Shrewsbury Community Comes Together to Resist COVID-19
With Thailand and the rest of the world facing untold hardships in the wake of the Covid-19, good news can be hard to find. However, Shrewsbury International School Bangkok, Riverside is changing that trend with a combination of charitable donations to organisations in need, with staff and students pulling together to bring some joy back […]
DPF activities on Covid-19
Dear DPF Benefactors, I would like to thank you for your kindness in supporting the Duang Prateep Foundation. I would like to report how the Thai government has responded to the Covid-19 virus, as follows: Announced a curfew and ordered the closure of various establishments and locations. These include: – restaurants (except take-away services); […]
New beginnings in Nang Loeng
From food rescue to plastic recycling, Ford’s fifth global community centre brings together diverse nonprofits to benefit Bangkok It’s 3pm on a steamy Saturday in Bangkok, and there is something new happening in Nang Loeng, a teeming historic neighbourhood not far from the Royal Palace. Eclectic doesn’t begin to describe the scene at the opening […]
Duang Prateep Foundation
The first in our series of articles in Thailand on Unsung heroes… I left the Khlong Toei slum with two things that are connected in a surprising way: A sack of fresh mushrooms grown by senior citizens Having witnessed the closest thing to a saint that I think I will ever see, Khun PrateepUngsongtham Hata. […]
Tree of Life Foundation
Imagine you didn’t have shoes to wear to school, or your family didn’t have enough food to give you more than one small meal per day, or you didn’t have soap to wash your hands. For many kids in small hill tribe villages in the North of Thailand, they don’t need to imagine these scenarios, […]
Assimilation Packages for underprivileged students and women
I love nighttime strolls in Bangkok – alone in the city, empty streets, and the noise of traffic fading into the distance. It is a chance to clear my head, breathe calmly, and let my worries slip away. “Oh, but I should mention – I am a man and not of the fairer sex.” For […]
Charity begins at home – and home is where your heart is…
For Edward Haworth (aka Clown Eckie) home for him now is Thailand, but the journey to get here was long, and not always easy, though it has always been interesting. The charity he founded in Thailand is called ‘Gift of Happiness’(GoH), and we’re going to look into its story. The initial idea of setting up […]
The Code: How your travel choices can help to protect children
As expats, we are no strangers to travel; it’s an ever-present part of our lives, the face of Thailand and the world. Unfortunately, the rapid growth of this industry and the infrastructure that supports it has not been adequately matched by a growth in measures for child protection, in particular the sexual exploitation of children […]