For the last two months, our children have been learning how to garden. Gardening is a great Occupational Therapy and Vocational Therapy tool, and is now commonly referred to as Horticultural Therapy. Horticultural Therapy has been shown to benefit a person’s physical, mental and emotional wellbeing, and is now used in all sorts of rehabilitation…
This year Songkran came early at Camillian Home for children living with disabilities. We decided to celebrate the Thai New Year on Wed 9 April so that all the daycare children and their families could join, in case some were going out of town for the holiday. Camillian Home staff spent all morning making preparations,…
Camillian Home’s Inclusive Playground, Sensory Park and Garden Project: How It All Came Together When I first started volunteering at Camillian Home, I would bring our children with disabilities to visit international schools in Bangkok. These schools have nice facilities for their students who are from wealthy families. I thought, “Why should these rich kids…