Year 4 are delighted to continue supporting two charities again this year: The Mercy Centre and The Good Shepherd Thailand.
The Mercy Centre
Bangkok Patana School has a long standing relationship with The Mercy Centre. Many of you will have heard about the students from the Mercy Centre regularly visiting our wonderful campus on Saturdays to enjoy the facilities and a hot lunch. The Year 4 children are proud to be able to donate 100,000 Baht to The Mercy Centre which will pay for their transport to Patana and their meals. It will also fund educational materials, books and uniforms for the children at the Mercy Centre School.
This Christmas, Year 4 children will again take part in the Christmas Box Project. This involves the students creating Christmas Wrapping paper using recycled paper and filling shoeboxes with a variety of items needed by the Mercy Centre children. This includes essentials such as toiletries as well as small toys, colouring pencils, notebooks and teddies to fill the shoeboxes.The Good Shepherd Thailand
The Good Shepherd Thailand have many ongoing projects throughout the country. Here in Bangkok, they support women's refuge and child care services in Din Dang. They provide learning opportunities for disadvantaged woman such as sewing, embroidery, crafting, hairdressing and manicure training. They also provide day care for young children aged 3-6 years. In a recent monsoon storm, the roof of one of their buildings collapsed - fortunately no one was hurt as it happened during the night. A temporary repair to the roof has been done whilst the charity awaits funding.
It is with great pleasure that Year Four are able to donate 300,000 baht to this charity which will be used to build a new roof so the women and children can continue their work and play in a safe, secure environment. This money was raised by last year’s Y4 children during their Young Entrepreneur’s market at the end of term 3. Thank you to everyone who supported this event.
More Information
You can find out more about these charities and what they do by following the links below.