Lui the artist !

Lui came by for a month and gave the children much love and attention. He came a while ago now, many days have since gone by, but I just recently found a great drawing he has sketched of little En... before giving to En for her to save preciously in her own personnal folder, she allowed me to take a picture of it to put on the internet. This is to show not only that Lui is an artist, which anybody who gets to know him will soon learn, but also that his presence here is symbolic of what we perpetually aim to be : a friend, and to just play and share love with the children. It is one of the mysteries of Home Hak, one of the simple magical things that set smiles on all these little faces, regardless of their past and not withstanding the fears about the future.

Lui comes from Japan, a country greatly helping the Foundation through the double blessings of sending volunteers regularly and also helping out materially : the japanese embassy has offered the first "real" building called Home Hak, and last year offered the new "Home Hak Bus" which drives and picks up the children from school, and brings us all to week-end outings ! Before Pi Lui, we had many volunteers : Tengmoo, Som... but Lui is the first to stay a whole month ! And the cherry on the top is that Lui will be coming with us to Doi Inthanon !

Here is a photo of Lui, on the right, together with Pi Djee, another "one-month big brother" at the foundation.

Back to Doi Inthanon !

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Opening children’s minds is a necessity to ensure the successful transition from childhood to adulthood. Not only does it benefit the children directly on the spur of the moment, but it also translates into a greater well-being for the present and future society, as the children interact creatively and positively with their peers and environment.

Teenagers linked to Home Hak – “the Hearth of radiant Love” – are at this crucial stage of life where a greater vision and understanding of the world is necessary. Specifically for these children, Home Hak caretakers want to generate opportunities to promote open-mindeness.

The Doi Inthanon National Park near Chiang Mai is at the crossroads of exuberant nature and deep-rooted culture, and on top of this we already have good relationships with the staff present on site. Experiencing grandiose sites and and confronting a different cultural heritage will enhance the self-awareness of our teenagers, and help them decide and prepare their future.

But to be able to go, we will need certain support ! I invite you to discover and support this project, in the joined word document you'll find detailed information. If you are interested, you can always send me a mail at gaspard_lorthiois at hotmail dot com, that way we'll get in touch !

Thanks ahead of time !

Graduation Day !!

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So this week we had a very special event : En, Paak, and Satang have graduated from pre-school ! So it seems to be a very special event here, from costumes to invited personnalities everything is done to make the children feel honored as much as possible ! Now they do say the costumes are too hot and that the weird hats keep falling, but heck, the parents just looove taking pictures of their little precious... and Benedicte, Betty, and I certainly weren't about to forget doing the same thing too !

Smiling Satang


Rodeo Paak


Swing'in En


Then you've got two model families - uh, if the father and the kids are the same it's normal, call it cost reduction. The first is Benedicte, a volunteer that has been here a month already, and will stay until october ! Betty is a genuine englishwoman, who came here for a week and among others just treated the children to hamburgers ! Delicious !





Follows a picture with a teacher of the school :



and then starts the ceremony ! You can download the whole school singing the Glory to the King, the thai equivalent to the Pledge of allegiance to the flag ; later on, we all go to the ceremony hall, and during the recital of the prayers Satang seems somewhat elsewhere...



Paak and a friend



And now the famous giving of the (empty) cardboard diploma ! Who has the nicest wai of all?







We were treated to a show by the littler classes, the Three little Pigs, it was cute !





And finally a few snacks (again) before we head back home...









Picture of Keo taken in parallel, I couldn't resist putting it in it looks great, doesn't it ?