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New orphanage nearing completion
Source: Phuketgazette
Service from thailand-classified.com
Orphans will start moving into some of the 18 houses at the village on August 8.
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KAEW: Construction of the Phuket SOS Children’s Village on 10 rai on
the road from Thepkrasattri Rd to British International School (BIS) is
expected to be completed by the end of this month.
The SOS
Foundation of Thailand, under the Royal Patronage of Her Majesty Queen
Sirikit, is a member of the Austria-based charity SOS Kinderdorf
International (SOS-KDI). The foundation in Thailand was established in
1971 as an independent, non-government social development organization
to take long-term care of orphaned and abandoned children.
“The
SOS-KDI bought five rai of land from Thanachart Asset Co, which also
donated five rai to the project. We started the project in February
2007 and we aimed to finish in April this year, but our work has been
delayed by bad weather,” explained Somsak Sukhakern, the project’s
Education Manager.
“Our main objective is to adopt children who
have been affected by the tsunami. We also take in orphans, abandoned
children and children offered for adoption by both of their parents,”
said Khun Somsak.
The village accepts very young infants up to
children seven years old from Surat Thani, Chumphon, Krabi, Phang Nga
and Phuket, K. Somsak said, adding that children older than seven
years are accepted if they are siblings of other children staying in
the village.
However, the village is not designed to cater to handicapped and special-needs children, he added.
The
village comprises 18 one-story buildings – 15 homes and three other
building, including a kindergarten. The village also has a sports field
for children’s activities.
“The homes are four-bedroom houses,
each accommodating 10 children and an officer who will be assigned as
the "mother" to take care of the children in each house,” said K.
Somsak.
Once complete, the village will be able to care for 120
children with 12 “mothers” and six “aunts” to assist when the “mothers”
have days off.
Other staff will include accounts and
administration officers, education officers and four kindergarten
teachers who will care for children from level one (K1) to level three
(K3). The kindergarten will be able to cater to about 90 children.
“As
the children grow older, they will attend primary and higher-level
schools in Phuket. They can spend their lives as normal children while
living in our village, until they are old enough to start their own
lives,” K. Somsak explained.
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