Find us on Facebook!

Nowadays people are more interested in an active and interactive site instead of a static website. So besides our website ( http://www.bloodfoundation.org ) we now are also to be found on Facebook. This is a wonderful way to interact with people interested in the work we do and a great way to get people like you more involved!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Blood-Foundation/42053144217?ref=mf

You don't need to be a member of Facebook to be able to view the page.
Go and have a look at the 'wall' with many comments of 'fans' and the 'photo albums' of the projects. You can also leave a comment on the wall yourself if you like!

Have a good day!

Nong Tao school is still going!

This school used to be part of the Free Schools project we did before we handed the project over to a local NGO and started Blood Foundation. When we got the news that many school were about to be closed we talked to Pi Pui and decided to take care of this school. The kids are so motivated and the teacher was sure that many kids would drop out of the government school without the extra help. The students are learning Thai as a second language and at home they only speak Lahu and the parents themselves can't help with school work because they never went to school themselves.

So we are more than happy to keep this school going and this happens with sponsoring from the Dutch branch of Blood Foundation. Teacher Aer is happy and more than ever motivated to help this children!

Yep, the rainy season has sure started! The road towards the school was rather wet and very very slippery! We are so lucky with the car from my parents... We keep on realising how much we appreciate this help!

Trip to Ban Thud Dtai and Black Lahu village

Thud Dtai is in the Chiang Rai province and far of the beaten track. It used to be (not even long ago) the playground of the famous opium trade of the Golden Triangle. The drugs trade is still very much alive and moved on to 'yabba' - a chemical drugs with many local victims as well.
The area is a mix of 'poor' people, lots of Chinese and tribal, and many very rich family with connections to the trade. The landscape is rough and mostly untouched what makes it perfect for the trade.

The bright colored clothes of this girl are in strong contrast with mud in this Black Lahu village.

Father Claudio from our town Fang has a Catholic mission and a centre in Thud Dtai. There is no active converting and the main activity is the care of over 300 children who are boarding at the mission. They all are either orphans or from families with no means to look after the children, let alone being able to send them to school. They are very lucky to have a home, daily meals and a school to go to. In the holidays they all go back to their families. Most of this children are Akkha or Lahu.