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Project Manager Maria McNally
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Bangkok, Thailand
Builders of the Future
Tsunami
Relief
Working alongside numerous government
institutions, Builders of the Future participates in
drug-awareness and prevention
programs for high school students, as well as one geared
to youth ages 6-12. These programs include a training
course, youth counseling, seminars and group discussions,
and a music and drama program, the latter of which has
been acclaimed by school and government officials as
an "effective and positive way to boost morale
and show that there is a way to be happy without the
use of drugs." Other drug-related activities include:
personal counseling at schools, colleges and juvenile
detention centers; and participating in International
Anti-Narcotics Day for the past decade.
Other activities include:
- Assisting the Thai Red Cross and various Government
Ministries, including Ministry of defence, Ministry
of Foreign Affairs.
- Involvement with the Bahn
Tung Mahamek boys home providing educational
tools, activities & excursions, as well as instilling
positive morals through various presentations.
- Weekly visits to various Bangkok hospitals
for terminally ill children.
- English classes for the staff of various government
institutions.
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Drug
Awareness and Prevention programs
Our team also presented a 2-hour anti-narcotics
program for the youngsters, including motivational dance numbers,
local traditional Thai songs, lively skits and games encouraging
audience participation. We were presented with a plaque of
appreciation at the end of the program.
Computer
Training for Orphans at Bahn Tung Mahamek Orphanage
We have supplied the orphan boys at Bahn Tung
Mahamek with donated food, clothing and other needs for several
years now. The boys remain at this home till they reach 18
years of age and then find work. To help them acquire better
job qualifications, we have instructed them in a working knowledge
of English language skills, and recently set up a computer
room to teach them basic computer skills.
Presentation of hardware to orphanage directors. |
Part of the completed computer lab. |
Setting this program up was a joint community
effort, many of our sponsors participating with either computer
desks, printers, wiring of the computer lab, and so forth.
All are having a part in better preparing these boys for the
future, as computer knowledge becomes more and more of a job
requirement.
Inspirational Presentations for Schools and Orphanages
We also organize regular activities and presentations
for the children in various orphanages and schools.
Arts & crafts at Bahn Tung Mahamek
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Snack time at Bahn Boonyathorn
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Following are glimpses into one of the musical
therapy programs we do, this one at Wat Sra Gaew orphanage,
Angthong province, which houses 1,700 orphans. Our musicians
performed a few numbers, followed by a lively clown show that
brought smiles and laughter from the orphans.
After the program we distributed lunch to the children,
and had the opportunity to speak with many of them.
Many were abandoned by their parents at an age that they
still remember them, and understandably have trouble coming
to grips with why they were no longer wanted by their mother
and father.
Visiting
the Terminally Ill
Clowns bring smiles to young cancer patients
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Getting a young cancer patient to open up.
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Hanna with an orphaned cancer patient at Chulalongkorn
Hospital. |
Angelina Joy & Jason of project managers cheering
up an elderly patient. |
Art activity at Chulalongkorn Hospital |
Face and hand painting provides an uplift |
Hanna and Usa presenting a flannelgraph story to the
children. |
The smiles from the children are our pay-off. |
More activities of Builders of
the Future
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Participated in a television program
in support of the Khon Kaen Association in remembrance
of Princess Mother's Day.
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Performed for patients at the Police
Hospital on HM the Queen's Birthday.
Singing on hospital floor for patients,
relatives and hospital staff.
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Chatting with patients and relatives at hospital.
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Participated in a program for Youth
Safety Day organized by the Civilian Department of the
Army on the occasion of HM the Queen's Birthday.
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Performed at Sanam Luang in honor of
HM the Queen's birthday, which was broadcast live on
several TV stations.
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Participated in a fair to raise funds
for the families of NCOs, organized by the Royal Thai
Airforce.
Visiting victims from school bus accident,
Cha Cheng Sao Hospital.
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Tessaban Program at Maesod, Tak.
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Participated in the press conference
hosted by the Royal Thai Police to announce anti-narcotic
activities/programs for International Anti-Narcotics
Day.
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Anti-narcotics program at Future Park
Mall, in conjunction with the Royal Thai Police, to
mark International Anti-Narcotics Day.
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Joined in ONCB's anti-narcotics activities
at Government House
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Participated in a program for Aids patients
in Hadyai province, where we performed for and encouraged
the patients as well passed out literature.
- Musical program at Bahn Pakred Home for the Handicapped.
Project Manager Maria and Cristy with
Special Olympic athletes
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Builders of the Future volunteers showing
their support for the athletes
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- Our young people gave a motivational concert for the
athletes of the 19th Special Olympics at the Thai-Japanese
Youth Center, Bangkok.
Talking to some of the younger participants
in the Special Olympics |
Thai greeting to some of the contestants |
Flood relief to Provinces
We made three trips to villages in Petchaboon
province that were severely hit by recent flash floods
and mudslides to deliver food and supplies, as well as
minister hope and encouragement the needy villagers. We
brought in more than four tons, including rice, bottled
water, blankets, mats, mosquito netting, new/used clothing,
fresh vegetables, instant noodles, canned food, baby food,
milk, cookies and other food stuffs. Additionally, we
participated in a program on Channel 11 to raise funds
for flood victims.
More Builders of
the Future photos and letters of Recommendation
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