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by Walai Jantawiboon Today (Nov 26th) is Sila’s birthday. (Sila means “Rock”) and I went to see him and his two grandmothers as I do once a week. I went one day late to make it on his birthday and went alone because my partner is out for a Children’s Council meeting in another province. [...]
This article just appeared on cnn.com. With all our talk about human trafficking in this part of the world and what Opportunity Foundation is doing about it, let’s not forget it is really everywhere. In the U.S. we have had laws against it longer, but there is also more money available to earn by breaking [...]
I just got back from Bangkok last night. I had heard it had cooled off here while I was gone. I have not used the air conditioning in my house yet, and had to have my blanket, which is more like a big beach towel, last night. This morning was the first time I really [...]
I just returned to Nang Rong yesterday from Bangkok where for a week I was in a number of meetings. Anita is here in Thailand and set up meetings with foundation staff for future social work issues, budgeting and government regulation compliance. I spoke of Anita in a previous post (29 July 09), so you [...]
Sue and I got back from Myanmar after a few adventures there that I will write about soon. Sue had to go off to India for a short time for teacher training and I am back up in Nang Rong. It is good to be back. With November starting it is definitely cooling off. It [...]
The CNN news story today about Guatemala is the worst adoption abuse I have yet seen. International adoption can be great for a child with few other options, but the temptation for some to abuse this system is so great A local adoption occurs when a child of Thais that is adopted within Thailand usually to [...]
No, we try not to talk like that here at the foundation. Mark Twain said that. Well, it happened again. The latest incidence of an NGO or its personnel wildly inflating problems or statistics to gain attention or to focus the world on the importance the problem they address. I have some interest in Myanmar [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
