April 2013 ”Cycling For Education”

Kanchanaburi to Phuket 

On April 1st, the children of Baan Dada will do another long Cycling For Education. It will start in Kanchanaburi and the final destination is Phuket. Once we have reached Phuket we will meet the rest of the children in Huahin for 3 days of fundraising music, yoga exhibition, and cultural dances. We will be staying in a temple just near the beach which means lots of fun in the water

and sunburn!

If you would like to join this cycling event it is 10,000 baht. Bicycle and food not included.

If you would like to sponsor one of the children participating in this cycling event, click the donate button on the left-hand side.  Full sponsorship for one

child is 10,000 baht.  This covers the school fees for the elementary and high school students for the next school year.  If there are any funds remaining, they will be used for school uniforms and other school expenses.

You can check who is participating in this cycling event and how much more money they need on  our cycling for education blog- cyclingforeducation.blogspot.com.

PAST EVENTS:

October 15th, 2012

Fundraising Walk for Baan Dada Children’s Home

On October 15th we will embark on a walk from Sangklaburi to Kanchanaburi to fund raise for our home.  If you would like to join, or are interested in how you can help us raise money, please contact us!

We ask that everyone joining the walk pay 200 THB per day to cover the cost of food, and to try to raise a minimum of 15,000 THB donation.

September 30th, 2012

Solo Cycling For Education Fundraiser

This is a solo fundraising effort to be done by one of the Dada’s which will start in Kanchanaburi, Thailand and end in Singapore!  This was decided as a Solo event as the route from Malaysia to Singapore is new for the organizer, also there

will be no support vehicle from Malaysia to Singapore and this will be hard for the children and would be volunteers to carry their luggage and food supplies, water, etc.

All proceeds from the cycling event will go to the university education costs of the children in Rajabhat University and Don Bosco Technical School.

APRIL 2012  

1000km CYCLING FUNDRAISING EVENT

In April 2012 Dada and 28 children (18 boys and 10 girls) will embark on a 1000km cycling journey to Kohphanga. The participating boys will be looking for their own sponsors for this event. The monies raised from this cycling event will be used to cover the cost of the journey and also for their school opening expenses on May 2012. We hope to reach Suratthani Donsak Pier on the 11th of April to meet with the rest of the children in Baan Dada travelling by our truck.

The girls will take turn in cycling back to Thongphapum after the programs in Kohphanga sometime on April 24th.

You can check who is participating in this cycling event and how much more money they need on  our facebook page (Check photo menu) – http://www.facebook.com/BaanDadaChildrensHome

If you would like to join this cycling event it is 15,000.- baht. This covers your food on the road and half of it is a donation to the home.

Please bring your own bicycle. The amount mentioned above does not include the stay in Kohphanga.

APRIL 11

TWELVE DAY LIVE MUSIC and CULTURAL DANCES at KOHPHANGA

Going side by side with the Cycling Event is the Children’s Live Music and Cultural Dance fundraising activities at Kohphanga, this would be a minimum 12 day event. The performers who are travelling by our truck will meet with the children who are going by bicycles at Donsak pier, Suratthani on the morning of April 11 for a ferry ride to Kohphanga. This event is being organized by Katie and Steve Cumbers.

If you would like to join this program and not interested in cycling all the way to Surathani, you can meet us on the April 11 at Surathani Donsak pier. The fee to be in this event is 15,000.-baht inclusive of donation to the home. Those who helped raise money for the cycling fund raising event is exempted from this. If one prefers a private room they should contact Katie one month before this program, cost of  a basic room ranges from 300.- to 500 baht per person.

OCTOBER 2012  

WALK FOR EDUCATION: Sangklaburi to Kanchanaburi

On October 2012 Baan Dada is undertaking another Walk For Education from Sangklaburi to Kanchanaburi, a total of 220 kilometers! Embarking on a ‘Walk For Education’, Dada hopes to raise funds to sponsor the tuition of the increasing number of children enrolled in university.

The Recently concluded fund raising walk started last October 14 went well. Though exhausting for everyone, we were able to reach Bangkok just in time as the floods are sweeping the area. This year several children from Baan Dada and volunteers from other countries participated in walk. COME AND JOIN US on OCTOBER 2012.

http://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/news/8475247.Richmond_fundraisers

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THE NEW WORKSHOP

A new workshop is currently under construction. The space is meant to provide an area for children both older and younger to learn more about welding, bike maintenance, carpentry, auto mechanics, and much more as they participate in the stream projects perpetually underway here at Baan Dada. The roof is currently being installed on this hands-on work shop, with cementing on schedule for the beginning of May. Though the generous donations of time and money, three big Belgians (Pol, Martes, and Mactolt), and Curtis Brown from England were able to cover the construction fees, but funds are still needed to purchase tools and supplies to fill the space.

WORM BIN COMPOST PROJECT

We have begun to cultivate worms in order to create a sustainable source of rich compost. Kitchen and yard waste is being transformed as we speak. This will be used by the home for our own farming projects, as well as sold as source of funding for the children’s education.

FARMING AND SELF-SUSTAINABILITY: New Crops

At Baandada we are constantly looking for ways to be more self sustainable. Our farming project is always growing and evolving to suit th changing needs of our home. Most recently we have begun planting potatoes and cassava root, and have begun harvesting our chillies and spinach. We have also begun construction of a bee box to bottle and sell honey. As always we have special need for volunteers with agricultural experience to lend us their knowledge.