- Pra Phutthabhat Girl’s Home
- For the past 15 years TFI members John and Sarah have worked together with the Pra Phutthabat Girl’s Home in Suraburi province which cares for 175 girls ranging in age from 5 to 18 years old.
- Charity project for Bahn Rachawitee Girls Home
- TFI members have visited Bahn Rachawitee is a Girls Home for orphaned and abused girls and conducted many programs for the girls over the years. Recently the daughter of one of our friends, who owns a noodle shop contacted us for help in organizing a community service for her university class.
- Wat Sa Kaew
- An orphanage located an hour away from Bangkok houses 1,700 orphans and very poor children. The Buddhist monks who run the institution have to raise an enormous amount of finances and material assistance to be able to house, feed, and educate these children.
- Suan Dek Development Center for Intellectually Challenged Children
- Suan Dek is a day care center project dedicated to strengthening and maximizing the potential of the 25 intellectually challenged children. The children have autism, Down Syndrome or another mental or physical disability. The children range in age from 8 years to teenage.
- Onut Waste Disposal Daycare Centers
- As part of an ongoing projects TFI members John and Sarah regularly visit the Onut Waste Disposal Daycare centers where they spend quality time with the children and most recently made possible the donation of a new computer to the center as well as toys, notebooks and a special lunch.
- Teaching Others To Help Others
- The joy of serving others and helping the disadvantaged—this is what we were able to offer a group of enthusiastic young people.
- To Kindle A Flame Of Hope—Part 2
- Disaster relief in the aftermath of killer floods
In early August, heavy rains in northeastern Thailand triggered a series of flash floods, claiming over 150 lives, injuring hundreds, and leaving thousands displaced.
- To Kindle A Flame Of Hope—Part 1
- Disaster relief in the aftermath of killer floods
In early August, heavy rains in northeastern Thailand triggered a series of flash floods. In some districts, the flooding was the worst in memory.
- Thonburi Slum Daycare Center Community Project
- TFI members Sunny, Paul and Mary regularly visit the Thonburi Slum Daycare Center Community Project to assist in the care and education of the young children.
- Charity project at Bahn Tahsalao School
- TFI members had great fun organizing games and activities for the over 100 school children at Bhan Tahsalao school, an under privileged school in Pechaburi province in upcountry Thailand.
- Seminar, and Book Distribution in Angtong, Thailand
- We were able to contact the director of the largest primary school in Angtong through flood relief work we did a previous year. The children come from underprivileged families and often lack in many basic necessities.
- Charity project for the Bahn Bang Kae Senior Citizen’s Home
- We were so happy to have our children invited to perform at the Bahn Bang Kae Home for over 100 Senior Citizens on "Songkran" which is the Thai New Year. This is a special day when everyone around the country visits their families to pay respect to their elders and their ancestors.
- The Elderly not Forgotten
- At the Golden Years Home for the Elderly, wheelchairs formed neat rows in the courtyard, a resident in each one and a look of anticipation on each weathered face.
- Family Counseling
- We offer counseling to the parents of children who attend our English classes once a week, and in getting to know the parents, we’ve found that they all need the Lord’s love in different ways.
- Christmas in March
- When we hold English camps at the request of a school, we also try to help the teachers, staff, and children connect with God and His love at every opportunity. One such opportunity arose as I was teaching 130 children English songs.
- Award for Continuing Education Program
- The Family International received an award from the Thai government for our continuing education program with juveniles in detention. This program comprises a series of bi-weekly educational classes that combine teaching English to the boys with leadership training.
- More on Tsunami Relief Work
- The Family International visited camps which were scattered all over the two main islands affected. Mountain refuges, remote villages, hospitals, and Buddhist temples were all turned into relief centers and centers for missing persons.
