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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 annual humanitarian trip to Thailand, our volunteers 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. This summer Toys for Thailand teams made their fourth trip in as many years to Thailand. In preparation, we hosted our annual fund-raiser, Taste of Thailand on May 10, 2008.
During our summer trip our volunteers assistsed the Wat Don Chan (WDC) orphanage in Chiangami. WDC houses 650 hill tribe children who are among the world's most needy and neglected. Our volunteers purchased a special meal for the children and provided much needed instructional supplies. We contracted for 100 beds to be built and for a much needed toilet and shower facility to be built. Although our project is underway we need another $4000 to complete the work.
Maria Miller, Sasha Bilar and her family and Roselle Kovitz will return to Chiangmai Thailand in December. We will spend the holidays with the children, feed them a special meal, and ensure that the bed and toilet project is completed.
Want to help us?
You can make a tax -deductible donation and we will ensure that your support goes directly to the children of Wat Don Chan Orphanage during our December 2008 trip. You can make your donation a holiday gift and we will send you an honor donation card. We have six designs available. The hill tribe children featured on the cards (see samples below) are all from the WDC orphanage. Cards were designed by Sasha Bilar. Contact Maria Miller or Sasha Bilar for cards. |
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For more information contact Maria Miller at mmiller@palomar.edu or call 760-529-3739. |
