Karen at Hua Hin still need a lot of medical attention
Now that we had somewhat strengthened the internal and educational people of the Karen children in the village of Pakayor, it was time for the medical side.
It was a party with the Burmese children in Pakayor
The hearts of the more than sixty children of Karen (Burmese) refugees in Pakayor beat with anticipation.
Hans Goudriaan and the above signed were able to visit the Karenkinderdorp Pa Ka Yor near Pa La U again last week after months. The level in the rivers near Pa Ka Yor has been too high in recent months to be able to pass by car, but since last week this has been possible again.
The Burmese children in Pakayor are doing well
For a moment, Hans Goudriaan and I were afraid that the Thai government had intervened in the Karen refugee village of Pakayor. After all, not far from Hua Hin on the border with Burma, houses of refugees had been burned down to force them to return to their own country. In the worst case, that means death by bullet, but often before that they have to do forced labor and girls and women are raped. Reports circulated in Hua Hin that…
The Karen villages on the border with Burma have been virtually inaccessible by car for several weeks now. Due to the rainfall of the past few weeks, the water in the rivers is so high that supplies have to be made walking and wading through the rivers. The organizer of the relief effort, retired accountant Hans Goudriaan, even returned empty-handed on the last trip because the river water washed over the hood. Fortunately, the first phase of our assistance is…
Help to children Karen-dorp successfully started
The start of the relief campaign for the children in the Karen village of Pakayor has been successful. No fewer than seven carpenters put a new roof on the children's home in this village of Burmese refugees in one day. The old roof was made of straw and was as leaky as a basket. The inhabitants of this village, a stone's throw from the Burmese border and 70 kilometers west of the resort of Hua Hin, have to make ends meet from …