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| Toys for Thailand is a voluntary grassroots team of educators and community members who have been providing tangible goods and services for orphaned, abandoned, and refugee children living in remote villages of Thailand since 2005. Toys for Thailand is a project of the International Humanities Center, a 501 (c) 3 organization making donations tax deductible. Through an semi-annual humanitarian trips to Thailand, we deliver the basic tools and resources such as instructional supplies, vocational training equipment, food and toys to the schools and orphanages, which house the children. Toys for Thailand has been an IHCenter progam since December 2007. Program Co-Directors are Sasha Bilar and Maria Miller. |
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In December 2009, Toys for Thailand Co-Directors, Sasha Bilar (with child in photo above), Maria Miller (left) with volunteer, Roselle Kovitz visited Thailand (Chiangmai and remote villages outside Mae Hong Son)
stretching their $15,000 in donation funding to improve the lives of many children. Blankets, jackets, and medicine was delivered to a remote school in Mae Hong Son and a special Christmas meal was provided for the 250 hill tribe students at the school. The Toys for Thailand funded toilet and shower faciiity was completed for the girls at Wat Don Chan (WDC) School in Chiangmai. The boys dorm at WDC was cleaned and painted and new beds and bedding was installed. (see Newsletter Article). Joe Evans, a retired American living in Chiangmai has teamed up with Toys for Thailand and assisted with the clean up project at WDC.
Toys for Thailand volunteers will return to Chiangmai and Mae Hong Son Thailand in June to continue their work. WDC houses 650 hill tribe children who are among the world's most needy and neglected. The orphanage will expand to over 700 children, maybe 750 by June and the children desparately need beds, bedding, lockers and personal hygiene items.
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Please help us support these children by making a tax -deductible donation . We ensure that your financial support goes directly to the children of Wat Don Chan Orphanage and remote hill tribe schools near Mae Hong Son, Thailand. Toys for Thailand volunteers pay for their own travel and administrative expenses! For more information about Toys for Thailand please contact Maria Miller at mmiller@palomar.edu or call 760-529-3739. |
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Updated February, 2009 - Maria Miller |
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