DELEGATION OF THAILANDProjects for the poor

1.Miguel House2.La Salle house

3.The Center4.Sunami children

5.Orphans from AIDS PARETNS6.Burmese migrants7. BAMBOO SCHOOL

DELEGATION OF THAILAND

• 1. Miguel House in Nakorn Sawan• Started 1983.• Educational deficiency: Only 18% of students

have access to secondary education in Nakorn Sawan.

• Answer: 150 scholarships for secondary level students, plus free hostel for 50 students.

• Closed down in 2006.

DELEGATION OF THAILAND

• 2. Miguel House in Chantabury• Started 1988• Educational deficiency: Only 18% of students

have access to secondary education in Chantabury

• Answer: 150 scholarships for secondary level students, plus free hostel for 50 students, for 6 years .

• Still running

3. Center for Small children

Started in 1986Problem:Children of garbage collectors get only 1-2 years of education.

3. Center for Small childrenAnswer: Prepare children to go to school. Pre-school education. Aged 3-7. Completely free

4. La Salle HouseStarted 1987;Problem : Street children, children with parents in prison, with aged grandparents do not go to school

Child collects garbage while mother and father are in Prison

4. La SALLE HOUSEAnswer: In Lasalle House we are father and mother for the children. Boys and girls.2008: 32 boys and 34 girls

5. Sunami Orphans

30 children whose parents died during the sunami.Children did not receive any help from nobody

Sunami orphans

Provide financial aid received from PROYDE. Sisters Lovers of the Cross visit them regularly

6. Orphans of AIDS PARENTSLa Salle Sister Yindee works with these children, North of Thailand.Parents got AIDS while working in Bangkok.

Orphans of AIDS parents

Provide financial help and accompany them

7. Burmese children in Thailand

Br. Victor works with the National Catholic Commission for Migrants

Burmese children in Thailand

1,700,000Burmese migrants in Thailand. Government help little with the education of children

Burmese Migrant children

Provide schools and finance for 10 small schools.12 Burmese priests to come to Thailand project.

7. The Bamboo school

80 boys and girls with 5 teachers. Burmese border. Teachers got no pay.

The Bamboo school

The Delegation of Thailand in the process of adopting the school.

The Bamboo school

Possible project with Burmese Brothers and PARC.

Conclusion 11. It looks like a lot projects;

however this is less than 10% of the works of running our big

institutions.2. A lot of difficulties were found on

the way.3. The work of transforming our

educational works to serve the poor is not understood .

Conclusion 2

1. Today it is less scandalous (dangerous) to speak about the poor

than 20 years ago.2. Many Brothers have no sympathy

for the educational needs of poor children.

3. The Service of the poor though education seems to have become

the work of a minority.