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Latest News from Fun4Kids

This page shows the work done in the last week

To see previous weeks just scroll down on this page

 

 

 

WEEK COMMENCING 10th November 2008

A busy week, we have completed and delivered the Sunshelter for Tokamien and assembled the climbing frame.

 
The roof going on the sunshelter
 
Proof!! Steve does work sometimes.

 

 
The completed sunshelter
 
Delivered to Tokamien and tested by the team.

 

 
The climbing frame assembled
 
Yet another coat of paint.

 

WEEK COMMENCING 3 rd November 2008

We have been working on the bamboo climbing frame for Tokamien Learning centre

 

 
Drilling the holes is the hardest job
 
The climbing frame changing colour

 

 
Amy getting to the bottom of it.
 
Preparing more bamboo strips.

 

WEEK COMMENCING 27th October 2008

This week we delivered a climbing frame to Packwip Learning Centre, carried on with the sun shelter and prepared bamboo for another climbing frame.

 

 
Erecting the climbing frame at Tokamien Learning Centre
 
The Kids testing the frame

 

 
First coat of colour on the sun shelter
 
Collette priming bamboo

 

 
Amy and Lincoln decking the shelter
 
Looking good - nearly ready for the roof

 

WEEK COMMENCING 20th October 2008

This week we have deliverd a swing to Tokamien Learning centre and also completed a climbing frame.

On Tuesday evening the volunteers were invited to a meal and Thai dancing at Home and Life - thanks Root.

 

 
Erecting the swing at Tokamien Learning Centre
 
Olli and Amy testing the swing

 

 
Finishing touches to a climbing frame
 
Thai dancing at home and life

 

 
You have the hammer !!
 
The Friday photo

 

WEEK COMMENCING 13th October 2008

Fun4Kids are back to work.

We have a lot to do and always need more Volunteers and Donors to keep helping the children.

We are building a swing set for Tokamien Learning Centre and renovating a climbing frame for Packwip.

 
Here comes the next swing
 
Preparing the climbing frame

 

 
Wildlife in the workshop
 
Priming timber for a sun shelter

 

 
The team with the swing ready for delivery
 
The Friday photo Lunch at Bansak beach

 

Hi Everyone,

Fun4Kids has had a fantastic first seven months, five complete playgrounds built, a highly successful mushroom farm for the Burmese migrants and lots of renovation works to the Learning Centres, all carried out by over 100 volunteers from 20 countries.

Thank you to all volunteers and donors, we could not have done it without you!

The project is now closed for the rainy season until early October.

When we restart we have a request for playgrounds at four new learning centres for Grassroots which will keep us busy until Chrstmas, so all you volunteers out there come and join in the fun, and fundraisers please do what you can to keep us going.

Best wishes to you all,

Steve

 

WEEK COMMENCING 18th August 2008

We have finished and delivered the Sales Shelter for the Orphanage at Takuapa kindly donated by Land of Smiles

 

 

 
Starting the thatch rof
 
All hands to the roof

 

 
The back of the Sales Shelter
 
Anyone for vedgetables and fruit

 

 

 

WEEK COMMENCING 11th August 2008

Back to work this week.

We are continuing to make the Sales Shelter for Land of Smiles

Also abig team went to Tokamien Learning centre and finished clearing the new playground.

 
Painting yet more bamboo
 
Sanding bamboo strips

 

 
The sales shelter is coming on
 
Preparing the playground at Tokamien

 

 
A level playground well done team
 
The Friday photo

 

WEEK COMMENCING 4th August 2008

There was no work this week as Steve had an operation on his eyes

Back to work next week.

 

   
The olunteers taking the mickey out of Steves dark glasses
 

 

WEEK COMMENCING 28 th July 2008

Lots going on this week.

We have had two computers donated to Home and Life

Thanks to Mr Michael Knights and Mr Alan Ferrier, both from Phuket.

The sales shelter is coming on

A really special event when nine Thai trainee divemasters from the Ecotourism Traing Centre (www.etcth.org) and their teacher Sarah

came to help prepare the new playground at Tokamien

 

 
The computer donated by Alan Ferrier
 
The donor and the Home and Life team

 

 
Nearly ready for paint
 
Sales shelter looking brighter

 

 
More like a swamp than a playground
 
The new drainage is working

 

 
Transport Thai style !
 
The Fridat photo, thanks everyone.

 

WEEK COMMENCING 21st July 2008

This week we have started making a Sales Shelter for the orphanage at Takuapa, kindly donated by Land of Smiles.

Also we have had the great news that Grassroots are opening four new learning centres in the area and we have already surveyed the first

one at Tokamien, near Khuk Khak

 

 
More bamboo painted
 
Dan and Leah leaving this week - thanks guys great job

 

 
Building the frame for the Sales Shelter
 
The Friday Photo

 

 
The new learning centre at Tokamien
 
This will be a playground - watch this space

 

WEEK COMMENCING 14th July 2008

It has been a short week because Thursday was Buddha Day, a very important day in Thailand.

Both Thursday and Friday were bank holidays and we did not work out of respect for Thai culture

We did finish stringing the mushrooms and they should be producing in about four weeks.

 

 
Preparing the strings for the mushrooms
 
More mushrooms going in

 

 
Two thousand mushrooms ready to grow
 
Preparing strip bamboo

 

 
Volunteers sitting down on the job
 
The Friday photo at Bansak

 

WEEK COMMENCING 7th July 2008

Another good week.

We delivered an extra swing to the Packwip Learning centre and started to make another one.

This week also saw the first of the mushrooms going into the mushroom farm

 
Everyone in full swing !!
 
The last coat going on

 

 
The first mushrooms going in
 
Erecting the swing

 

 
The proud donors and the team
 
This week's Friday photo

 

WEEK COMMENCING 30 th June 2008

This week we started to make an extra swing for Pakwip and delivered the second sun shelter to Home and Life

 

 
White primer o the new swing
 
The first coat of colour

 

 
The second shelter for Home and Life
 
This week's Friday photo

 

WEEK COMMENCING 23rd June 2008

A fairly quiet and VERY WET week!

We have built the second sun shelter for Home and Life and delivered the first one

Also we have started an extra swing for Packwip Learning Centre , donated by one of the Burmese parents.

 
Ready for the roof
 
The roof timbers going on

 

 
There goes the thatch
 
The first shelter ready for delivery to Home and Life

 

 
The first shelter delivered
 
Dan and a friend

 

WEEK COMMENCING 16th June 2008

This has been a really busy week

We started by finishing off the first sun shelter for Home and Life.

 

 
Dan and Ralph finishing the roof
 
The first shelter finished

 

We also delivered the last Sun Shelter to Pakarang learning centre.

 
The Kids testing the shelter
 
The playground at Pakarang is now finished

 

Then we started making the next shelter.

 
Amy and Anthony joined us midweek
 
This weeks Friday photo

 

To finish the week we visited Packwip learning centre to check on the equipment we supplied in March, all is fine and everything in popular use

 
The Kids are great
 
The bamboo climbing frame is popular

 

WEEK COMMENCING 9th June 2008

This week we have started to make two sun shelters for the Home and Life orphanage

 

 
The basic frame primed
 
Dan preparing the timber

 

 
Ready for the deck and roof
 
Rafters painted and ready

 

WEEK COMMENCING 2nd June 2008

This week we are still working on the final Sun Shelter for the Pakarang learning centre.

We have also been asked to build a playground at the Thai Orphanage at Baan Tham Namchai by Land of Smiles, an English foundation.

Fun4Kids have also handed over 14000 Thai Baht to the Home and Life Orphanage to help feed the kids.

 

 
Finishing of a sun shelter
 
Baan Tham Namchai Orphanage

 

 
Land of Smiles garden at the orphanage
 
A catfish breeding pond in the garden

 

 
Presentation at Home and Life
 
Niroot and his wonderfull kids

 

WEEK COMMENCING 26 th MAY 2008

The Mushroom Farm is completed and waiting for the mushroom seeds, and we are contining with the sun shelter

 

 
Fixing the final black netting
 
Bring on the mushrooms

 

 
Fixing the bamboo deck
 
Ready for the thatched roof

 

WEEK COMMENCING 19 th MAY 2008

We have continued with the walls to the mushroom farm and painted the sun shelter ready for the roof

 

 
Timber stud walls and black netting
 
Our very own jungle hut

 

 
Nearly ready for the mushrooms
 
The second coat on the sun shelter

 

WEEK COMMENCING 12 th MAY2008

A wet week in Khao Lak so we were in the workshop painting the next sun shelter

 

 
White primer on the sun shelter
 
Jenny and Kevin with the colours

 

 

 
Freshly painted tables for the nursery
 
This week's Friday photo

 

WEEK COMMENCING 5th MAY2008

Rain stopped play at the Mushroom Farm on Monday so we retired to the workshop to prepare the next Sun Shelter.

The weather did get better and we were able to deliver a climbing frame to Pakarang Learning Centre and

complete the thatching and fix the timbers for the walls at the Mushroom Farm later in the week.

 
Sanding the timber for a sun shelter
 
Jules painting on the primer

 

 
Fixing the climbing frame at Pakarang Learning Centre
 
Kevin doing a test run

 

 
Finishing the thatch on the gables
 
The friday photo, thanks Jenny and Kev

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contact

Contact Steve on fun4kids2008@gmail.com

Telephone : Steve +66 869 499 325

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