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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Rice cookers
In Thailand it is quite common to eat rice three times a day, literally, for breakfast, lunch and dinner. This means cooking rice several times a day every day. The rice cookers are working overtime and occasionally they break down. Sometimes they can be fixed in a cheap and simple way, but sometimes replacement is […]
Ice cream for the girls
Here in Thailand, the temperature often rises above 30 degrees and sometimes even above 40 degrees centigrade. Everybody takes it as easy as possible then; people stay inside and drink a lot of water to stay hydrated and cool down. Wouldn’t it be great for the girls to eat an ice cream every once and […]
How can we survive without the ‘mothers’?
The girls in Baan Phak Phing would not be able to live with us if we did not employ ‘mothers’ who take care of them. The mothers offer the girls kindness, love and security. They teach the girls how to cook, wash, clean and take care of themselves. In order to make the family houses […]
Modern technology
We live in the digital age which has a great affect on our lives. We use the technologies at work, at home, at school and also for social contacts, otherwise we will miss much. These technologies demand financial investments for all of us, including Baan Phak Phing. Our present computers have become slower and need […]