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TOCI Sponsor Charities SPE Thailand – The Thailand Section of the Society of Petroleum Engineers provides scholarships to deserving and financially needy students across Thailand. This donation helps students pursue their goals of attaining higher education. Baan Ratchawadee – This home in Pakkret cares for mentally and physically handicapped children, from those with mild mental retardation to thoe with severe mental and/or physical disorders. Our donation helps to maintain the infrastructure of the home and provides basic provisions for feeding and caring for the children. Pattaya Orphanage – There are 6 parts to the late Father Brennan’s organization: Pattaya Orphanage, Pattaya School for the Blind, Pattaya School for the Deaf, Vocational Training School for Handicapped Young Adults, Street Kids and Stateless Aged. Our donation supports several of these sections. Sataban Saeng Sawang Foundation – This organization runs a special school for full-time students, and offers developmental assessment and counseling for parents of children with physical and learning disabilities, including Down Syndrome, autism, cerebral palsy, mental retardation and varying degrees of other less serious learning disabilities. Rainbow House – This group helps orphaned children in the Pakkret area by providing teaching and other home services so that these children can attend local schools. The Rainbow House also provides food, shelter and access to the adoption process. Metro SE Asia – This organization ministers to children living around the On Nut 86 garbage dump in Bangkok. Mr. Charles Bertling and his staff visit the site weekly, making friends with the children, holding Sidewalk Sunday School, and teaching them that they are special. Our donation buys food, staples and infrastructure upgrades. Chaiyapruk Foundation – Dr. Cleopandh Soorapanthu and her husband run this small orphanage, which houses about 40 children, in Nakhon Nayok. Our donation provides education costs for some of the older children, since the local schools do not provide a complete range of education opportunities. Baan Ruam Jai – This organization assists ethnic hill tribe children in northern Thailand who are orphaned due to AIDS or because their parents are in jail or drug-addicted. More than 500 children have been helped to-date. We currently support and educate 40 children on the 4-acre farm which the children operate; they sell the produce to help raise funds. We also helped them install electricity in their large building. YMCA Happy Home – This home in Nakhon Pathom, run by the Bangkok YMCA Foundation, assists children whose parents have died of AIDS. The home provides board, lodging, medical care and educational support for about 80 children, 45 of whom live in the home, with the rest staying with guardians in the community. Lorenzo Home (Phanatnikhom) – This new AIDS home is in Chonburi, and houses about 25 infected children aged 2-10. DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) – This organization, which focuses on the Thai-Burma border area, teaches children not to get involved with illegal drugs, and educates parents and the community in recognizing the signs of drug abuse and helping their children stay clean from drugs. Khaenthong Children’s Home – This home, located in Khon Kaen province, is under the supervision of the Department of Social Development and Welfare, Ministry of Social Development and Human Security. The SET Foundation (Supporting Education in Thailand) – This organization, located in Nakhon Sawan, is devoted to the education and welfare of disadvantaged Thai youngsters. Scholarships support students through high school, vocational college and university. The Foundation for Karen Hilltribes in Thailand (KHTF) works with the Karen people on many projects, including the installation and maintenance of clean water systems in villages which have had no access to clean water. KHTF also implements educational, health, agricultural and skill training, and provides transportation and lodging for schoolchildren. |
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