The Child Development Centre
This is a recently new project overseen by the Pattaya Ladies Club (PLC) and we wanted to see if we could offer some support here. The project is based on a small piece of land on the outskirts of Pattaya and its Director ‘Jai’ formerly ran the Street Kids Home of the Father Ray Foundation.
‘Jai’ also works with the Pattaya Police and at weekends accompanies them in picking up kids who are living on the streets, many of the kids have been subjected to the attentions of foreign child predators whose sole purpose of visiting or living in Pattaya is to pick-up and abuse kids. The information gathered from these children has enabled the police to make a number of arrests in recent months and charges have already been brought against some of those arrested.
The project recently relocated to a new plot of land a few miles from its previous site where it had two dormitories on the land and it cares for more than 40 children who are aged from 18 months to 16 years. As with the old site all of the buildings are constructed from donated timber and most of the work was done by the kids along with some adult help.
The accommodation has now expanded to three dormitories and whilst is to say the least very basic in comparison to western standards it now has new mattresses and bedding.
Most of the children attend a local school and it is planned to expand the project when funds are available to construct another dormitory. The children grow some of their own food and also keep pigs on the land to give them a degree of self-sufficiency, they also do all of their own washing, cooking of their meals and caring for themselves under the supervision of a Monk. We donated £1000 to the project which helped them to refurbish the dormitories and to furnish the new dormitory which is planned to be open in May.
Kitchen area
Ladies from the PLC present our cheque to Jai,
Director the CDC
Kids assembling the new dormitory
The new dormitory completed
We are a Secular charity and do not support or promote any religious organisation.
We are always prepared to consider working with any organisation in bringing help to children in need on the strict understanding that any such help is given
uncondtionally and does not involve the preaching or promoting of any religion.
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