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WELCOME ... to my fundraising blog!

Dear all,

When I went on my trip through Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam last year, I visited Ingrid from the Dutch Thai Child Development Foundation (www.thaichilddevelopment.org) in Phato (Chumphon province, between Ranong and LangSuan) in Southern Thailand.

The foundation's aim is very simple: to help children in their development to become strong, healthy, happy and honest individuals by working on a small scale personal basis, supporting the children in various ways.

The Children's Home for example offers a home and loving family life for children whose parents cannot take care of them.

The foundation also supports several local families who have financial problems and cannot provide their children with nutritious food or afford an education.

From end of August until October (depending on the flight) I will be based in one of the TCDF's educational programmes, volunteering in a small village school in the jungle teaching the children English.

I truly believe in the foundation's good work as I saw it with my own eyes.
Apart from the good the TCDF does in interaction and with the appreciation of the locals, not from above like several other NGOs, they do not try to make a profit of the volunteers who come to spend some time in Thailand and get involved.

Because of my personal experiences I decided to go fundraising for the project before I am going to Phato.
I talked to Ingrid and the teachers at the school I will be based at (only 60 children!): what they really need are new books and shelves for their little library. Both, for us Europeans, is very cheap in the country - a schoolbook might not be more than 1 Pound/1,50 Euros, a "Harry Potter" maybe 6 Pound/9 Euros etc. Any spare donated money will go directly to the Thai Child Development Foundation to support their general work in Thailand.


If you are interested in donating, please drop me a line!

I am glad to provide you with any additional information you need and honestly appreciate your participation a lot!
Please feel free to mail me at juliabrinkmann[at]gmx.net

Thanks a lot!!!
Julia :)