Known as “Wan Dek” in Thailand, Children’s Day is a national holiday celebrated in the second Saturday in January. This day provides an opportunity for children all over the country to have fun, and to create awareness about their significant role towards the development of the country. This year, Children’s Day fell on the 9th…
The New Year is here and with it, there are new beginnings, changes and good news to share with all of you in this first month of the year 2016 Guitar is a beautiful little girl who has cerebral palsy that has affected her limbs and speech capabilities. She can understand when people talk to…
During the Christmas Season, The children and the CM band are busy practicing Christmas music, dances and songs On Christmas eve, a van picked up the CM Band and their escorts to take them to the Dusit Princess Hotel in downtown Bangkok. We all enjoyed a buffet meal and after a period of rest, the…
On the 18th of December, the staff from Menarini company came to celebrate Christmas with our children. The staff had come the previous day to decorate the centre and to place Christmas trees around the place. The activities began with a welcome speech from Fr. Jimmy, our director that was followed by a game called:…
On Saturday the 28th of November, the Camillian Home celebrated its annual fun fair, this year called “Heart-Hug-Home”. The fair included special guests, live entertainment, performances by the Home’s children, booths of food and drink, fun games and prizes. The proceedings were very ably emceed by Ms. Hiroko Yamagishi, Ms. Pennapa Kittiladakul, and Ms. Thanyaporn….
In Thailand the traditional ceremony of “Loy Kratong” is celebrated by most cultures. “Loy Krathong” is a festival celebrated annually throughout Thailand. The name could be translated as “to float a basket”, and comes from the tradition of making a krathong or buoyant, decorated basket, which is then floated on a body of water usually a river….
On the 19th of November, the Camillian Home children were invited to Concordian International School to share in Thanksgiving dinner! It was a truly heart-warming evening, with the Concordian students taking such good care of our children – we are constantly impressed by the level of friendship and love shown by the students of Concordian….
This November 14th was the marking of the thirteenth ‘Spirit of St. Camillo Day’ – a special day celebrated by the coming together of all of the St Camillus Foundations in Thailand. This year we celebrated at Baan Nan Lek Sriracha Chonburi, where we remembered St Camillo and bonded together – all children, adults, staff and…