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I just ran across an article in the Bangkok Post that talks about an issue of interest to many farangs my age. Actually, it is nearly a year old, but these articles live on on the internet for some time, and this one is not out of date. The last six paragraphs talk about something [...]
We finally fixed our opportunityfoundation.org website to accept credit card donations here. While doing this I noticed something new, at least to me. It is called “viral giving”, and I will try it right here. You could click on the big yellow button to donate. That’s not such a new thing. The new to me [...]
On our website (near the bottom of the page) we say there are no chain restaurants in Nang Rong. Well, that is no longer completely true, but maybe not completely false either. A new Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise opened there around the end of the dry season (March) this year. It is located within the Tewikit mall which [...]
Anita Horton has resigned as managing director for health reasons and has taken a leave of absence from the foundation for six to twelve months. She remains on the board of directors. Before she left she fortunately was active in the search for and hiring of those who will be replacing her. Anita has lived in Thailand for twenty years. She first came to [...]
A brief article about both Opportunity Foundation Thailand and a sister organization, Opportunity Foundation India, appeared in the July issue of Costco Connections. This magazine is published monthly and mailed to many of the members of the Costco discount store chain in the United States. Other members pick up the magazine when shopping at Costco. [...]
Welcome to the new Opportunity Foundation Thailand blog! I’m Jack Simpson and along with a few others will be writing about what is new in Opportunity Foundation Thailand as well as about life in small town (Nang Rong) Thailand. If things slow down here a bit I might talk areas of Thailand and neighboring countries that [...]
