APRIL 2012
1000km CYCLING FUNDRAISING EVENT
On April 2012 Dada and 22 children (15 boys and 7 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.
If you would like to join this cycling event it is for 15,000.- baht. This covers your food on the road and half of it is 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.
Participants to the 14th October 2011 fundraising walk at Baan Dada
Fundraising Walk Participants at Jolly Frog guest house on October 24th 2011 preparing to go.
September 2011
September 2011 Fund raising walk
October 2011 fundraising walk
October 2011
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THE NEW WORKSHOP
Roof Being Installed
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
Worm bin
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.
