News arrived in the last few days that 'Pod' the little street kid that we first met when he was living on the streets of Pattaya on Christmas Day 1999 and his wife 'Min' are now the proud parents of a baby boy, 'Noah' born on March 10th at 04.33 hrs
And so yet another chapter in 'Pod's life …
Yesterday and today I had the opportunity to visit with the students we sponsor here, as well as have time at the day care center run by the charity who help get me around to see the students.
Yesterday three of the four students met Liz, Lhen and I at the ritzy new beach-side mall, where they'd sel…
We often receive interesting emails from sponsors but this one stood out so much that we felt it should be given a wider readership. It is reproduced here with the sponsor's permission:
21st February 2010
I would like to share with you an experience I had yesterday . . .
One of the gambling m…
I guess that every kid remembers the first fish they caught and when the fish was almost as big as you then that memory tends to stick in your mind, and so it was for a couple of our sponsored students.
The boys' sponsor Richard was visiting from England for a few days and as it was Praeme's birthda…
Back in December we accepted a very generous offer from Ray Cornell of the Venue, Jomtien, Pattaya to become involved in a fund raising effort for our charity.
Since then the Venue has put on a series of Sunday night shows which have raised over 100,000 Baht for the kids we are helping. Ray's genero…
A very generous bequest of £2000 from the late Brian Eames the well known UK children's entertainer and member of the Magic Circle has been received and will make a huge difference to the children that we are helping.
Brian was a frequent visitor to Pattaya and made a number of visits to the slu…
With the new school year starting in April we have a number of children who need sponsorship to be able to attend school. Whilst schooling in Thailand is free the children have to supply their own school and scout uniforms, school book and meal and also have the money to pay for their travel to scho…
As many of you will be aware, the TingTong forum has been raising money for the Pattaya Street Kids Support Project charity, and recently presented over 160,000 baht to Don Ford, the founder of PSKSP. Don asked the forum if we would take 50,000 baht and on behalf of PSKSP buy items that they s…
As always the New Year Party for the 300 + kids at the Hauy Phong Children's Home was a great evening as these photos show:
I have recently returned from five weeks in Pattaya where I had the opportunity to visit most of the projects that we are involved in funding. As is usual with making arrangements in Thailand some things had either to be changed or cancelled at the eleventh hour but generally everything ran smoothl…
We accepted very generous offer by Ray Cornell of Pattaya's leading cabaret showbar 'The Venue' to raise funds for the charity and this video which is played nightly to audiences is raising considerable funds for the charity.
We were delighted when we were approached by Paul the owner of a website dedicated to providing information for visitors to Thailand suggesting that he try to raise some funds for the PSKSP charity. Since then the seed of an idea has grown into a fund-raising campaign to be held over the Christmas …
During November 2009 UK sponsor Richard stopped of at Pattaya to visit his two sponsored students 'Praeme' and 'Pipat'. 
25 September, 2009 – First Student Visit This Trip: Tanakorn
Although “sponsorship” of a child through the Pattaya Street Kids Support Project normally only involves a nominal yearly payment of tuition – something satisfying enough on its own – there is a somewhat hidden benefit to being involve…
October 2009 update on the situation in Pattaya.
With the lack of tourism caused by the world financial crisis combined with the political unrest in Thailand this year has been particularly difficult for families living below the poverty line. The adults and sometimes even the children of many fami…
Our Thai colleague Sam at the Mery Centre in Pattaya is an important part of the team working with us on the school scholarship scheme. Sam liases with the schools, visits the students at home and acts as interpreter and translator on our behalf.
We were delighted when we heard that Sam was getting…
HAPPY NEW YEAR with the Pattaya Street Kids’ Support Project
For the last nine years we have organised New Year Parties, ensuring that all the children we are working with have a really magical day during the New Year Holiday season. The Parties also give us an opportunity to meet the children i…
Often sponsors who visit their sponsored student like to give a gift in recognition of the hard work that these children put into their studies,often under very difficult home cirumstances. The sponsor of the small boy 'Pongpisut' (above) wanted to reward the student with a new bike and the text …
We have posted this video of 'Pod' the child that was the inspiration for this project. Today is 'Pod's 21st birthday.
Speaking to 'Pod' today he told us that he and his girlfriend have a baby boy and they are planning to marry shortly.
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