FAA LANG FON: April 2012

Monday, April 30, 2012

New buildings at the Faa lang fon dormitory

Our two new buildings at the Faa lang fon center are soon to be finished. Pictures above shows the new kitchen building. In this building it will be a kitchen, a eating place and a room for people to sleep in.The pictures below shows the new dormitory for girls. It is a mud house. The children in our dormitory will start at school again in the middle of this month and all in all 20-22 children will stay in our dormitory this school year.

Do you want to support our work at the dormitory, visit us, be a volunteer or giving a donation please contact us at annestorsteinhaug@gmail.com

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Trip to Bangkok and Rayong

Few weeks ago the teenagers who stay at the Faa lang fon center (dormitory) went for a one week trip to Bangkok and Rayong. We also invited Pickup (the first handicapped child we chose to help while starting up Faa lang fon five years ago) and his mother. All of them were very excited, none of them had been traveling far before and none of them had ever seen the ocean. Two minibuses brought them around, first some days in Bangkok (staying in our house) and then three days on a resort in Rayong, before staying two nights in our house in Bangkok again. Here is some pictures from the trip.

Snorkeling. Practicing on the beach first...

Playing in the sand...

Thanan (our son) and Sirasit.

Chairat, the leader of the dormitory tried to drive a boat for his first time.

A relaxing afternoon in our house in Bangkok.

Pickup also had the opportunity to meet his supporter in Norway: Marita Tørresdal. She was on holiday in Thailand together with her sister.

Visiting the Navy in Rayong.

Phi Por (who was a volunteer in Faa lang fon for 4 months) did a great job getting sponsors for the trip and helping us to organize it. The first evening on the beach we had a small party. On the picture Phi Por interviewed the children.

Pickup enjoyed every day of the trip.

Muloy, who is a Karen woman living in Bangkok, took the children to Grand Palace and also invited them for dinner at the Chaow Praya river.

Be an Pickup: best friends!!!

Webon, a Norwegian computer company here in Thailand invited the children for lunch at Mc Donald after a visit at their company.

Shopping!!!

This is some of what the children experienced on their trip to Bangkok and Rayong. So many people helped us to make this trip comes true. THANKS TO ALL OF YOU!!!!! and a special thanks to Phi Por who used a lot of time getting sponsors for the trip and organizing it.

FAA LANG FON

Faa lang fon is an aid project aiming to help poor people in Thailand. At present, Faa lang fon is focusing on the tribe people in the North of Thailand where the need is great. They live in the mountains on the border to Burma. Faa lang fon is involved in the region Hoay Paang, with its 7000 inhabitants.

Faa lang fon has five main goals with their work:

To give support for education
Every year Faa lang fon distributes a scholarship and supports youths who wish to take further education, but are prevented for economical reasons. Faa lang fon highly regards knowledge and education as a resource for development.
Faa lang fon is also running a dormitory in Khun Yuam city for children from the mountains

To build and rebuild schools and nurseries
In 2008, Faa lang fon built a new primary school in the village Huay Hwai and in 2009 there was built a nursery in the same village. The need for new schools and nurseries is enormous and Faa lang fon wishes to be an important contributor in building new buildings and restoring the existing.

To help families with disabled children
Children with disabilities do not receive an offer of schooling and Faa lang Fon has started a project to improve the everyday life for these children and their families.

To give support for self help
Faa lang fon wishes to support families so that they can take of their families. Faa lang fon already supports production of goods and has designed a woven scarf made by locals in Huay Hwai, which is being sold in Norway and Thailand. If they succeed there are possibilities for extension of this project.

To prevent abortion
In Thailand abortion is forbidden, however many girls are choosing this option because they see no other solution. Economical problems are often the reason for abortion. Faa lang fon wants to give these girls an economical support in the state of pregnancy and birth and later the support needed for nursery and school, in order to give them a choice.

Faa lang fon was established by Pratchaya Chuwanon (Be)from Bangkok and he runs the project.

We need your support
Faa lang fon is dependent on economical support to reach its goals. You can support the work by inserting money on the accounts in Norway and in Thailand.

Norway:
Skandiabanken. Account number: 972 2134 7580. Account name: Faa lang fon. The account is registered on: Ragnhild Storstein Haug.

Thailand:
Thai Commercial bank. Account number: 229 2048 060
The account is registered on: Pratchaya Chuwanon

All gifts are appreciated. Faa lang fon wishes regularly monthly donors.

More information
In need of more information, please contact us on
e-mail: faalangfonth@gmail.com or on telephone: 0066 812535851

FAA LANG FON - på norsk

Faa lang fon er et hjelpeprosjekt som har som formål å hjelpe fattige i Thailand. Faa lang fon har nå hovedfokus på stammefolket i Nord-Thailand, da behovet der er veldig stort. De bor i landsbyer i fjellene på grensen til Burma. Faa lang fon har engasjert seg i kommunen Hoay Paang, som er en kommune med ca. 7000 innbyggere.

Faa lang fon har fem hovedmål for arbeidet sitt:

Å gi støtte til utdannelse
Faa lang fon deler ut skolestipend hvert år og vil støtte ungdom som ønsker seg utdannelse, men som blir forhindret av økonomiske årsaker. Faa lang fon anser kunnskap og utdanning som en viktig ressurs for utvikling.
Faa lang fon driver også et skoleinternat i byen Khun Yuam for barn fra fjellene.

Å bygge/utbedre skoler og barnehager
Faa lang fon bygget våren 2008 en ny barneskole i landsbyen Huay Hwai og også en barnehage i samme landsby i 2009. Behovene for nye barnehage- og skolebygg er store, og Faa lang fon ønsker å være en viktig bidragsyter til å bygge nye bygg og restaurere eksisterende bygg.

Å hjelpe familier med handikappede barn
Barn med handicap får ikke tilbud om skolegang, og Faa lang fon og har satt i gang prosjekt for å bedre hverdagen til barna og familiene deres.

Å gi støtte til selvhjelp
Faa lang fon ønsker å gi støtte til selvhjelp slik at foreldre kan forsørge sine familier. Å gi støtte til produksjon av varer er allerede satt i gang. Faa lang fon har fått designet skjerf som veves av lokale i Huay Hwai, og blir solgt i Thailand og i Norge. Ved suksess er det mulighet for utvidelse av dette prosjektet,

Å arbeide for å forebygge abort
I Thailand er det forbudt å ta abort, men mange jenter velger allikevel denne løsningen når de blir gravide, fordi de ikke ser noen annen utvei. Økonomiske problemer er den største årsaken til at jenter tar abort, og Faa lang fon ønsker å hjelpe disse jentene til oppfølging av graviditet, fødsel, barnehage og skole, slik at de har valget til å bære fram barnet sitt hvis de ønsker det.

Faa lang fon ble grunnlagt og drives av Pratchaya Chuwanon (Be) fra Bangkok. Faa lang fon er registrert i brønnøysundsregisteret.

Vi trenger din støtte
Faa lang fon er avhengig av økonomisk støtte for å nå sine mål. Dere kan støtte arbeidet med å sette penger inn på Faa lang fon sin konto i Norge:
Skandiabanken. Kontonr: 972 2134 7580. Kontonavn: Faa lang fon. Kontoen er registrert på: Ragnhild Storstein Haug
Alle gaver er like kjærkomne. Faa lang fon ønsker faste givere, som er villig til å støtte med en fast sum i måneden.

Mer informasjon
Ønsker dere mer informasjon om prosjektet så kan dere kontakte oss på adressen: faalangfonth@gmail.com