From: ssg9328@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Samart Srijumnong)
Subject: Re: Charity organizations in Thailand
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 07:36:25 GMT

While Khun Bob is waiting for direct information about how to send his
generosity to a children fund from someone in Thailand, let me suggest 
one foundation here in the US which accepts donations from anybody here
in the US and then send it to some programs or foundations in Thailand.

It is the Thai-Illinois Project, a program under the umbrella of the
Thai Association of Illinois. Here is how to contact them:

		Thai-Illinois Project
		Thai Association of Illinois
		1050 Julia Ct.
		Glencoe, Illinois 60022

According to their brochure, you can file tax excemption for the amount 
of money you donate (Tax Exemp. No. 36-3206981)

Last year sent the money to the following foundations in Thailand:

	1. MuunNi"Thi"Dek' (Children Foundation)  $3,000
	2. MunnNi"Thi"Saang"San+Dek' (Children Promotion Foundation) $3,000
	3. MuunNi"Thi"Saeng+Thian (Candle Light Foundation) $2,000
	4. KongThunChui"Dek' (Child Help Fund) $2,000
	5. MuunNI"Thi"Dek'Oon'NaiSa'Lam (Slum Children Foundation) $1,000

In addition, they also collected cloths and had them sent to them, totalling
to 3,000 pieces. 

Here are some of the excerpts from the brochure describing some of the
foundations and agencies to which the officials of the Thai-Illinois 
Project had visited.

	"...At Baan"ThaanTa'Wan, the children who former were malnutitious
	and/or abused are taken care both physically and mentally by the
	kind officials there...

	"...At Suun+ChumChOnKOwBo", children whose family live under the
	BaangNaam^ChOn Bridge recieve food and education (from the 
	classroom set up under the bridge) from the Children Foundation.

	"...Suun+Phi"Thak"Sit'Thi"Dek' (Center for Children's Right) helps
	the children who were abused, raped, and traffiked for being 
	prostitute from Chiangmai to Su'Ngai+KOROk", from early childhood
	to teenage, have shelter. The house is quite crowded but the
	little residents seem to be happy. Big children help the younger
	ones. From the conversation we had with some of them, they are
	still wounded with the bitter experiences they had in the past.
	It should take some time. The pain in their heart is deeper than
	we could imagine. 

	"At WatBaangSai"Kai' (a temple), MuunNi"Thi"Saeng+Thian has helped
	slum children to find place to learn and play, and lunch. Volunteers
	who are mostly students from Baan"SOm+Dej' (a teachers colge) 
	come to help operate the activities. Some of these volunteers were
	threatened by drug gang members as they advice children to quit
	using drugs. The extended kindness of these students is like
	candle light lighting up those slum children's life. The monks at
	that wat are well helpful to the activities. They are applying
	Buddhism to the solution of social problems.

	"...MuunNi"Thi"Saang"San+Dek' which is led by KhruuYui+ has helped
	the children of construction workers to have opportunity to acquire
	education. The foundation provides accommodation during school days.
	On weekends, they can return to stay with their parents in their
	temporarily built quarters at the construction site so that the 
	children can touch warmth of their parents' love. 

	The observers also made a comment that these foundations have helped
	one another. Sometimes the foundations which are strong financially
	spare some of their limited money to help those which are not yet
	on their feet. 
	 
I hope this can help and thank Khun Bob in advance for his Met"TaaJid'
(kindness) in sparing his money to those who need. 

Samart
Champaign, Illinois
November 16, 1992