Samaki

After a bit of a hiatus, the Samakki Pattana Library is open and alive with activity these days! In response to a need/demand to learn English by a couple of persistent and excited young 9 year [...]

Worldwide prevalence of HIV has increased in recent years due to lax prevention measures.  As AIDS treatment increased while prevalence rates decreased, people began to underestimate the risk of [...]

We’re lucky to have Kristen join us as an intern for the next two years!  Kristen hails from Arizona, graduated from Concordia college, and has been steadily eating her way through her past [...]

Interns! Left to Right: Elena, a.k.a. “Ratsamee;” Apisak, a.k.a. “Sprite;” and Christina, a.k.a. “Nina.” I’m feeling like they don’t have enough [...]

Every Wednesday afternoon, since the beginning of the year, we opened up Jin’s doors and invited kids ages 10 and up to come and join our after-school program. Some kids brought their homework if [...]

Legal advocacy group “Speak Up,” whose mission is to promote legal rights of poor and unrepresented peoples, provided much-needed legal consultation and training in the Samaki Pattana [...]

The question, “Can you teach English?” is constantly asked of us and we unfortunately have had to turn down the request…until NOW!!! Along with some friends, we put on English classes in the [...]

Who lives in your house? In most Thai households in slum communities, peoples families, extended families, and adopted families all live under one roof.

This past Saturday, September 11, the Thai Peace Foundation and The Well, an organization working with women coming out of bars met to discuss the issue of addiction which affects so many of the [...]