I have gone to look at a couple of new children's homes to volunteer at.
Last Friday and Saturday I went to a temple that is about 50 yards from the Thai/Burmese border. It was a difficult situation. There are 60 boys who must go beg for food every morning because the temple has no money for food. They often return late in the morning and can not go to their school (which has 70 children in two classrooms). The roof over the toilets has partially collapsed and the kitchen has totally collapsed. The boys bathe outside with no enclosure. There are 2 women to care for the children in addition to the monks. It is not a good situation. I am not sure what we will do to help, but we will probably do something.
The second home I went to is very different...located in the jungle, it
has about 40 children. There is enough food and they do not seem to lack the basic necessities. The women who run it are buddist nuns. The children were having fun and enjoying themselves while I was there. The children (both boys and girls) live in two big rooms, one for boys and one for girls. Not much privacy, and very little light, but not so bad. They need money for food ($100 dollars a month), a battery so they can store electricity from their solar panels (there is no electricity in that area except solar electricity), some mosquito nets so the children will not get malaria and a couple of proper teachers. Again, I am not sure whether we will end up helping them or not, but we will probably help a little at least.
On Friday I will go to a very remote children's home to see what they need and how we can help.
Last Friday and Saturday I went to a temple that is about 50 yards from the Thai/Burmese border. It was a difficult situation. There are 60 boys who must go beg for food every morning because the temple has no money for food. They often return late in the morning and can not go to their school (which has 70 children in two classrooms). The roof over the toilets has partially collapsed and the kitchen has totally collapsed. The boys bathe outside with no enclosure. There are 2 women to care for the children in addition to the monks. It is not a good situation. I am not sure what we will do to help, but we will probably do something.
The second home I went to is very different...located in the jungle, it
has about 40 children. There is enough food and they do not seem to lack the basic necessities. The women who run it are buddist nuns. The children were having fun and enjoying themselves while I was there. The children (both boys and girls) live in two big rooms, one for boys and one for girls. Not much privacy, and very little light, but not so bad. They need money for food ($100 dollars a month), a battery so they can store electricity from their solar panels (there is no electricity in that area except solar electricity), some mosquito nets so the children will not get malaria and a couple of proper teachers. Again, I am not sure whether we will end up helping them or not, but we will probably help a little at least.On Friday I will go to a very remote children's home to see what they need and how we can help.
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