Update - Monmen & Songkran

Deborah Philbrook — Thu, 23 May 2013 19:44:52 +0100

Monmen Before Monmen After

We visited Monmen and Songkran on the 24th of April in the Chonburi Hospital. The first time we met them was in the Banglamung Hospital a few months ago. Monmen iRead More...

Venues for this years events confirmed!

Deborah Philbrook — Mon, 13 May 2013 10:40:12 +0100

We are pleased to confirm the venues for both our events this year.

Due to the Diana Garden Resort being unavailable for the foreseeable future, we are delighted to announce our Children's Fair this year on 8th September 2013, will be held at the picturesque Regent's School, Pattaya. We are very excited about our new venue and are looking forward to working with The Regents School to create a memorable and fun Children's Fair.

Along with all of the normal stimulation children need to grow up healthy, we have designed a physical therapy routine especially for Fah Sai, our goal, seeing her walk on her own. We will not give up on her and seeing her steadily improve in the time she has been here gives us hope that this goal will be reached. Shortly after her arrival here she began using her arms to scoot across the floor. She has recently received Botox injections in her hipsRead More...

Jesters Care for Kids at ATCC

Deborah Philbrook — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:59:16 +0100

The Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Abuse Centre was established in Pattaya in order to deal with problems of human trafficking and child sexual abuse. The main target groups are street kids and children at risk. Khun Supagon Noja, the Director, has many years of experience in this field and established their current home less than a year ago.
The centre’s main objectives are assisting these children in obtaining education and life skillRead More...

The 2nd Annual Links Challenge is first fund-raiser for Jesters Care for Kids 2013

Deborah Philbrook — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:24:21 +0100

Last month, on February 14th The Links Challenge held their second annual charity golf tournament for the benefit of the Jesters Care for Kids Charity Drive. The major sponsors for this event were Inspire eMagazine, Club Nevada, and the Pattaya Sports Club, as well as many minor ones.

The popular 2-man scramble format was continued this year but at a different venue, namely Khao Kheow Country Club, which is also known to host other chRead More...

10 years of continued sponsorship from Pattaya Mail

Deborah Philbrook — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 10:03:29 +0100

2012 was Pattaya Mail's 10th year of continuous Platinum Sponsorship to Jesters Care for Kids. Thank you from all the Jesters Care for Kids committee and all our project kids.

Pictured below: (L to R) Peter Malhotra (Managing Director, Pattaya Mail), Lewis Underwood (Chairman, Jesters Care for Kids), Tony Malhotra (PR/Media rep, Jesters Care for Kids), Paul Strachan (PMTV rep, Jesters Care for Kids)

Every month the Jesters Care for Kids and Pattaya Street Kids Project make a combined donation of 15,000 baht for poor families with disabled children in the Nong Prue municipality, under the Share Love with a Friend banner. In the photo are Bernie and Bill handing over their allotment of rice to the twins, Nat and Nan, who were both born with deformed legs.

Dear Supporters and friends,

We are gearing up for a road trip. 1800 kilometers in 5 days. Bangkok to Chiang Mai, from there to the jungle village Baan Mae Gon. From Baan Mae Gon to the school of Baan Huai Krataai. From there back via Mae Sot to the urban jungles of Bangkok!

I am looking forward to it! And so are all volunteers as we are all running around and taking care of the final details.

Nong Songkan

Deborah Philbrook — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 13:04:39 +0100

Songkan is a six-month old baby boy born in breach position presenting bottom first. There was a delay in getting him out and this resulted in lack of oxygen to the brain. He spent the first 2 months in ICU with a variety of problems, then was sent home. Due to infection he has been readmitted to hospital. He takes food and water through a NG tube and is unable to eat normally. He breathes through a hole in the trachea and requires oxygen 24/7. His parents report that he can see and hearRead More...

Grand Raffle 1st prize winner - Khun Bam from The Saloon Bar

Deborah Philbrook — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 14:05:04 +0100

Jesters Care for Kids and YWCA donate eyeglasses

Deborah Philbrook — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 09:07:54 +0100

On Thursday, August 23, the YWCA and Jesters went to Pothisampan School in Naklua to test the eyes of 200 students and staff and hand out glasses provided by David Anderson from Sight First.

The optometrists first used the eye test machine to check the kids’ sight and after that they went to the next station, where another technician fine-tuned the results via test glasses with interchangeable lens based on the kids’ ability to read the eye chart.

AfterRead More...

Fah Sai's Birthday

Deborah Philbrook — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 07:10:13 +0100

We could not believe how much Fah Sai had progressed after only 3 months!

She was now expressive, animated, smiling and full of unabandoned laughter. She was vocal too; not only uttering some intelligible words, but also letting out shrieks of pure joy!

Fah Sai can now sit in a chair without straps and feed herself, as well as lift her arms to point at objects she wants. Moreover, the staff says she has started to wRead More...

Fah Sai - Update

Deborah Philbrook — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 09:25:27 +0100

Fah Sai has been selected as the most suitable to start receiving botox treatment. Botox treatment for children with Celebal Palsy (in Thailand) are normally only possible by the rich. Botox is a long term process and must be combined with extensive physiotherapy to have any long term development. Typically, intense physical therapy should be for 2 hours plus 2 hours of moderate physical therapy, per day. Camillian Home can only afford one hour of physical therapy per child however Alain, a vRead More...

1st Prize in our Grand Raffle 2012 - Honda PCX

Deborah Philbrook — Tue, 08 May 2012 09:50:11 +0100

The Jesters Motorcycle Club have provided another Honda PCX this year as the top Grand Raffle prize for our Gala Party Night on September 22nd at the Amari Orchid Pattaya. Last year’s Honda PCX prize was 125 cc and white, while this year’s is a 150 cc and red. The value of the prize is 80,000 baht. Grand Raffle ticket books go on sale in July at 50 baht each or 12 for 500 baht.

Spectacular Evening at the Pullman Aisawan Hotel G

Deborah Philbrook — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:23:18 +0100

Friday, April 20th was a different kind of event for Jesters Care for Kids. The Pullman Pattaya Hotel G hosted Yves Baron (Le Tenor) with donations going to Jesters Care for Kids.

Photograph courtesy of Chaianan Moontreephakdee

The evening started off with a beautiful sunset, cocktails and a light breeze off the gulf. At 7pm, Yves sRead More...

Distributing rice and milk to poor families with disabled children

Deborah Philbrook — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:12:26 +0100

Last Saturday, April 7th, Erle helped us with our monthly distribution of rice and milk to poor families with disabled children. We usually do this on the first Saturday of the month from the Nong Prue Municipality under the banner of the Share Love with a Friend Project and Jesters Care for Kids. We also provide whRead More...

Saving Fah Sai: Mission Accomplished!

Deborah Philbrook — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 07:58:16 +0100

Fah Sai, our 3-year old girl with cerebral palsy, who had been abandoned by her parents, has now found a new loving home to cater to her needs and disability.

Pai, director of the Hand to Hand Foundation, who initially rescued her from a perilous environment, became her primary care-giver bringing her to their center during the day and to her home at night. Still Fah Sai needed professional care and daily physical therapy.

You may remember Fah Sai from a previous post, she is being taken care of aRead More...

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