We continue to receive lovely visitors to play with the children at Sarnelli House. They are of great use during the school holidays as many hands are needed to keep the children busy. Some of the visitors came for the first time, others are old …
We continue to receive lovely visitors to play with the children at Sarnelli House. They are of great use during the school holidays as many hands are needed to keep the children busy. Some of the visitors came for the first time, others are old …
Things were quieter on the visitor front for the first two months of the year. Our first visitor was Bronte Healy from Australia. She is the niece of Kate's sister-in-law and has training as both a nurse and as a paramedic so brought a fresh pair…
The end of the year was a busy time with guests coming, for short stays and longer. Some are old friends of Sarnelli House and others visited for the first time. In November, we welcomed a party from The Jan & Oscar Foundation, led by founder Lau…
Leon and Henriette Castermans, from the Netherlands arrived as Chairman and board member of their foundation, Stichting Vriendan van Sarnelli. They reviewed their current projects on water irrigation on the farm, the Thai teacher project, and poo…
In July, we had a wonderful visit from six Spanish women, who hailed from two partnerships, Asociación para la Solidaridad and Voluntarios Atresmedia, the CSR arm of Atresmedia, a Spanish media company. They brought great energy to Sarnelli…
The children were all delighted with a surprise visit by the women from Mrs. Tourism International, a group of beauty queens who travel around the world promoting their individual countries. There were lots of requests for photos with their favou…
Our old friends Leon and Henriette Castermans, from Stichting Vrienden von Sarnelli in The Netherlands, came for the first of their twice yearly visit. They played with the kids, put on their famous French fries party and Leon took great care of …
Rylee Doucette and Madi Sass, from the University of Wisconsin and both in their 5th year of medical training, came to run workshops for the staff and teenagers on basic hygiene for the care of small children. They worked hard preparing and prese…
Helen Gniot from Germany arrived for eight months of volunteering, working mostly at Jan & Oscar House with her friend Laura, who is also from APO Oberhausen. Both young women are fitting in very well with the girls at their house. Welcome aboard…
Angelique and Ben Ummels from The Netherlands arrived for a 7 month stay. They will concentrate their time doing physical rehab with the four children living with physical disability at the House of Hope. Welcome back guys!
Debbie Willis from the UK, a loyal friend and benefactor to the kids, resumed her regular visits following a 3-year hiatus because of Covid 19. She came to volunteer for 3 weeks and, armed with presents, floating devices and the madly popular bin…
We are finally receiving visitors again at Sarnelli House! And the children are delighted to have people come to see them and guests to play with. It has been a long time and the absence of friends and volunteers has been sorely felt.
June
We had to say a sad and premature farewell to our two APO volunteers who had to leave Thailand early because of Covid 19. Paul and Chrissy stayed for 5 months instead of their originally planned 8 months. They were well loved by all the kids and…
Barbara and Rainer Rudl, and their son Benjamin, from APO in Germany came for the annual visit. They met old friends and new, and helped out with the children and staff. Barbara also led reflections for the APO volunteers, Paul and Chrissy. Thank…
Bonnie and Amy Shea, relatives of Fr. Shea’s from the USA came to visit. Bonnie lent her considerable football (soccer) expertise to the children and ran training sessions and led games between the kids. She was enthusiastic and very talented and…
Students from RIS school in Bangkok came for their annual two day visit, after they had fundraised for Sarnelli House. Some of the students were here for their third visit. They went shopping and spent the money raised on underwear, sports equip…
Our new volunteers from our friends at the APO Church in Oberhausen, Germany arrived. Welcome to Paul and Chrissy who will stay with us for eight months. We wish you a great time (and lots of luck) helping to care for the children.
Rebec…
Leon and Henriette from Stichting Vreinden van Sarnelli in The Netherlands resumed their regular activities which included getting the pool in top shape for the season of swimming, making French fries for all the kids and teaching the girls to se…
Angela and Karen from Sarnelli's Angels came to check on the handicrafts they will be selling in November in Singapore. The girls at Our Lady of Refuge House have done a great job making baskets and aprons for the fundraiser. We are very grateful…
We would like to say a big thank you to the nine terrific volunteers from the Asociación para la Solidaridad, linked to The Redemptorist community in Spain. Led by Fr. Antonio, these eight young people, Blanca, Juan, Jorge, Rebeca, Maria, Paula, …