Two years after the last one, another violent cyclone stormed through the small village of Don Wai past Saturday, causing enormous havoc. Our brand new Sharon Houminer House, home to five children living with severe physical disabilities, was the…
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A grand opening and a celebration
Last Saturday saw a beautiful celebration held in our small parish of Don Was. Fr. Black held a church feast for the parish and it was preceded by a celebration of 25 years of Sarnelli House and the opening of The Sharon Houminer House for our ch…
An award for Fr. Mike
On December 1, 2024, to mark World Aids Day, the Thai Red Cross Society held a ceremony to recognise individuals and organisations in Thailand for their contribution to the care of people with HIV/AIDS. 16 awards were presented, with 13 awarded t…
New German volunteers
September saw the arrival of our four new volunteers from Germany. From the APO church in Oberhausen and Network M in Germany, David and Junis were warmly welcomed. After a short orientation, they were placed in their houses where they will live …
October school holiday fun
The October school holidays had lots of activities for the children. The holidays were shortened this year, as the schools were keen to make up for lost days due to the bad flooding in September. But the children, staff and volunteers packed a …
Mother's Day celebration
This week marked Thai Mother's Day and homes and schools throughout the land celebrated the unsung heroes of our society. Sarnelli House was no different as the children gathered to pay tribute to and give thanks for their house mothers and other…
86 years young
This week we celebrated another trip around the sun for Fr. Mike. He turned 86 on Tuesday and last weekend, the children and staff, plus his younger sister Brigid and dear old friend Tony Zola, gathered in the hall to celebrate. There was dancing…
Recent goings-on
The children have enjoyed their holidays so far, with trips to water parks and cinemas, art and baking activities, and the always popular swimming sessions. As the school year ended, many children celebrated graduations, from kindergarten parties…
Water, water, everywhere...
At this time of year, with the temperatures regularly hitting over 100° F (40° C), the children seek liquids, shade and most of all, water. The swimming pool is in constant use and is being maintained by our two Bens - Benedikt Kaiser from the RV…
60 years a priest!
Last Saturday, St. Cornelius Church in Pai Si Tong hosted a church feast, attended by the Bishop, over 50 priests, brothers and nuns and hundreds of parishioners. It was the first church feast in the area for many years and it was also an opportu…
Thai Father's Day
Fr. Mike came to the office in very good mood last Tuesday morning. His beloved Green Bay Packers had beaten the reigning Super Bowl Champions the Kansas City Chiefs that morning and he made his way over to Ms. Kung's office in high spirits for w…
School holiday activities
The school holidays were only three weeks long, but the kids, staff and volunteers packed a lot into those three weeks. There was a trip to the aquarium for the toddlers where they stared into tanks looking for Nemo, and peered into turtle cages.…
Sports day
The last day before the return to school saw our annual sports day. Organised with the help of Nong Khai group, Foundation for Child & Youth Development, it was a fun day for all of the kids. They were selected on rival teams, pink and blue and e…
Reading project
Last month, 12 of our house mothers attended a daylong seminar held in conjunction with the Good Shepherd Sisters Social Work team. The theme for the day was “Reading with children”. The social work team identified the benefits of reading to kids…
An exciting visit from Spain
The children received a giant splash of colour and excitement into their lives last month with the arrival of six Spanish women for a two week stay. Three of the girls came from Asociación para la Solidaridad, while the others worked with Atresmedi…
Kids with disabilities and the Snoozle room
Sarnelli House currently has four severely disabled children under its care. All four live at the House of Hope nursery. The children are three girls and a boy and are aged 13, 4, 3 and 2. The oldest girl is Mina and she was born with HIV. As a r…
Back to school
Finally, after ten long weeks of swimming, badminton and football, bingo, uno and colouring in, water parks, water rafts and water throwing, train trips, ice cream cones and
dancing, the children returned to school for a new academic year. New u…
New wheelchairs for two children
Thanks to recent donations over the last six months, we have been able to purchase new wheelchairs for two of our disabled children living at House of Hope.
Nuna is 13 years old and had been growing out of her wheelchair for a while. She c…
A visit from the Papal Nuncio Secretary
Last month, Sarnelli House had the privilege of hosting Msgr. Daniel Tumiel, the Apostolic Nuncio's Secretary in Bangkok. Msgr. Daniel was accompanied by Bishop Joseph Luechai from Udon Thani. It was the Monsignor's first visit to Sarnelli House …
Staff seminar
Sarnelli House is always keen to support our staff in their development and ability to manage and look after the children in their care. With this in mind, last week Fr. James invited the Good Shepherd Sisters to run a two day seminar for all sta…
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