of our mowers must be replaced and so we are looking for sponsors to help buy a new one.

A new mower costs $ 330,-

Will you help us?

Funding

0.1%