Women With a Mission is a not for profit group working to make a positive difference in the lives of children living along the Thai/Burmese border and families in the region of Chonburi, Thailand. We subscribe to the belief that children have rights as human beings and also need special care and protection. WWM work to help to meet these basic needs and to expand the opportunities for children to reach their full potential.
WWM has no affiliation with any other organisation and is able to reach those that cannot be assisted by organisations with strict guidelines. We are able to co-ordinate with a wide variety of individuals and organisations to get assistance to those in need. Thank you for your support and interest in our activities.
Announcement: WWM to Mae Sot!
January 24th, 2012 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »WWM are making a quick visit to Mae Sot in February. Departing Pattaya after lunch on February 7 we’ll drive to Hway Ka Loke School, arriving in the evening. Two days visiting the students and following up on current construction projects on the list of activities, we’ll depart for Pattaya mid-morning on Friday 10 February, with a stop at the fabulously colourful and exciting hillside market for supplies on the way home, arriving late afternoon. A seat or two left if you want to join us – contribution for expenses only. Email - info@mywwm.org before 3 February 2012.
Water is precious.
January 10th, 2012 Posted in Blog | No Comments »After such a long rainy season, and so much rain, who would have thought that water shortages would become critical so quickly.
Yes, 300 kids in the boarding house use a lot of water, but there are few running taps, personal washing is splashing with a bucket, clothing is hand washed, and the area for growing vegetables is limited, but already all 3 small wells are almost dry, and the big deep well is taking longer to fill. Quick action by the School Director, the sale of several pigs to purchase many lengths of piping, and the 1 year lease on a local pond that ” never dries up” the school and boarding house are now with water again. The deep well supplies all the drinking water and kitchen water. The rest is coming from the pond, and blue pipes are criss-crossing the school. The pond, once the popular swimming hole for the boys after school is now ‘out of bounds”.
Hand washing, here we come!
January 10th, 2012 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Today a visit to the local supermarket, a shopping list and a large shopping trolley was just the start. The kids at HKL boarding house needed soap, new toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo and sanitary napkins. With a few children sick in the school, we opted for the more expensive anti-bacterial soap, and also some disinfectant. While there are washing areas for the children to use daily, there are not as many places for hand washing as we would find in a western school. Rosy, always full of great ideas suggested we set up a camp hand washing station close to the toilets. We made a quick trip to the market to purchase string, and oranges in a net bag to use as a soap container. We collected a large empty plastic bottle from the guest -house where we are staying. Back at the school, down to the girls compound, a demonstration, and voila, a camp wash station where the kids can wash their hands.
A camp wash station
computers and library books
December 11th, 2011 Posted in Blog | No Comments »We need more spaces! How many kids can you fit into a small room?
Today we met with the Head Master to work on the plans for the new IT room, a joint project between GoldFish PLC, a social enterprise run by a group of year 10 business studies students at Regents International School and WWM. We also received a funding submission for shelving for a library. Sadly at this time we do not have the funds for the library shelving, so we would welcome anyone who might be interested to assist.
We were treated to visit the classroom of the computer classes. A very small room, which is also the current library, has 3 desktop computers for the students to practice their skills and is the storeroom for the stationary for the school. Its more than squeezy.
students in the mini room learning computer skills
Little pigs and big pigs at HKL
December 11th, 2011 Posted in Blog | No Comments »Walking around the school community we always learn heaps.
Wanting to start income generating projects the boys’ boarding house started raising pigs in the traditional Karen way- keeping the pigs in pens, allowing them to roam, and feeding them rice leftover from the kitchen. As a pilot project a different method of raising pigs has also been started. The pigs are kept in a pen with a deep pit filled with rice and bean husks. Drinking water is provided through sucking stations. The pen is clean, the pigs fatten quickly, ready for market. The husks and manure from the pen is later used as compost for the vegetable garden. The funds raised are managed as a micro enterprise development project, money is kept from the sale of the fattened pigs for restocking of piglets, food, and building maintenance. From the profits of the first round of pig sales, a washing area is being constructed for the small boys, and funds have been kept for the repair of both the small childrens’ dormitory and the older boys bamboo dormitory.
The community and teachers helped to dig a new well which pumps water for the washing machine and then waters the vegetable garden.
Pilot pig raising project
