Please help kids, children, living with hiv/aids and other disabilities in Thailand at the Camillian social center Rayong.

For the expenses involved in running our Independent Living center great thanks are due to the director Didier of the Lea Amis des Orphelinat de Rayong BP 197 06407 Cannes Cedex France.

Also great thanks to a young man called Norman Vernon from Bolton England for supplying the games equipment that the children love so much in their spare time.

The Independent Living Center was opened on August 7th, 2006. This Center is considered to be the first of its kind in Asia. The Center was built to help teenagers living with HIV to acquire the skills to become independent and able to live within the Thai society. This Center is located in Map-Ta-Phut about 6 kilometers from the main Center.

There are seventeen (17) young people living at the Center at this time, summer 2010. The total capacity for young people is 30 in approximately equal number of boys and girls. There are two (2) caregivers, a teacher and a social worker, living at the Center. The young people are in charge of taking their anti-retroviral medicine on time and setting up their own appointments at the local hospital. The main center is still responsible for providing the medicine that is not available through the hospital and for all the living expenses of the Independent Living Center. The responsibilities of keeping and running the home are handled by the seventeen (17) young people and supervised by the caregivers. The young people join us at the Camillian Social Center Rayong for all our special activities and are welcome to visit the main center at any time.

We believe this Center will be the bridge to helping the Thai society to understand and develop a positive attitude towards accepting HIV positive people.

In the future, these young people will become activists against the spread of HIV/AIDS within the Thai society.

We are very thankful to Mr. Pedrollo of Verona, Italy, the Thai Children’s Trust in the United Kingdom and all our benefactors for their support and belief in our efforts to help the young people living with HIV to have a better quality of life.

For the expenses involved in running our Independent Living center great thanks are due to the director Didier of the Lea Amis des Orphelinat de Rayong BP 197 06407 Cannes Cedex France. Also great thanks to a young man called Norman Vernon from Bolton England for supplying the games equipment that the children love so much in the spare time. This is May taking it a way for the kids Coffee Shop Band. Didier of the Lea Amis des Orphelinat de Rayong supplied all the musical instruments in 2007 and the kids have been diligently practicing since that time. We also have Shompoo on Key board, Fern on Drums and Ja on Electric guitar. The boy also play but I think they were to busy with a pool game at this time.

	For the expenses involved in running our Independent Living center great thanks are due to the director Didier of the Lea Amis des Orphelinat de Rayong BP 197 06407 Cannes Cedex France. Also great thanks to a young man called Norman Vernon from Bolton England for supplying the games equipment that the children love so much in the spare time. This is May taking it a way for the kids Coffee Shop Band. Didier of the Lea Amis des Orphelinat de Rayong supplied all the musical instruments in 2007 and the kids have been diligently practicing since that time. We also have Shompoo on Key board, Fern on Drums and Ja on Electric guitar. The boy also play but I think they were to busy with a pool game at this time. Enough with the fun and games there is work to do. All the living chores are carried out by the kids. The cooking the cleaning the laundry it is all done by the children themselves. That also includes the boys there is no sex discrimination here they play there part in the work.
Another Young man from the US of A called Eddy Quinlan who is a friend of Normans has also supplied many wonderful things for our children. This pagoda a games court and water supply to name but just a few.
	Who’s turn is it to go to the market and who is dong the cooking tonight?

Should you decide to support this project, donations may be sent directly to the:

St. Camillus Foundation of Thailand,
Bank of Ayudhya
Map-Ta-Phut Branch Rayong
Account Number 229-1-29336-3 (AYUDTHBK).