Nina* (not her real name) is the first daughter of her mother and father, she is 10 years old. Her parents are divorced and her mother has a new husband. Her mother worked in a food company and she used to leave Nina with her grandmother’s sister, who was unable to work due to an

How often do the girls get the chance to thank their sponsors? Not very often, but last November the people who have sponsored us for many years, and gave us new Chromebooks (computers) and new chairs for the homework room, came to visit us. Not just as a way of getting acquainted but they also

In April 2023 we were approached by a lady from India who wanted to come to us as a volunteer for a longer period of time. We then explained that she was required to study the Thai language for a couple of years as it is not possible to work with us without speaking Thai.

A typhoon in Japan is frightening, but hey, it’s not happening in Chiang Rai, so you don’t worry about it too much. However, when this typhoon causes extreme rain which ends up in the river streaming into Chiang Rai Thailand, the situation changes. The typhoon also caused a lot of rain locally so that the

Who doesn’t like to celebrate their birthday? Most people enjoy it and so do most of the girls. It was Nongnuch’s* birthday, she turned 14. A wonderful meal was prepared; the mother helped the birthday girl making banana cakes, two girls prepared soup, and another girl made papaya salad. It was lovely to see the

You have just had a lovely Thai meal and now you’d like to hang out for a while and so what do you do? I can assure you that many girls prefer hanging out in front of the television, but when the sounds of playing children drift in from outside, they are lured outside as