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 The Samakki Pattana Library is open
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By dboehm
In english, news, Samaki
Posted March 20, 2014

The Samakki Pattana Library is open

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 [...]

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 World AIDS Day
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By dboehm
In Samaki, scholarship, updates, youth
Posted December 4, 2012

World AIDS Day

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 [...]

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 Welcome Kristen (and Joy)!!!
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By dboehm
In feature, internship, Photong, Samaki, updates
Posted October 16, 2012

Welcome Kristen (and Joy)!!!

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 [...]

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By dboehm
In internship, Samaki, updates
Posted September 29, 2011

They’re heeeeeeere…

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 [...]

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 “I understand other kids (sometimes)”
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By dboehm
In feature, news, Samaki, updates
Posted August 22, 2011

“I understand other kids (sometimes)”

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 [...]

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By dboehm
In feature, news, Samaki
Posted November 14, 2010

Fight for your rights!

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 [...]

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By dboehm
In feature, news, Samaki, updates
Posted November 10, 2010

Our kids know “onomatopoeia”

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 [...]

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By dboehm
In news, Samaki, updates
Posted September 18, 2010

Move those stairs!!!

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

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By dboehm
In news, Samaki, updates
Posted September 16, 2010

How many steps does it take to get to 12-step?

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 [...]

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