Are you affected by or living with someone who has HIV/AIDS or is disabled? Have you ever helped provide services to children or families living with HIV/AIDS or disabilities?
So many questions, but here at dusitD2 baraquda pattaya we focus on one only: What are we going to do about it? And as we at dusitD2 [...]
by William Macey
Bannawang School, on the outskirts of Pattaya, has 145 children age 4 to 11. Like many village schools, there is little financial assistance when equipment or repairs are needed. But there is the Pattaya Sports Club.
So when Nittiya of the YWCA saw a need, she asked the Pattaya Sports Club to visit the [...]
To commemorate the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon, the Regents School will be hosting a Picnic in the Park for Peace on Sunday September 18 at the Father Ray Children’s Village.
Picnics are being planned in many countries to remember this tragic event, and people will be [...]
by Wiiliam Macey
The plight of abandoned and abused children is far too common the world over and far too ignored in Thailand. Pattaya Slum Ministries is playing a key role to change that in three local slum communities. Located on the dark side of Sukhumvit (Soi Wat Tham near School #6), the local charity has [...]
by Derek Franklin
The Father Ray Foundation is busy preparing for this year’s Father Ray Day, the day Pattaya remembers the life and celebrates the work of the late Father Ray Brennan.
Father Ray dedicated his life to the underprivileged of Thailand, spending 29 years in Pattaya. He founded several residential facilities to support orphaned, abandoned and [...]
by Derek Franklin
The last Thursday in June is designated as Teachers Day at the Pattaya School for the Blind. Known in the Thai language as ‘Wai Kru’, the ceremony is the time of the year when the students pay respect to their teachers.
The teachers at the School for the Blind are dedicated to the children [...]
by Lyndy Moore Eggleton
Kids, all over the world, react strongly to anyone attempting to change their appearance. For better or worse, positively or negatively, getting a hair cut can be a life altering experience, or so it seems until you’re into your upper teens.
Pattaya’s Mercy Center children are no different. Loved, Wanted, Orphaned, Rich, Abused, [...]
by Lyndy Moore Eggleton
Pattaya children in the care of Mercy Center were able to forget all their troubles and slip slide away – thanks to the generosity of an American sponsor!
The funds were sent especially to enable all the Mercy kids to enjoy a memorable day at Pattaya Water Park on Jomtien Beach. Pattaya Water [...]
by Derek Franklin
Four young children from the Father Ray Children’s Village, along with four teenagers from the Father Ray Children’s Home, recently traveled over to Koh Samui. They were invited to attend an Art Camp to commemorate the 84th birthday of His Majesty the King later this year in December.
Organised by Bangkok Air Co., Ltd. [...]
by Lyndy Moore Eggleton
Pattaya’s own NGO, Mercy Center, this year celebrates a decade of caring for the poor, abused, misused, abandoned and orphaned people of Pattaya. Mercy offices moving in to Pattaya City this June marks a milestone as the administration building opens in Duck Square by Big C South, Soi 1 from Pattaya Tai.
Having [...]
