HIV/AIDS

HOME FOR AIDS ORPHANS : Despite her struggle with cancer, social worker Suthasinee Noiin continues to devote herself to children and adults with HIV / Aids, as well as those suffering from drug addiction . To help, contact the Suthasinee Noiin for Children and Youth Foundation, 3 Moo 12 , Ban Prachasan, Tambon Tadthong, Amphoe Muang, Yasothon . Tel : 045-722-241 , 01-075-4953 , 01-062-3873 or 07-053-4736. Bank info : Siam Commercial Bank Yasothon branch, account name "Suthasinee Noiin for Children and Youth Foundation", savings account number 561-2-21187-7 ; or Thai Military Bank, account name "Suthasinee Noiin for Children and Youth Foundation", savings account number 437-2-13090-8.

A refuge for children: Babies and youngsters whose lives have been torn apart by Aids find new hope
- Name of organisation: Sarnelli House
- Contact person: Father Mike Shea
- Address: PO Box 61, Nong Khai 43000
- Tel: 01- 846-2478
- Email: mshea@ loxinfo.co.th
- Bank info: Thai Farmers Bank, Nong Khai branch; savings account name: Batluang Michael Shea; account no: 171-2-35038-1

TEMPLE HOSPICE: Phra Phongthep Dhammagaruko has setup a temple hospice for Aids patientsin Chiang Mai. Called Baan PuenCheewit, the hospice helps poor Aidsvictims who are left by theirfamilies. It also gives training to willing family members on how toproperly take care of Aids patients.
Baan Puen Cheewit can be reached on(053) 283-272 or 01-952-5944.
Thehospice is at 183 Moo 4, behind WatMai Huay Sai, Suthep sub-district,Muang, Chiang Mai.

MOTHERS WITH AIDS: Nipa is among an increasing number ofThai women who have contracted theHIV virus from their husbands.
Anyone wanting to help Nipa and herfamily can contact Acharn KwansiriChanakiat on (044) 631-792 and AcharnHathaichanok Hatkla on (044) 631-461.
The Thai Red Cross Society has alsoinitiated a project to provideHIV-positive pregnant women a freecourse of AZT which will dramaticallyreduce the newborn's chances ofgetting HIV from their mothers.
You can help the project by donatingmoney. Contact the Thai Red CrossAIDS Project on 256-4107-9. Pleasenote that every 50 baht donated meansone day's supply of AZT for onewoman.

AIDS ORPHANS: By 2000, Thailand will have over120,000 Aids orphans.
The Sem Pringpuangkeo Foundationappeals to the general public tosponsor the Aids orphans' educationby donating 3,000 to 5,000 baht ayear for small children. And 4,000 to6,000 baht a year for older children.

Contact Somporn Pinaksornskul at thefoundation's Bangkok office at219/28-31, Asoke Tower Building, 9thfloor, Sukhumvit 21, Bangkok 10110.Telephone 260-0229. The foundation'sChiang Mai office is at 300/301,Grand Ville Village, Chiang Mai-HangDong Road, Chiang Mai 50200.Telephone (053) 805-838, telephone/fax (053) 807-220.

HIV/AIDS SELF-HELP GROUPS: People with HIV/Aids are organisingthemselves to help one another butthey receive little help fromsociety.

The Life Giving Life Group now takescare of over 200 patients in ChiangMai and Lamphun.
The project is however short of fundsand needs help. Contact PastorApidech Chairacha at Runruang DhammaChurch, Moo 4, Tambon Chaechang,Sankampaeng District, Chiang Mai orcall (053) 880-144.

For more information about thenetwork of HIV/Aids self-help groups,contact Prasert Dechaboon at thePeople with HIV/Aids CoordinatingCentre on (053) 495-571.

HIV CHILDREN: The Agape Home in Chiang Mai provides a home for HIV-positive babies. Donations and volunteers are needed. Address: The Agape Home, 101/22 Chiang Mai-Lamphun Road, Tambon Nonghoy, Muang district, Chiang Mai 50000. Or P.O. Box 95, Chiang Mai 50000, Thailand. Tel/fax (053) 800-946.

ADVOCACY: Ittirak Smithsuwan has gone public about being HIV-positive to dispel discrimination against people with HIV and Aids. He has also set up a self-help group called Life and Hope Club. Address: Life and Hope Club, No. 5 Soi 2 Seree 1, Seree 2 Road, Suan Luang, Bangkok 10250. Tel 318-5600. Pager 152 call 472-925.

WELCOME HOUSE: People with HIV and Aids generally arrive at Welcome House feeling rejected and emotionally battered. But at the shelter they find a place at the table free from alienation and discrimination.
Information for donations: - Name of organisation: Welcome House - Address: G.P.O. Box 2878, Bangkok 10501 (The specific location of the house has been withheld to protect the privacy of the residents) - Contact person: Ms Komkai Hamamool, Welcome House director - Tel: 234-2381, 234-8258 - Fax: 635-0334 - Savings account name: Catholic Mission AIDS (Welcome House) - Account number: savings account number 031-3-07241-7 - Bank name and branch: Thai Danu Bank, St Louis Hospital Branch Please send or fax a copy of the deposit to the above address so the foundation can issue every donor a receipt.

NEW LIFE FRIENDS CENTRE: Last year the government stopped subsidising virtually all Aids drugs. Now a group of HIV-infected patients in Chiang Mai are organising a medicine bank so they can help each other get access to the expensive drugs which can keep the deadly virus at bay.
Information for donations
Name of organisation : New Life Friends Centre
Address : 9/57 Suthep Road, Tambon Suthep, Chiang Mai 50200
Founder : Samran Takan
Tel / Fax: 66-53-808233
Savings Bank account name : New Life Friends Centre
Bank account number: 504-022863-6
Bank name and branch : Bangkok Bank, Suthep Road, Chiang Mai
Please send or fax a copy of the deposit slip to the above address so the foundation can issue every donor a receipt.

A.B.C - Aids Babies Centre: HIV-infected children are likely to die young, but a group of carers in Chiang Mai are working hard to ensure five youngsters' short lives are filled with happiness and love
Info for donations :
Name of organisation : Aids Babies Centre
Address : 41/2 Bumrungburi Road, Tambon Prasing
Muang, Chiang Mai 50200
Mailing address: Care Corner Thailand
P. O. Box 38
Prasing Post Office
Chiang Mai 50200
Founder : Ricky Tan
Tel/Fax : (053) 278-176

WORLD AIDS DAY: Although advances have been made in the developed world in the treatment of Aids patients, the situation is grim for HIV-positive mothers and their babies in Thailand. Expensive drugs like AZT are an unimaginable luxury - they cannot even afford to buy milk to feed their babies. And government cuts to free milke-powder probrammes mean more babies will get infected from their mothers' breast milk
Info for donations:
Name of organisation: Phan Hospital
Address: Tambon Santisuk, Phan district, Chiang Rai province, 57120
Contact person: Plernsuk Thongkhumman
Tel: (053) 721-345 ext 123 (from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.) and (053) 721-941 (after 4 p.m. and weekends)
The hospital is in dire need of baby formula and bottles for infants of HIV-positive mothers. If you want to help, send your cheque payable to Post Publishing Public Company Limited (For Phan Hospital's Free Milk Programme). Send it to Mrs Kusuma Mintakhin, Editorial Manager, 136 Na Ranong Road, off Sunthorn Kosa, Klong Toey, Bangkok 10110. Her telephone number is 240-3700 ext 3224-5.
Please also include your name and address with your cheque so we can send you a receipt.
If you live in the North, you can also make donations at any district hospitals since most of them face similar shortages of babies' milk.

AIDS WIDOWS are struggling to make ends meet while dealing with social discrimination
Info for donations:
Contact persons: Mrs Surapi Panchote or Mrs Urai Fonchan
Address: Ban Huay Sai Ruam Jai, 58, Moo 6, Ban Doi Siew, Huay Sai, San Kamphaeng, Chiang Mai 50130
Telephone: Call the neighbour's house at (053) 88-1023 and ask them to get someone from Ban Huay Sai Ruam Jai to answer the phone.
If you cannot contact them directly, send your cheque payable to Post Publishing Public Company Limited (For Ban Huay Sai Ruam Jai). Send it to Mrs Kusuma Mintakhin, Editorial Manager, 136 Na Ranong Road, Klong Toey, Bangkok 10110.
Please also include your name and address with your cheque so we can send you a receipt.

BRINGING IT HOME: Non-governmental organisation coordinates rural communities in the North to provide local support for those affected by HIV/Aids
Infomation for Donations:
Name of Organisation: Community Aids Care Project, NorthNet Foundation
Address: NorthNet Foundation 225/112 Sintana Village, Moo 2, Tambon Sanpranate, Amphoe San Sai, Chiang Mai 50210
Contact person: Ms Siriphan Garagate or Mr Pasakorn Intoo-Marn
Tel: (053) 380-566

THE SEM PRINGPUANGKEO FOUNDATION Foundation appeals to the general public
to sponsor the Aids orphans' education by donating 3,000 to 5,000 baht a year
for small children. And 4,000 to 6,000 baht a year for older children.
Contact person: Somporn Pinaksornskul. Bangkok office : 219/28-31, Asoke
Tower Building, 9th floor, Sukhumvit 21, Bangkok 10110. Tel. 260-0229. Fax.
2602606.
Chiang Mai office: 225/164 Baan Lomnam, Moo 2, Chiangmai-Lampang Road,
Tambon Nongpueng, Sarapee district, Chiang Mai 50140. Tel.(053)
423862.Fax.()53) 438017.
Current bank account name: Sem Pringpuangkeo Foundation's Children Fund
(Foster Parents Project). Account number: 741-1-00614-4. Thai Farmers' Bank,
Asoke Sub-branch.

THE THAI RED CROSS SOCIETY gives HIV-positive pregnant women a free
course of AZT which will dramatically reduce the newborn's chances of getting
HIV from their mothers.
Address: Thai Red Cross Aids Project, 1871 Rama IV Road, Bangkok 10330.
Tel. 256-4107-9. Savings account name: The Thai Red Cross Society (Save A
Child's Life for Aids Project). Account number: 045-2-00423-6. Siam
Commercial Bank's Thai Red Cross branch.
Fax. 2547577. Fax a photocopy of your pay-in with your address to Ms
Jintana Pantawong, Thai Red Cross, so that she can sends you receipts.


THE AGAPE HOME in Chiang Mai provides love and care to many HIV-positive
babies. Donations and volunteers are needed.
Address : The Agape Home, 101/22 Chiang Mai-Lamphun Road, Tambon Nonghoy,
Muang district, Chiang Mai 50000. Or P.O. Box 95, Chiang Mai 50000, Thailand.
Tel/fax (053) 800-946. Savings account name: Agape Home. Account number:
501-2-56281-0. Siam Commercial Bank's Tha Pae branch.

A PROBLEM SHARED: Phuket health chief Dr Boonriang Chuchaisaengrat has been battling the disease-and the bigotry-that comes with HIV and Aids by raising awareness, tackling wider social problems and bringing people together in mutual support
Info for donations:
Name: Health Hotline Fund (call 01-606-5347).
Contact person: Dr Boonriang Chuchaisaengrat.
Tel: (01) 978-2127.
Bank:_ savings account name: Health Hotline Fund; account number 805-1-48674-9; Krung Thai Bank's Phuket branch.
-savings account name: Aids Phuket Foundation; account number 805-1-48673-0; Krung Thai Bank's Phuket Branch.
Or send a cheque payable to Post Publishing Public Company Limited (Aids Phuket Foundation) to Kusuma Mintakhin, Editorial Manager, 136 Na Ranong Road, off Sunthorn Kosa, Klong Toey, Bangkok 10110. Tel: 240-3700 ext 3224-5.
Please include your name and address with your cheque so we can send you a receipt.

LEADING THE WAY: As spiritual and community leaders, Buddhist monks can play a significant role in supporting people with HIV/Aids. The Sangha Metta Project encourages monks to offer practical and spiritual help to stricken individuals-and the knock-on effect is that communities as a whole become more caring
Info for donations:
Name: The Sangha Metta Project
Contact person: Lawrence Maund
Address: Mahamakut Buddhist University, Lanna Campus, Wat Chedi Luang Worawiharn, 103 Phra Pokklao Road, Muang District, Chiang Mai 50200
Tel: (053) 814-405
Fax: (053) 278-551
Email: laurie@cm.ksc.co.th
Bank info: savings account name: Sangha Metta Project; account number 4-2-4063361-2; Bangkok Bank's Pratu Chiang Mai branch, Chiang Mai.
Alternatively, you can send a cheque payable to Post Publishing Public Company Limited (For Sangha Metta) to Kusuma Mintakhin, Editorial Manager, 136 Na Ranong Road, off Sunthorn Kosa, Klong Toey, Bangkok 10110. Her telephone number is 240-3700 ext 3224-5.
Please include your name and address with your cheque so we can send you a receipt.

POSITIVE ACTION: A group of people with HIV and Aids are working to support others with the deadly virus-and are spreading the safe sex message to save others from the same fate
Info for donations
Name of organisation: Pearl S. Buck International (Thailand) Contact person:
Yowalak(Thiarachow) Tatichotioan.
Address: 6th Floor, Interlife John Hancock Bldg., 364/30 SriAyudhaya Road, Ratchathewi, Bangkok, 10400
Tel: 642-6357-8
Fax: 642-6359
Bank information: Thai Farmers Bank, Pratu Nam Pathumwan Branch, savings account number 005-2-50467-8; account name: Pearl S. Buck Foundation (Main).
Or send a cheque payable to Post Publishing Public Company Limited (for Pearl S. Buck) to Kusuma Mintakhin, Editorial Manager, 136 Na Ranong Road, off Suthorn Kosa, Klong Toey, Bangkok 10110. Her telephone number is 240-3700 ext 3224-5. Please include your name and address so we can send you a receipt.

A LITTLE BIT OF GIVE AND TAKE: Instead of burying themselves in their past, abandoned old folks from a home in Chiang Mai are pushing their physical and emotional limits-being surrogate grandparents to HIV/Aids children and caring for other elderly people
Info for donations:
Name: Thammapakorn Home for the Aged
Founder: Department of Public Welfare, Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare
Contact Person: Uttraporn Bunnag
Address: 1 Moonmuang Road, Phrasing sub-district, Muang District, Chiang Mai 50200
Tel: (053) 278-573
Or send your cheque payable to Post Publishing Public Company Limited (For Thammapakorn Home) to Kusuma Mintakhin, Editorial Manager, 136 Na Ranong Road, off Sunthorn Kosa, Klong Toey, Bangkok 10110. Her telephone number is 240-3700 ext 3224-5.
lease also include your name and address with your cheque so we can send you a receipt.

MY POSITIVE LIFE: A photo exhibition has captured the faces of people with HIV and Aids, showing they are capable of leading an ordinary life-and feeling happiness and despair-just like everybody else
Info for donations:
The organisers do not wish to solicit donations for the exhibition. However, they will publish a book, entitled The Turning Point, which will incorporate the photos and stories of people with HIV/Aids. Profits from the sale of this book, available in November, will benefit people with HIV/Aids.
- Name of Organisation: Access Foundation
- Contact Person: Chiranuch Premchaiporn
- Contact Address: 48/282 Centre Place, Ramkhamhaeng Road, Bung Kum, Sapansoong, Bangkok 10240
- Telephone: 372-2113-5 / Fax: 372-2116 / Email: accessor@loxinfo.co.th

Loan of a lifetime: The Occupational Loan Fund brings a sense of fulfilment to people affected by Aids, helping them to live-and prepare for the worst
Info for donations:
- Name of organisation: Thai Concern Foundation
- Contact person for the Occupational Loan Fund: Jumroen Yaichid
- Contact person for the Thai Concern Foundation: Somchai Sirisujin
- Address: 348/4 Jaroenpathet Road, Chang Klan, Muang, Chiang Mai 50100
- Telephone: (053) 205-133
- Fax: (053) 205-134
- Email: tcf@loxinfo.co.th
- Bank account name: Thai Concern Foundation
- Bank account number: 407-1-01275-7
- Bank: Thai Farmer's Bank, Chang Klan Branch, Chiang Mai

Alive and kicking : At the Niwattana New Life Project for boys, the drug war is being fought one soul-and body-at a time
Info for donations:
- Name of organisation: Duang Prateep Foundation, Niwattana New Life Project for Boys
- Address: Duang Prateep Foundation, 34 Lock 6, Art Narong Road, Klong Toey, Bangkok 10110.
- Contact person: Senator Prateep Ungsonthamhata
- Telephone: (02) 671-4045-8, 249-4880 or 249-3553
- Fax: (02) 249-5254
- Bank details: Savings account at Thai Farmers' Bank, Khlong Toey branch, number 017-2-06336-5; account name: Duang Prateep

MEDICAL SERVICES

BONE MARROW : The high cost of bone marrow transplants put them beyond the reach of many poor children who may die just because they cannot afford necessary medical treatment . To help, contact Bone Marrow Transplant, Ramathibodi Hospital, and Kon Pheesua Club . Bank info : Thai Commercial Bank Ramathibodi branch, account name "Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University", account number 026-2-11222-9. Please fax the pay - in slip from the bank along with your postal address and telephone number to 02-201-1747 so that the hospital can send you a receipt . For more information, phone 02-201-2535 or fax 02-201-1747.

FIRST AID VOLUNTEER : Panupong Lapsathien spends his free time and his own money helping provide much - needed first aid to victims at accident scenes . To support his volunteer work, call Panupong Lapsathien at 09-4966669. Bank info : Kasikorn Bank Bang Lampoo branch, account name "Bicycle for Life by Panupong Lapsathien", savings account number 008-2-06555-7. To support the Vajira Hospital Foundation ( S . M . A . R . T .) , call 02-244-3531. Bank info : Siam Commercial Bank Samsen branch, account name "Vajira Hospital Foundation", savings account number 073-206483-3.

PRISONERS WITH AIDS : Given budget and personnel constraints, the Central Hospital at Lat Yao Prison is training prisoner volunteers to assist their fellow inmates suffering from Aids . To help, contact hospital director Dr John Lerwitworapong, Central Hospital, Lat Yao Prison, Department of Corrections, 33/2 Ngamwongwan Road, Bangkok 10900. Tel : 02-589-5250 , 02-591-4875 ; fax : 02-591-4879. Donations can be made by money order or by directly contacting Dr John Lerwitworapong .

LEAD POISONING AT KLITY : Ethnic Karen forest dwellers suffering from lead poisoning from a lead mine upstream in Klity, Kanchanaburi, are fighting for the future of their children . To assist, contact Surapong Kongchantuk, Karen Studies and Development Centre, 137/55 Soi Jamjuree 3 , Rarm Intra 39 , Bang Khen, Bangkok 10220. Tel / fax : 02-973-0069 ; mobile : 01-642-4006. Bank info : savings account name : Kong Tun Chuay Leuy Poo Prasob Pai Jaak Pit Saan Takua Chao Baan Klity, Krung Thai Bank's Maha Nak branch; account number : 156-1-07576-0. Email : klitycreek@ yahoo . com; Web site : www.karencenter.com .

FREE CLINIC: A group of wealthy businessmen haveset up the Aksorn Vechakarn Songkrohclinic to offer medical services topoor people free of charge. They areplanning in expanding their projectto serve more people.

The clinic is located at SunthornKosa Road, Klong Toey near the PortAuthority's soccer field. To donate,call 249-2130 or 249-2229.

PRISON HOSPITAL: Accommodating 500 patients, theCentral Correctional Hospital has abudget to treat only one patient aday. A group of dedicated doctors ledby Dr John Lertwitworapong areworking hard to improve the qualityof medical treatment for inmates.

Those who want to donate can contactDr John Lertwitworapong at theCentral Correctional Hospital on589-5250 or 591-4875.

EYE BANK: Blind people or those with blurredvision will feel reborn if they cansee clearly again.
For eye donation, call the Thai RedCross Eye Bank 24 hours a day on252-8131-9 and 252-8181-9.

A GIFT OF SEEING: The People's Eye Care Foundation atBangkok General Hospital acceptsdonations for artificial lenses orany costs of operation for poorpeople who suffer from cataracts.
To donate, contact People's Eye CareFoundation on 318-0066.

GLASSES GIVE-AWAYS: You can donate old glasses and lensesto poor children or the elderly whosuffer blurred vision.
To donate, contact the Department ofPublic Welfare on 281-3199 ext. 5606or the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration's Wives Association inBang Sue on 586-9979.

LEPROSY: The McKean Rehabilitatin Centre in Chiang Mai helps victims of leprosy, giving them treatment, shelter, vocational training and a spiritual life. Address: P.O. Box 53, Chiang Mai, 50000. Tel (053) 277-049, 817-170-1, 817-267.

SURGERY FOR THE POOR: The Duangkaew Foundation gives free surgery to poor rural patients with cleft lips, cleft palates and scars from burns. Address: The Duangkaew Foundation, Institute of Medical Research at Somdej Phra Pin Klao Royal Thai Naval Hospital. Tel/fax 876-5399 or 475-2572. For donations: "Operation for Handicapped Persons in Rural Areas", savings account number 040-2-25022-9, Thai Military Bank's Somdej Phra Pin Klao Hospital branch.

MOBILE CLINICS: Volunteers of the Compassion of Christ Mission (CCM) Clinic provide rural poor with much-needed medical services once a month. Volunteers, medical staff and doctors are needed. Address: Dusadee Borrirakpattanakul, CCM co-ordinator, P.O. Box 222, Phrakanong Post Office, Bangkok 10110. Tel/fax 375-1304 or mobile phone tel (01) 813-9141.

THERAPY FOR THE ELDERLY: The Faculty of Nursing, Thai Red Cross Society runs a physical theraphy programme to rehabilitate poor elderly in Klong Toey slum who suffer from paralysis and other physical disorder. Addresses: Care for the Elderly in Klong Toey Project (CES), Sala Prachakhom Community Hall, Block 4-6, Klong Toey Community, Atnarong Road, Klong Toey, Bangkok 10110. Or contact Ms Wanpen Inkaew, the College of Nursing, Thai Red Cross Society, 1873 Rama IV Road, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330. Tel 256-4091-7. Fax 256-4090.

MODEL RURAL DOCTOR: Named Outstanding Rural Doctor by Sirirraj Hospital this year, Dr Krai Dabtham devotes himself to helping the rural sick and poor in the remote northern highlands of Mae Ai, Chiang Mai. Address: The Mae Ai Hospital Fund, Dr Krai Dabtham, Mae Ai Hospital, Mae Ai district, Chiang Mai. Tel: (053) 459-036-7.

THE FIVE-BAHT DOCTOR The clinic is run by Dr Sapha Limphanichakarn, better known as the "five-baht doctor". It has been an oasis of hope for poor patients for over 30 years. For donations, contact Dr Sapha Limphanichakarn at the clinic: 89/2 Soi Ranong 1, Rachawat, Dusit, Bangkok. Or at the School of Medical Illustration and Audiovisual Technology, Siriraj Hospital, Pran Nok Road, Bangkok Noi, Bangkok 10700. Or call 419-8312.

WITH OPEN ARMS: Medical bills may be skyrocketing elsewhere, but at the Wat Don Clinic patients get free treatment in a friendly and caring atmosphere. The clinic's operation is based solely on donations from the Kalayanavisut Foundation.
Information for donations:
Name of organisation: The Kalayanavisut Foundation.
Address: 23/12 Soi Don Kusol, Charoen Krung Road Soi 57, Yan Nawa, Bangkok 10120.
Contact person: Waraporn Phongkorn, the foundation's manager.
Tel: 212-3451-3 or 211-0302. Fax: 211-4875.
Savings account name: The Kalayanavisut Foundation.
Account number: savings account number 013-2-46633-5.
Bank name and branch: Thai Farmers Bank, Yan Nawa branch.
Please send or fax a copy of the deposit to the above address so the foundation can issue every donor a receipt.

MANY HAPPY RETURNS: A group of Thai-born doctors and nurses who are now US citizens return to Thailand once a year to give free medical care to the rural poor. "We care" is a weekly series honouring people who believe in giving. You can show you care by supporting the projects featured here each week. you can also let us know about people who selflessly help others so we can honour them in these pages. Fax ""We care"" on 2403666, or call 2403700 ext 3268 or 3212. email <sanitsuda@bangkokpost.net>.

ORGAN DONATION: Patients who need organ transplants have little hope for a new lease on life because there is an acute shortage of donated organs
Info for donations: Name of organisation: Thai Red Cross Society's Organ Donation Centre
Address: Thai Red Cross Society's Organ Donation Centre, 2nd floor, Asakachad Building, Rajdamri Road, Pathumwan, Bangkok, 10330
Tel: 1666 or 256-4045-6 Fax: 255-7968

MAN OF VISON: Dr Pannet Pangputhipong heads a team of doctors from Wat Rai Khing Hospital who often give up their weekends to perform free eye surgery for needy cataract patients
Info for donations:
Name of organisation: Mettapracharak (Wat Rai Khing) Hospital
Address: 52 Moo 2, Tambon Rai Khing, Sam Phran district, Nakhon Pathom province, 73210
Bank account name for donations: Fund for the Needy, savings account number 734-1-12634-5, Krung Thai Bank, Sam Phran branch. Or Fund for Eyeglasses Bank, savings account number 734-1-11881-4, Krung Thai Bank, Sam Phran branch.
Contact person: Dr Pannet Pangputhipong
Tel: (034) 321-983-5, 321-244, 225-417-20 Fax: (034) 321-243
If you want to help, send your cheque payable to Post Publishing Public Company Limited (For Cataract Project). Send it to Mrs Kusuma Mintakhin, Editorial Manager, 136 Na Ranong Road, Off Sunthorn Kosa, Klong Toey, Bangkok, 10110. Her telephone number is 240-3700 ext 3224-5.
Please also include your name and address with your cheque so we can send you a receipt.

THAI TRADITIONAL MEDICINE: Outlawed a century ago as quackery, Thai traditional medicine is on the road to recovery as patients, disillusioned with western treatments, look to home-grown healers
Info for donations:
Name of Organisation: Wat Nong Yah Nang Address: Ban Nong Yah Nang, tambon Nong Phai Ban, Muang district, Uthai Thani province
Contact person: Phra Khru Uppakara Pattanakij
The temple has no telephone or fax. If you want to help by donating to the temple's project, send a cheque payable to Post Publishing Public Company Limited (For Wat Nong Yah Nang). Send it to Mrs Kusuma Mintakhin, Editorial Manager, 136 Na Ranong Road, off Sunthorn Kosa, Klong Toey, Bangkok 10110. Her telephone number is 2403700 ext 3224-5. Please also include your name and address with your cheque so we can send you a receipt. Note: For a more comprehensive list of charities covered by Outlook's "We care" weekly series, please go to the Bangkok Post website at http://www.bangkokpost.net and click on the "We care" button.

HAVE A HEART: Every year about 5,000 children are born with heart defects. Without corrective surgery they will die prematurely or become handicapped. The Paediatric Cardiac Surgery Foundation is striving to give them a new lease of life
Info for donations
Name: Paediatric Cardiac Surgery Foundation.
Founder: The late Thanpuying Suprapada Kasemsan and the Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, Ratchawithi Hospital.
Contact person: Dr Pirapat Mokarapong.
Address: Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, Ratchawithi Hospital, Ratchawithi Road, Ratchathewi, Bangkok 10400.
Tel/fax: 247-1027-8.
Savings Bank Accounts of "Paediatric Cardiac Surgery Foundation".
- Siam Commercial Bank, Ratchawithi Hospital branch, account number: 051-2-327859.
- Bangkok Bank, Victory Monument branch, account number 210-027534-2.
- Thai Farmers' Bank, Sanam Pao branch, account number 029-2-44000-6.
Or send a money order to PO Box Ratchawithi Hospital, Paediatric Cardiac Surgery Foundation, the Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, Ratchawithi Hospital, Ratchathewi, Bangkok 10400.
Whether you send a bank transfer or money order, please include your name and address and the amount of the donation, so the foundation can issue a receipt and inform you of the child who has benefited from your cash.
Or send your cheque payable to Post Publishing Public Company Limited (For Free Cardiac Surgery) to Kusuma Mintakhin, Editorial Manager, 136 Na Ranong Road, off Sunthorn Kosa, Klong Toey, Bangkok 10110. Telephone: 240-3700 ext 3224-5. Please include your name and address so we can send you a receipt.

THE PRICE OF LIFE : To better provide quality care for all patients, Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital's Department of Paediatrics appeals to the public for help
Info for donations: Name of Project: Pan Nam Jai Hai Nong.
- Contact person: Associate Professor Jarungchit Ngamphaiboon.
- Address: The Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Phaya Thai Road, Pathum Wan, Bangkok 10330.
- Telephone: 256-4990 ext 120.
- Fax: 256-4911.
- Bank details: Siam Commercial Bank (Thai Red Cross Society branch), savings account number: 045-2-62714-9.

Those who want to donate specifically to the hospital's Educational Programme For Chronically-ill Children can do so by calling: 252-8181-9 ext 3332, or by transferring money into its saving account titled "The Educational Programme for Chronically-ill Children at Chulalongkorn Hospital", number 045-2-04780-2 at Siam Commercial Bank (Thai Red Cross Society Branch).

The programme also accepts toys, children books, and teaching material. Also welcome are groups or individuals who want to organise activities for hospitalised children.

GETTING DOWN TO THE BARE BONES OF IT : A group of former patients who have received the gift of life have set up a Bone Marrow Transplant Club to help others who face this traumatic-yet potentially life-saving-operation
Info for donations
- Name: Bone Marrow Transplant Club (BMC)
- Address: Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University
- Tel: 632-1682 and 632-2600
- Bank Account: Bone Marrow Transplant Club (BMC)
- Bank: Siam Commercial Bank, Thai Red Cross Society Branch
- Account number: 045-2-61761-5
The hotline number for the club is 632-1682. It runs from Monday to Saturday, between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.

The Nong Yah Nang Temple in Uthai Thani province helps semi-paralysed patients with a combination of traditional healing methods free of charge.
Name of Organisation: Nong Yah Nang Temple.
Address: Baan Nong Yah Nang, tambon Nong Phai Ban, Muang district, Uthai Thani province.
Contact person: Phra Khru Uppakara Pattanakij.
The temple has no telephone or fax. If you want to help by donating to the temple's project, send a cheque payable to Post Publishing Public Company Limited (For Wat Nong Yah Nang) to Kusuma Mintakhin, Editorial Manager, 136 Na Ranong Road, off Sunthorn Kosa, Klong Toey, Bangkok 10110.

The Thai Industrialist Development Forum gives artificial legs to needy patients free of charge.
Name of Organisation: The Thai Industrialist Development Forum.
Contact Person: Woothiwong Toatong Address: 110/108 Ekachai-Bangbon Road, Bangkhuntien, Bangkok, 10150.
Tel: 899-6372-5, 416-0308-9. Fax: 899-6371 (The forum does not need cash, only volunteers.)

Reaching out East: Thai Relief Project: East Timor is setting a precedent by providing an opportunity for Thais to extend their compassion and humanitarian spirit beyond the border
How to help
If you would like to help Thai Relief Project: East Timor you can make a cash donation-or you can support the project by providing some of these much-needed items: Soap, toothbrush and toothpaste, shampoo, detergent, hammers, nails, saws, shovels, spades, hoes and seeds (such as grains, nuts or vegetables).
You can make a cash donation through the following:
- Name of Project: Thai Relief
Project: East Timor
- Name of Contact Person: Ms Saowanee Limmanond
- Address: 1093/64, 12th Floor, Central City Bangna Building, Bangna-Trat Road, Bangna, Bangkok 10260
- Tel: 745-6111 ext 160, 138, 123. Or 01-6152020
- Fax: 7456117
- Savings bank account name: Krong Karn Ruamtun Namjai Thai; account number: 024-2-28089-8; Siam Commercial Bank's Charoen Nakorn branch.
- Web site: www.thai-timor.tnet.co.th
Or send a cheque payable to the Post Publishing Public Company Limited. Address it to Kusuma Mintakhin, Editorial Manager, 136 Na Ranong Road, off Sunthorn Kosa, Klong Toey, Bangkok 10110. Her telephone number is 240-3700 ext 3224-5.
Please include your name and address with your cheque so we can send you a receipt. (Note: donations are tax deductible.)

One baht heart: If you thought one baht couldn't possibly bear the cost of anything these days, one doctor will prove you wrong
Info for donations:
- Name of the organisation: Kong Tun Nuai Baht Diaw
- Contact persons: Dr Boonruang Triruangworawat (Thanyarak Hospital), Powgkaew Tosayanond (Nopparat RajathaneeHospital)
- Addresses: Thanyarak Hospital, 504/1 Viphavadi Rangsit Road, Thanyaburi district, Pathum Thanior Department of Social Medicine, Nopparat Rajathanee Hospital, Ram-intra Road, Kannayaw district, Bangkok 10230
- Tel/Fax: Thanyarak Hospital, 531-0080-86, 531-2909
Nopparat Rajathanee Hospital, 917-9814, 517-4270-9 ext 1438, 1305

Magic scalpels versus bad spells : Being born with the congenital defect that is a cleft lip or palate does more than disfigure the face-those afflicted often suffer lives of torment and social exclusion-but one doctor is dedicated to repairing the damage
Info for donations:
- Name of organisation: Smile Thai Operation Project
- Address: Decha Hospital
- Contact: Marketing Department
- Tel: (02) 246-01-37
- Fax: (02) 247-2089
- Savings Account: At Bangkok Bank, Warachak Branch, account number 121-0-41 353-8, in the name of Miss Tipavadee Upaty for Smile Thai Operation Project
Or send a cheque payable to the Post Publishing Public Company Limited. Address it to Kusuma Mintakhin, (mentioning the Smile Thai Operation Project) Editorial Manager, 136 Na Ranong Road, off Sunthorn Kosa, Klong Toey, Bangkok 10110. Her telephone number is 240-3700 ext 3224-5.
Please include your name and address with your cheque so we can send you a receipt.

ANIMALS

STRAYS IN BANGKOK : Pic - A - Pet 4 Home is a group of volunteers who nurture stray dogs back to health and put them up for adoption . To help, call Chantra Patarawetsakool on 01-372-9214 , or Tharinee Wipuchanin on 09-699-1690 , or Sansiri Sirichotinun on 07-005-9794.

STRAYS IN HUA HIN : The Hua Hin Dog Rescue Centre rescues sick and injured stray dogs, gives them medical treatment and rehomes them . To help, contact Maureen McCulloch Taylor or Dawn Poole, at PO Box 163 , Hua Hin Post Office, Hua Hin, Prachuab Khiri Khan 77110. Tel : 01-981-4406 ( Dawn ) , or 01-853-4586 ( Maureen ). Email : info@dogrescuecenter.org . Web site : www.dogrescuecenter.org . Bank info : Bank of Ayudhya Hua Hin branch, account name "Mrs Maureen McCulloch Taylor or Mrs Dawn Poole", savings account number 074-1-25450-9.

MONKEY HOSPITAL : Sick monkeys in Lop Buri will no longer be neglected as the country's first monkey hospital will be soon set up there . To assist, contact the Wild Animal Rescue Foundation of Thailand, Lop Buri Zoo, Soi Suriyothai 1 , Naraesuan Road, Tambon Thalay Chubsorn, Muang district, Lop Buri 15000. Tel : (036) 626-206. Bank info : Account name : The Wild Animal Rescue Foundation of Thailand, Lop Buri branch; savings account number 297-2-27336-5 ; Kasikorn Bank, Wongwien Srakaew branch .

Reining in cats and dogs: In Phuket, one woman's dream is solving a whole island's problem
- Name of organisation: The Atigaro Project, P.O. Box 146, Phuket, Thailand 83000
- Contact person: Kay Richmond
- Telephone: 076-381-379 or 09-971-8947
- Web site: www.thaiwave.com/atigaro
- Email: atigaroproject Triodos Bank, Brunel House; 11 The Promenade, Bristol, BS8 3NN, United Kingdom.
- Account name: Atigaro Project.
- Account number: 03584200

Shell shocked: Turtles are Bangkok's latest traffic victims _ and now their saviours need help too
- Name of organisation: Aquatic Animal Disease Division u
- Address: Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Chulalongkorn University
- Contact person: Dr Nattarika Chansue
- Telephone: 02-251-8887
- Bank account information: Bank of Ayudhya, Siam Square branch
- Bank account number: Savings account, 123-1-05116-0

SHELTER FOR STRAY DOGS: The Animal Shelter at Thung Seekanfaces eviction and is seeking a newhome and funds to shelter their 2,400dogs.

To help, contact them on 565-5467 orSirilak Srimuang on 241-3805-6

ANGELS TO STRAY DOGS:A number of individuals take it uponthemselves to take care for straydogs. They include:
[*] Sixty-three year-old WoraphanWarachot who rides a tricycle to feed50 dogs on Chiang Mai streets everyday.
[*] Muay, a homeless widower who usesher sewing money to feed some 15stray dogs near Wat Chanasongk ram inBang Lampoo.
[*] The family of Police Colonel Samak Putthong who drive to the BuddhaMonthon Buddhist Centre to feedaround 100 stray dogs every day.
They say they don't help with dogsfood. All that they want is to seemore compassion from all of us toneedy people and animals alike.

TEMPLE DOGS : A homeless man has devoted himself to taking care of 300 stray dogs which have been abandoned or injured in car accidents at a temple in Ayutthaya. Address: Phra Khru Sonnthornwattanakorn, abbot of Wat Klang, Moo 2, Tambon Mahabrahm, Bang Ban district, Ayutthaya. Tel (035) 399-009.

ELEPHANT HOSPITAL: The Elephant Hospital in Lampang is in need of financial assistance to help sick and injured elephants as well as to give old elephants a last refuge. Address: Friends of the Asian Elephant, 36/15 Moo 2, Ramindra, Km. 4, Bangkhen, Bangkok 10220. Tel 552-3824, 971-9221, or 521-2758. For donations: Saving account no. 088-2-20983-0, Thai Farmers Bank's Ram Intra branch. For receipts, please call 521-2758.

SAVE THE WATER BUFFALOES: The Animal Husbandry Foundation campaigns for the public to help save pregnant buffaloes from being killed in slaughter houses. Tel 579-8525, 579-4110 or 251-4280. Fax 579-4351.

HORNBILLS: If you come upon any hornbills in captivity or in the wild, please notify the Hornbill Research Foundation, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Rama VI Road, Bangkok 10400. Tel 246-1358, 246-0063 ext 4606 or 4611.

SAVE BIRD HABITAT: The Sueb Nakhasathien Foundation and Bird Conservation Society of Thailand are campaigning for the revocation of rock blasting concessions that destroy the habitats of endangered bird species. Address: Sueb Nakasathien Foundation, Alumni Association Building, Kasetsart University, 50 Phaholyothin Road, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900. Tel 561-2469-79. Or the Bird Conservation Society of Thailand, 69/12 Rarm Intra 24, Jarakhebua, Lat Phrao, Bangkok 10230. Tel 930-1271, 510-5921.

TEMPLE MONKEYS: Wat Hart Moon Kra Buea has long been a source of food for some 120 monkeys living in the forest adjoining the temple. Due to declining donation, these temple monkeys ransack nearby farms for food, earning the ire of farmers. Address: Phra Khru Pichetdharmakhun, abbot of Wat Hart Moon Kra Buea, Tambon Yan Yao, Muang District, Phichit.

BIRDS OF FEATHER: By adopting one of Thailand's many species of hornbill, you can help save these endangered birds from extinction
Info for donations:
Here is the list of "adoption fees" per bird family per year:
Wrinkled Hornbill 7,200 baht
White-crowned Hornbill3,700 baht
Helmeted Hornbill 3,700 baht
Black Hornbill3,200 baht
Rhinoceros Hornbill 3,200 baht
Great Hornbill2,700 baht
Wreathed Hornbill 2,700 baht
Name of organisation: Hornbill Research Foundation
Address: c/o Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Rama 6 Road, Bangkok 10400 Tel: 246-3026 ext 4606 Fax: 644-5411

IT'S A DOG LIFE: Some 2,000 abandoned dogs at the Kanchanaburi Animal Shelter may soon be without food and medicine unless public help arrives soon
Info for donations:
Name of organisation: The Society for the Promotion of Animal Welfare Under Royal Patronage (Animal Shelter, Kanchanaburi)
Address: 114, Moo 7, Ban Phu Pradu, Tambon Nongbua, Muang district, Kanchanaburi province 71190.
Contact person: Pimol-orn Angsawothai
Bank account numbers:
-Krung Thai bank, Nawamin branch: 057-1-18392-1 and 057-1-31293-4
-Thai Commercial bank, Rama V branch: 128-2-01375-2
-Bangkok Bank, Ratchawat branch: 146-0-76170-1
Donors are requested to send or fax a copy of the deposit slip together with their name and address to the above address.

ANIMAL WELFARE: A bookshop owner with a big heart is working to help stray animals - and to educate people into thinking such creatures are also members of the community
Info for donations:
Name: Cat and Dog Fund
Founder: Bussakorn Pitchayatit
Address: 142 Phra Athit Road, Chana Songkhram, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok
Telephone: 282-4466
People are invited to drop by and join the community network caring for strays.
To make a donation send a cheque, payable to Post Publishing Public Company Limited (Cats and Dogs Fund), to Kusuma Mintakhin, editorial manager, 136 Na Ranong Road, off Sunthorn Kosa, Klong Toey, Bangkok 10110. Or call her on 240-3700 ext 3224-5.
Include your name and address with your cheque so you can be issued with a receipt.

CARING FOR THE WAIFS AND STRAYS: For the last 35 years a temple in Lop Buri has provided sanctuary for abandoned animals. The economic crunch makes providing care even tougher, but the abbot and volunteers are nevertheless committed to continuing their vocation
Info for donations
Name of organisation: Samnak Song Ongsajjadharma
Contact person: Phra Vichai Chantaroso
Address:Samnak Song Ongsajjadharma, 128/1 Moo 5, Tambon Khok Toom, Muang district, Lop Buri
Tel: 01-987-2803
Or send your cheque payable to Post Publishing Public Company Limited(For Samnak Song Ongsajjadharma) to Kusuma Mintakhin, Editorial Manager, 136 Na Ranong Road, off Sunthorn Kosa, Klong Toey, Bangkok 10110. Her telephone number is 240-3700 ext 3224-5.
Please include your name and address with your cheque so we can send you a receipt.

BIRDS OF A FEATHER: Watching birds is a popular pastime for many Thai youngsters. Now, thanks to help from one expert, Associate Professor Dr Manee Archawaranon,handicapped children can take part too
Info fordonations:
*Name of Project: Save Thai Birds for Kids Project.
*Contact person: Arunlak Seemapan.
*Address: The Research and Development Institute, Ramkhamhaeng University.
*Telephone and fax: 319-2095.
Alternatively, send your cheques payable to Post Publishing Public Company Limited (For "Save Thai Birds for Kids Project") to Mrs Kusuma Mintakhin, Editorial Manager, 136 Na Ranong Road, off Sunthorn Kosa, Klong Toey, Bangkok 10110. Tel. 240-3700 ext 3224-5.
Please also attach your name and address with your cheque so we can send you a receipt.
Note: In addition to money, food and beverages , the project also welcomes donations of healthy indigenous birds and volunteers.

Call of the wild: Knowledge of natural behaviour and local assistance are necessary to stem the ever-increasing conflicts between wild elephants and farmers, which see crops ruined and elephants dying
Info for donations:
- Name of the organisation: Wildlife Fund Thailand
- Contact person: Alongkot Chukaew
- Address: 251/88-90, Tavorn Villa 1, Phahon Yothin Road, Bangkhen, Bangkok 10220
- Tel: 521-3435, 552-2111
- Fax: 552-6083
- Account Name: Wildlife Fund Thailand
- Bank Name: Bangkok Bank (New Phetchaburi branch)
- Account Number: 153-0-15308-7
- Account type: Savings

ENVIRONMENT

KHAO YAI CONSERVATION : Local environmentalists from various professions have joined forces to protect and conserve Khao Yai National Park . To help, contact Supaporn Pitiporn, Raksa Khao Yai Group ( Khao Yai Conservation ) , Chaophraya Abhai - bhubejhr Hospital, 32/7 Moo 2 , Prachin - Anusorn Road, Muang district, Prachin Buri 25000. Tel : 037-211-523. The Raksa Khao Yai group has been running on donations from its own volunteer staff . Due to the on - going violence in the South, the core members would like to support needy children in the three Southern provinces of Yala, Narathiwat and Pattani . Please send a cheque payable to Post Publishing Public Company Limited, C / O Kusuma Mintakhin, Editorial Manager, ATTN : Khao Yai, 136 Na Ranong Road, off Sunthorn Kosa, Klong Toey, Bangkok 10110. Her telephone number is 240-3700 ext 3224/5. Please include your name and address with your cheque so we can send you a receipt .

SAVE THE SEAS : A group of scuba - divers is working to conserve the Thai seas and marine life . To help, contact Pinjai Wanapruk, Save Whale Shark for the Thai Sea Conservation Club ( WSTC ). Tel : 01-812-3435. Web site : www.whalesharkthai.com . Bank info : To support the WSTC's general activities : Bangkok Bank Siam Square branch, savings account name "Rak Chalarm Wan", account number 152-4-24442-1. To support the group's book - publishing project : Siam Commercial Bank Siam Square branch, account name ( joint account ) "Pinjai Vanapruk and Thanomsri Anantvoranich", savings account number 038-2-74128-3.

Recycled computers : Don't throw away your old computers . Give them to these organisations which turn trash into treasure to help various needy groups . They include :

* The Thai Computer Industry Association, 6 th floor, Phayathai Plaza Building, Phaya Thai Road, Bangkok 10400. Tel : 02-216-5862 , 02-216-5867 ; fax : 02-216-5867 ; email : webmaster@kanchanapisek.or.th; Web site : www.princess-it.org .

* The Thai Fund Foundation, 2044/23 New Petchaburi Road, Huay Kwang, Bangkok 10320. Tel : 02-318-3959 , 02-314-4112/3 ext 508 or 509 ( ICT Department ) ; email : dsc@tff . or . th; Web site : www . tff . or . th; www . thaingo . org / web . html .

* Suan Kaew Foundation, Suan Kaew Temple, Moo 1 Tambon Banglen, Bang Yai district, Nonthaburi 11140. The temple, led by well - known monk Phra Payom Kalayano, welcomes donations of computers and other used electronic devices as well as used clothing and books . Temple representatives will pick up items at no cost . To assist, contact the donation section on 02-595-1444 or 02-921-6391.

Poet power: Prachak Huajaipetch has effectively used the power _ and beauty _ of poetry to bring healing to a ravaged environment
Name of organisation: Khrong Karn Moo Bann Anurak Sud Pa (Wildlife Conservation Village Project)
Contact person: Prachak Huajaipetch
Contact Address: 61 Moo 5 Wangphong subdistrict, Pran Buri district, Prachuab Khiri Khan province
Bank name: Government Savings Bank, Pran Buri branch
Bank account name: Khrong Karn Moo Bann Anurak Pun Sud Pah
Account type: Savings
Account number: 02-1206-20-037990-0

Forest gets fresh chance: Nine years ago, arid Khao Paengma was a sorry-looking testament to bad forest management. Today, the return of gaurs and secondary forest in the area is living proof of the importance of local participation in recovery efforts
- Name of organisation: Wildlife Fund Thailand
- Contact Number: 02-521-3435, 02-552-2111, 02-552-2790
- Contact Address: 251/88-20 Phahon Yothin Road, Bang Khen, Bangkok 10220
- Bank Information:
Bangkok Bank, New Phetchaburi branch, Savings account number 153-0-15308-7
Thai Farmers Bank, Phahon Yothin branch, Savings account number 099-2-83488-9
Siam Commercial Bank, Bang Bua branch, Saving account number, 053-2-42872-4
Bank of Asia, Head Office, Saving account number, 047-2-21648-0

An environmental hero: Among the recipients of this year's Goldman Environmental Prize is Pisit Charnsnoh, a pioneer in getting local people involved in environmental issues in Thailand
- Name of organisation: Yadfon Association
- Contact person: Pisit Charnsnoh
- Address: 16/4 Rakchan Road, Tambon Tabtieng, Muang district, Trang 92000
- Tel: (075) 219-737, 214-707
- Fax: (075) 219-327
- Email: yadfon@loxinfo.co.th
- Bank information: Account Name: Yadfon Association; Bangkok Bank, Trang branch; savings account number 261-2-425155.

Let there be life: Environmentalist Nikom Phutta is at the centre of efforts to restore the embattled Mae Ping River to its former healthy state
- Name of organisation: Ping Watershed Conservation Fund.
- Contact person: Nikom Phutta.
- Address: 418 Moo 7, Tambon Chiang Dao, Chiang Dao district, Chiang Mai 50170.
- Tel: 053-455-785 or 01-992-6031.
- Email address: pingwatershed@hotmail.com
- Bank information: Krung Thai Bank, Chiang Dao branch; account number 516-2-07855-7.

NATURE SCHOOL: Dek Rak Pah is an alternative school which gives poor rural children the chance to develop artistic creativity through love and keen observation of nature. Address: The Dek Rak Pah Group, P.O. Box 123, Muang district, Surin. Tel (044)513-589.

TREE ORDINATION: The Northern Farmers' Network aims to protect 100 community forests covering one million rai in the northern provinces from illegal loggers through tree-ordination ceremonies. The grassroots green movement is in need of support. Address: Northern Farmers' Network, 36/1 Tanin Road, Chang Puek, Muang district, Chiang Mai 50300. Or call Chatchawal Thongdeelert on (053) 212-417, (053) 409-387; or contact Ruangdej Jommuang at 85 Moo 13, Nai Wiang, Muang district, Nan (054) 751-831.

PAPER RECYCLING: Use paper wisely. The Recycle Paper for Trees Programme now offers a box in which you can discard used paper. The organisation will collect the box once a month. Paper will be sold for recycling and money donated to a reforestation programme. Address: Recycle Paper for Trees, 19/6 Soi Aree 4 (Nua), Samsen Nai, Phya Thai, Bangkok 10400. Tel/fax
279-6727 or 279-0552.

A BURNING ISSUE:(Cremations) Tyre pyres are catching on all over rural Thailand, but a group of monks and concerned Buddhists say the practice is harmful to the environment and public health
Info for donations:
Name of organisation: The Campaign to Stop the Use of Rubber Tyres for Cremations
Address: Maha Mongkut Rajawithayalai Sangkha University (Lanna Campus), Wat Jediluang Worawihara, Tambon Phra Sing, Muang District, Chiang Mai 50200
Contact Person: Phra Maha Jamnong Ithiyano, Head of the Student Affairs Division
Telephone: (053) 27-0975-6 Fax: (053) 27-0976
Alternately you can send your cheque payable to Post Publishing Public Company Limited (For the Campaign to Stop the Use of Rubber Tyres for Cremations). Send it to Mrs Kusuma Mintakhin, Editorial Manager, 136 Na Ranong Road, off Sunthorn Kosa, Klong Toey, Bangkok 10110. Tel. 240-700 ext 3224-5.
Please also attach your name and address with your cheque so that we can send you the receipt.

LEARNING TO SEE THE WOOD AND THE TREES: The Kanchanaburi Environmental Group believes the best hope for saving the environment is to plant a love of nature in young minds - and to encourage young people to think critically about how their environment is used.
Info for donations:
Name of organisation: The Kanchanaburi Environmental Group
Contact person: Boonsong Chansongrassami
Address: 285/2 Chum Chon Tao Poon, Tambon Baan Nua, Amphur Muang, Kanchanaburi 71000
Telephone: (034) 515-042

MAD ABOUT MANGROVES: If you can put up with voracious mosquitoes and peeping-tom monkeys, a visit to the mangrove research centre in Phetchaburi can be a lot of fun. Run on a shoestring budget, with teachers and students as volunteers, its goal is to foster environmental awareness among the young
Info for donations:
Name of organisation: The Mangrove Ecology Study and Preservation Centre, Bang Taboon Witaya School
Address: Bang Taboon Witaya School, Ban Laem District, Phetchaburi 76110
Phone: (032) 489-174
Bank account name: Ngoen Sang Saphan Rabobniwet Pa-chailane (Fund for construction of bridge to study the mangrove ecology)
Bank Account Number: 021103-2-021112-8
Bank account type: savings
Bank account: Government Savings Bank, Ban Laem branch
Despite the bank account name, contributions to the project will go not only toward the construction of the bridge but also to fund other activities at the centre.

PLAGUED BY MISERY: The dry season's unusually severe drought - plus plagues of hungry rice-eating pests - have destroyed harvests in the North, leaving hundreds of farming families with no crops to sell - and little food to eat
Info for donations:
Name of organisation: The Forest Conservation Community Fund
Address: 77/1 Moo 5, Tambon Suthep, Muang district, Chiang Mai province 50200
Tel/Fax: (053) 810623-4
E-mail: ndf13@chmai.loxinfo.co.th
Account number: 279-256273-9
Bank: Thai Farmers Bank, Chang Phuak branch
You can also send a money order or bankers draft payable to the Forest Conservation Community Fund, P.O. Box Chiang Mai University.
If you cannot contact these organisations directly, you can send a cheque payable to Post Publishing Public Company Limited (For Campaign for Rice) to Mrs Kusuma Mintakhin, Editorial Manager, 136 Na Ranong Road, Klong Toey, Bangkok 10100.
Please include your name and address with your cheque so we can send you a receipt.

ENDANGERED ECO-WARIORS: The Karen forest dwellers of northern Thailand protect the country's pine forests from chain saws. Now they need your help
Info for donations:
Name of project: Ban Wat Chand Rice Fund Contact person: Mr Montri Chantawong and Ms Hatairat Pokasap, Project for Ecological Recovery, Chiang Mai.
Tel/fax: (053) 812-407 and (053) 810-623-4
Bank account for donations: Savings account name "Ban Wat Chand Rice Fund (Kong Toon Pha Pah Khao San Ban Wat Chand)', Siam Commercial Bank's Chiang Mai University branch, account no. 667-2-21991-8
Or you can send your cheque payable to Post Publishing Public Company Limited (For Ban Wat Chand Rice Fund). Send it to Mrs Kusuma Mintakhin, Editorial Manager, 136 Na Ranong Road, off Sunthorn Kosa, Klong Toey, Bangkok 10110. Her telephone number is 240-3700 ext 3224-5.
Please also include your name and address with your cheque so we can send you a receipt.

GIVE AND TAKE IN THE FOREST: Mr Tepnimit is one of the few forestry officers in Thailand who has managed to win the respect and acceptance of the locals. When he proposed that illegal loggers and poachers surrender their chainsaws and hunting gears to the authorities, with the promise that no penalties would be imposed for past wrongs, huge piles of equipment arrived at his office.
Info for donations:
Name of Organisation: Phu Wua Wildlife Sanctuary Address: Bung Kla District, Nong Khai Tel: (042) 243-441, (01) 954-9059 Bank account details: Khet Raksa Phan Sat-pa Phu Wua (Phu Wua Wildlife Sanctuary); savings account number 447-1-1-0932-4; Krung Thai Bank, Bung Karn District branch

BRANCHING OUT: Though small in size and with a limited budget, an NGO in Suphan Buri province is offering green alternatives to Thai farmers and consumers
Info for donation:
Name of organisation: Technology for Rural and Ecological Enrichment (TREE) The organisation was recently registered with the Thai authorities under the name Moonlanithi Kao-kwan (The Kao-Kwan Foundation).
Address: 21 Nane-kaew Road Soi 2, Tharahat Sub-district, Muang District, Suphan Buri 72000
Tel: (035) 500-803
Fax: (035) 521-883
Savings account name: Soon Technology Phua Sangkom
Savings account number: 201-2-18310-3
Bank name and branch: Thai Farmers Bank, Suphan Buri branch
Please send or fax a copy of the deposit to the above address so the foundation can issue every donor a receipt.

DHARMA AND DEVELOPMENT: In many rural areas across the Kingdom there are monks who have dedicated themselves to helping the poor. Phra Khru Supajarawat of Wat Tha Laad in Yasothon, is one shining example of monks working in community development
Info for donation
You can support Sekhiyadharm's training programmes or sponsor the Sekhiyadharm journals for monks and nuns.
*Name of Project: Sekhiyadharm Witthayalai Project*Name of Organisation: Thai Inter-Religious Commission for Development
*Contact person: Preeda Ruangwichatorn*Address: 124 Soi Wat Thongnopphakun, Somdej Chaophya, Klong San, Bangkok 10600.
*Tel: 437-9445, 437-9450*Fax: 437-9450*Savings bank account name: Thai Inter-Religious Commission for Development (Khana Kammakarn Sasana Peur Karn Pattana); account number: 068-2-58583-8; Thai Farmers' Bank, Klong San branch.
Alternately, send your cheque payable to Post Publishing Public Company Limited (For Sekhiyadharm) to Kusuma Mintakhin, Editorial Manager, 136 Na Ranong Road, off Sunthorn Kosa, Klong Toey, Bangkok 10110. Her telephone number is 240-3700 ext 3224-5.
Please also include your name and address with your cheque so we can send you a receipt.

LESSIONS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF LIFE: For the last 26 years, students have been learning that there's more to a good education than sitting in a classroom-especially when it comes to developing a social conscience
Info for donations:
Name of organisation: Committee for Natural and Environmental Conservation of 16 Institutes (CNEC).
Contact person: Ms Naruemol Paiboonsithikul
Address: 2nd Floor, Student Activities' Building, Thammasat University, Tha Phra Chan Campus, Bangkok 10200
Tel: 223-2858
Fax: 221-6111 ext 4130
Or send a cheque payable to Post Publishing Public Company Limited (For CNEC) to Mrs Kusuma Mintakhin, Editorial Manager, 136 Na Ranong Road, off Sunthorn Kosa, Klong Toey, Bangkok 10110. Her telephone number is 240-3700 ext 3224-5.
Please also include your name and address with your cheque so we can send you a receipt

The Forest Conservation Community Funds helps poor farmers cope with chronic drought and plagues.
Name of organisation: The Forest Conservation Community Fund
Address: 77/1 Moo 5, Tambon Suthep, Muang district, Chiang Mai province 50200
Tel/Fax: (053) 810623-4. Email:ndf13@chmai.loxinfo.co.th.
Bank details: Thai Farmers Bank, Chang Phuak branch; account number:279-256273-9

Battlefield earth: After fighting a powerful godfather over a mangrove forest and learning the hard way the perils of modern prawn farming techniques, one village is trying to heal yesterday's wounds by making sure that the children of tomorrow have a prosperous natural environment to live in
Infor for donations:
Name of organisation: Ban Pred Nai Mangrove Forest Conservation Project
Contract person : Umporn Partsart Telephone: (01)305-0241
Bank's name: Government Savings Bank
Account number: 032401200626053
Account type: savings account

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

PHU FA SHOPS : HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn set up Phu Fa shops to help the rural poor sell their farm products and handicrafts so they could improve their quality of life . To support their products, visit the Phu Fa shops at Siam Discovery Centre, the Chatuchak Weekend Market ( at Project 24 , book section, open only on Saturdays and Sundays ) and at the newest branch at the entrance to Sukhumvit Soi 7. For more information, call 02-658-0209.

Stay together, play together: A group of concerned parents hope to revive and strengthen family ties through a variety of programmes and activities designed to help kids, parents and the elderly
Name of organisation: Family Network Foundation. Address: 769/19-21, Pracha Chun Road, Bang Sue, Bangkok 10800. Contact person: Yuttachai Chalermchai. Telephone: 02-587-8481 or 02-587-3115. Fax: 02-586-0281.
BANK ACCOUNT INFORMATION
Type: savings account. Account number: 039-2-43024-5. Bank branch: Thai Farmers Bank, Bang Son branch. Or: Type: savings account. Account number: 141-2-05848-3. Bank branch: Thai Commercial Bank, Tao Pun branch.
- Note: The foundation especially welcomes volunteers to help with its administration work, home school and training programmes, family activities and publications.

A place to play: In a city where public playgrounds are scarce, a facility near Hua Lamphong train station is an oasis of fun and moral support for poor children
- Name of organisation: Foundation for Child Development
- Address: 143/109-111, Moo Ban Pinklao Pattana, Soi Wat Suwankeeree, Boromratchonnanee Road, Arun Amarin, Bangkok Noi district, Bangkok 10700.
- Contact person: Kemporn Viroonrapan, foundation director; or La-ong Maneeterm, project coordinator.
- Telephone: 02-433-6292 or 02-888-6603.
- Fax: 02-435-5281.
- Email: fcdr@internetksc.th.com.
- Bank information
Saving account no. 047-2-61241-7, Thai Farmers Bank, Bang Yi Khan branch.
Savings account no. 162-0-23632-1, Bangkok Bank, Phra Pin Klao branch.

Helping hands: What to do with old clothes and unwanted fabric? Donating them to the poor is always a good idea. Another option, as pioneered by the late, great teacher A-ngun Malik, is to make them into glove puppets for children.
- Name of organisation: Chaiwana Foundation
- Contact person: Sinsawadh Yord-Bangtoey
- Address: 65/1, Sukhumvit 55 (Soi Thong Lor), Wattana district, Bangkok, 10110
- Tel.: 02-712-7400
- Fax: 02-712-7398
- Email: yayhoon@thaimail.com
- Bank information: Savings account No. 042-2-48506-4, Siam Commercial Bank, Thong Lor branch.

Forum for open minds: A talkshop set up to further the ideals of the late great Puey Ungphakorn asks only one thing of participants: come along with an enquiring mind

PEOPLE IN DISTRESS: The Samaritans of Bangkok provide apublic counselling service todistressed callers.
Their golden rules includeunconditional, uncritical acceptanceand respect for callers. There arenow 30 volunteers in Bangkok but thefoundation still needs more helpers.
To volunteer, call the Samaritans on249-9980 or write to PO Box 11, KlongToey, Bangkok 10110. People who don'thave enough time to be counsellors,but who want to support TheSamaritans can join the Friends ofThe Samaritans on 249-9980.

SELF-RELIANCE: No place is better than home. Plan International is supporting rural communities to be self-reliant so that their children do not have to leave home to work. Plan's upcountry office, tel (043) 237-763 and (043) 241-385. Bangkok office, tel 561-2076-7.

WATER FOR FARMERS: Water is life. The Development Cooperation Foundation plans to dig 1,000 ponds to provide irrigation water for rural farmers in drought-stricken areas free of charge. To donate, call 619-0788 or fax to 619-0789.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Rural communities in the poverty-stricken province of Si Sa Ket are overcoming the problem of malnourishment by learning to stand on their own two feet. The Internationaal Christelijk Steundfonds (ICS) is a Christian non-profit organisation based in Hilversum in the Netherlands. Funded by private donations, it has field offices in Asia and Africa located in Si Sa Ket, Thailand and Nairobi, Kenya. ICS focuses on supporting needy children, women and communities affected by poverty, calamities or wars. Apart from relief and welfare aid, ICS also provides rural development assistance focussing on education, water resource development, primary health care and income-generating projects.
Contact Somnuk Chandsoda at
ICS-Asia, Tepa Street, Tambon Muangnua, Muang District, Si Sa Ket province, Thailand, 33000. Tel (045) 633-806-7, fax (045) 622-805.
Or contact ICS-the Netherlands, PO Box 2480, 1200 CL Hilversum, Bussumerstraat 60, Netherlands. Tel 31-35-628-4984, fax 31-35-623-7610.

SEEDS OF HOPE: GRADUATE VOLUNTEER PROGRAMME: Young graduates can learn about social and rural problems and be part of the solution by having a stint as development volunteers
Anyone interested in joining or support the Graduate Volunteer Programme can contact the Graduate Volunteer Centre located on the sixth floor of the Anek Prasong Building, Thammasat University, Tha Phra Chan campus, Bangkok 10200. Tel: 221-6004 or 221-6111-20 ext 3604. Fax: 221-0148. Please note that the programme's application forms priced at 150 baht per set are available now at the centre until April 10.

THE SALENG FUND PROJECT: Without them, Bangkok would be suffocating under a thick layer of garbage. But the saleng people receive little recognition for their work
Info for donations:
To volunteer or make a donation to The Saleng Fund project, please contact Dr Jirapol Sinthunawa at the National Energy Policy Organisation (NEPO), 394/14, Samsen Road, Dusit, Bangkok 10300. Or call 280-0951-7 ext 145. Alternatively fax 282-4607 or 282-4682.

A CATHOLIC MISSION: Father Joe Maier with children from one of the Human Development Centre's schools. The centre has set up 31 schools in slums around Bangkok which have educated more than 55,000 children.
Father Maier doesn't solicit donations for his projects, but he welcomes all contributions in money and in kind from generous donors. For details please contact the Human Development Centre, 3757/15 Sukhumvit Soi 40, Bangkok 10110, or call 392-7981, 381-1821. The fax number is 391-4968.

FAITH, HOPE AND CHARITY: Twenty-four years ago the Bangkok Post published an article on the plight of Phud Hong Leper Colony. With readers' donations and faith in a better future, a new hope was born. On the verge of the new millennium, leprosy in Thailand has nearly been wiped out. And the Phud Hong residents still feel grateful to the Bangkok Post r eaders who changed their lives. From a deplorable leper colony 30 years ago, Phud Hong is now a place which the residents are proud to call home.
Info for Donations:
- Name of organisation: Phud Hong Leper Foundation
- Address: Bangkok Post, 136 Na Ranong Road, Off Sunthorn Kosa Road, Klong Toey, Bangkok 10110.
- Contact person: Mr Anussorn Thaveesin and Ms Marayart Prachumraksa
- Tel: 240-3700 ext 1203 - Fax: 240-3790-1
- Savings account name: Phud Hong Leper Foundation
- Savings account number: 218-0-13367-6
- Bank name and branch: Bangkok Bank, Sunthorn Kosa Branch
Please send or fax the deposit slip to the above address so that the foundation can issue every donor a receipt.
Alternatively, you can contact Sister Mater Lean directly at Don Bosco Development Centre, PO Box 13, Ron Phibun District, Nakhon Si Thammarat 80130. Tel: (075) 441-133.

WHEN THE SPIRIT MOVES YOU: No diploma is handed out at the end of a Spirit in Education Movement course, but students say they have learned something far more important - how a life should be lived. The philosophy of SEM is that true education should bring learners to understand the essence of life so that they can work on creating social justice and ecological balance. --Pictures courtesy of SEM
Info for donations:
Name of organisation: Spirit in Education Movement (SEM)
Contact person: Ms Wallapa Khuntiranont
Address: 60/2 Soi Tiwanont 34, Tivanont Road, Muang District, Nonthaburi 11000
Telephone: 950-6601-4 Fax: 580-3711

SOUP KITCHEN: Bangkok's Wat Worachanyawas is showing that when times get tough, the poor can turn to their neighbourhood temple to ease their most immediate suffering - hunger
Info for donations:
Name of organisation: Wat Worachanyawas
Address: Charoenkrung Road, Soi 72, Yannawa, Bangkok 10120
Contact person: Phra Khru Woraprot Sitthipong
Tel: 289-0415
Account name: Wat Worachanyawas Fund
Account number: 1842108142
Bank name and branch: Bangkok Bank, Bang Plad Branch

SISTERS OF CHARITY: WOMEN AND CHILDREN: The Good Shepherd Sisters are giving poor children and sex workers in Pattaya an education which will help them have a new beginning in life
Info for donations:
Name of organisation: Fountain of Life Contact person: Sr. Michelle Lopez, Sr. Jiemjit Thanapichai, or Sr. Supaporn Chotipal
Address: 463/49 Soi Srinakorn, North Pattaya, Pattaya City, Chon Buri, 20260 Tel: (038) 361-540 Fax: (038) 361-539
The Fountain of Life staff are happy to talk with volunteers who wish to work with staff in various activities. Help is always needed and appreciated.
If you want to donate to the women's or the children's centres, send your cheque payable to Post Publishing Public Company Limited (For Fountain of Life). Send it to Kusuma Mintakhin, Editorial Manager, 136 Na Ranong Road, off Sunthorn Kosa, Klong Toey, Bangkok 10110.
Please also include your name and address with your cheque so we can send you a receipt.

BLANKETS AND WARM CLOTHES: (OUT IN THE COLD) The current drop in temperature might be a pleasant break for urban dwellers, but for people in the high lands, especially the very old and young, winter with not enough blankets and warm clothes means sleepless nights, aching bones, flu and other illnesses.
Info for donations
A number of organisations receive donations of blankets and warm clothes for people who are poor or who live in remote areas. If you want to make a donation you can contact any of the following groups:
*Name of organisation: The Forest Conservation Community Fund
*Address: 77/1 Moo 5, Tambon Suthep, Muang district, Chiang Mai province
*Tel: (053) 810623-4 *E-mail: ndf13@chmai.loxinfo.co.th
*Name of organisation: Relieving the Cold for the Young Project
*Address: Public Relations Office, Phrae province's Primary Education office, Muang district, Phrae province, 54000.
*Contact person: Ms Manee Muangthong
*Tel: (054) 511605
If you live in the north, northeast or any cold area, you can make donations at any provincial primary education office since most of them run similar blanket and warm clothing campaigns in a bid to help poor students.
*Name of organisation: The Thai Red Cross Society (Cold Weather Relief for Children in Remote Areas Project)
*Address: The Relief and Public Health Bureau, 1871 Henri Dunant Road, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330
*Tel: 251-7853-5, 251-7614-5, and 256-4391, Fax: 252-7976
*Account number: 045-2-00423-6 Bank: Siam Commercial Bank, Saphakachat Thai branch
If you cannot contact these organisations directly, you can send a cheque payable to Post Publishing Public Company Limited (For Blanket and Warm Clothing Campaigns), to Mrs Kusuma Mintakhin, Editorial Manager, 136 Na Ranong Road, Klong Toey, Bangkok 10110.
Please include your name and address with your cheque so we can send you a receipt.

ALL TOGETHER NOW: Slum leaders believe unity and co-operation can help the urban poor improve their standard of living. And they are right
Info for donations:
Name of organisation: Duang Prateep Foundation
Address: Lock 6, Art Narong Road, Klong Toey, Bangkok, 10110
Contact person: Kanokporn Chotivisit, public relations officer
Tel: 249-3553, 249-4880, 249-8842, 671-4045-8
Bank account name for donations: Duang Prateep Foundation's Sadudeechon Project, savings account number 017-2-06336-5, Thai Farmers' Bank, Klong Toey branch
To assist the garbage-for-eggs project, you can also donate goods such as eggs, rice, soap, shampoo, milk or any other basic necessities .
Or you can send your cheque payable to Post Publishing Public Company Limited (For Sadudeechon). Send it to Mrs Kusuma Mintakhin, Editorial Manager, 136 Na Ranong Road, off Sunthorn Kosa, Klong Toey, Bangkok 10110. Her telephone number is 240-3700 ext 3224-5 .
Please also include your name and address with your cheque so we can send you a receipt

LESSONS IN LIFE: Mookda Intasan is not your average nine-to-five kind of teacher. She has also supported almost 100 children and initiated projects to improve the welfare of at least 35 villages in Phayao province
Info for donations:
Name of organisation: Home for Quality of Life Development Project.
Contact person: Mookda Intasan.
Address: 182 Moo 5, Ban Pin Sub-district, Dok Kham Tai district, Phayao 56120.
Telephone: (01) 881-5599.
Account name: Krong-karn Ban Phak Phattana Khoonna-pap Chi-wit.
Account number: 295-4128589
Account type: Savings.
Bank branch: Bangkok Bank, Phayao province branch.

DIRECT ACTION: A famous folk singer has turned his talents to directing and producing grassroots theatre-in a bid to promote social change
Info for donations:
*Name of Organisation: Foundation for Lanna Artists
*Contact Person: Manit Archawong
*Address: 87 Ekamai Soi 3, Sukhumvit 63, Wattana district, Bangkok, 10110
*Tel and fax: 711-5727
*Account name: Foundation for Lanna Artists
*Account number: 127-0-467-713, savings account, Bangkok Bank, Soi Aree branch.

CARVING A PATH: At a community arts centre in Lampang, for the price of their meals rural youngsters can learn the personal and artistic skills to give them a brighter future
Info for donations:
Name of Organisation: The Ngao Community Art Centre - Contact person: Kham-ai Dejduangta.
Address: Ngao Community Art Centre, 33 Moo 9, Ban Khoi, tambon Ban Rong, Ngao district, Lampang, 52110.
- Account Name: Kong Thun Kae Salak Mai.
- Savings account number: 05-3503-20-043334-4, Government Savings Bank, Ngao branch.
* Alternatively, send your cheque payable to Post Publishing Public Company Limited (For Kong Thun Kae Salak Mai) to Mrs Kusuma Mintakhin, Editorial Manager, 136 Na Ranong Road, off Sunthorn Kosa, Klong Toey, Bangkok 10110. Her telephone number is 2403700 ext 3224-5. Please include your name and address with your cheque so we can send you a receipt.

MILK FOR SLUM CHILD: Two years after the economic crunch-and amid increasing need-the Foundation for Slum Child Care needs help to ensure its Milk Fund can continue to provide quality care for babies and children
Info for donations:
Name of Project: The Foundation For Slum Child Care (The Milk and Supplementary Food Fund)
Contact person: Srilada Katewong
Address: 100/771-775, Klong Toey Block 6, Art-Narong Road, Bangkok 10110.
Telephone: 249-0953-4.
Fax: 249-2956.
Bank details: Thai Military Bank (Klong Toey branch), account number: 015-1-05650-4; Siam Commercial Bank (Klong Tan branch), account number: 028-3-03936-5; Thai Farmers Bank (Klong Toey branch), account number: 017-1-05777-9.
In addition to the Milk and Supplementary Food Fund, the foundation runs other projects which need public support, including a project to support pregnant women.
In addition to cash donations, the foundation would welcome donations of baby formula, pasteurised milk [for older children], and kluay nam wah (a kind of a local banana) to be used as snack for children under the foundation's care.
Alternatively, send your cheque payable to Post Publishing Public Company Limited (For the Foundation For Slum Child Care's Milk and Supplementary Food Fund) to Kusuma Mintakhin, Editorial Manager, 136 Na Ranong Road, off Sunthorn Kosa, Klong Toey, Bangkok 10110, telephone 240-3700 ext. 3224-5. Please include your name and address with your cheque so we can send you a receipt.

BAAN TANTAWAN is a shelter for malnourished and abused children run by
the Foundation for Children. Address: 666 Charoen Nakorn Road, Klong San,
Bangkok, 10600. Tel. 438-9331-2 or 438-0353-4. Fax. 437-7201. Savings account
name: Foundation for Children. Account number: 151-0-38762-2. Krung Thai
Bank, Klong San branch.

SPARROW HOME BABIES OF PRISONERS: The New Light Foundation has set up "Sparrow Home" for the children of female prisoners so that they can receive
proper attention and care while waiting to be reunited with their mothers.
Donations and volunteers are needed.
Contact person: Claudia Stone. Address: The New Light Foundation, Soi 20/1
Mooban Prachacheun, Samakee Road, Nonthaburi 11120. Tel. 583-0550. Fax.
5840730. Bank account name: The New Light Group. Account number:
0009993-30-0. Deutsche Bank's Bangkok branch.

LOVE ONE THE LINE: All too often good Samaritans find themselves drained and with little energy for themselves and their families. The Love Line Family Centre aims to help them find a clearer way forward with greater self-awareness

If you would like more information about Mrs Sribaitong's social programmes or the counselling service you can contact her at: 67/20 Soi Phutthasathan Santi-Asoke, Nawamin Road, Khlong Kum, Bung Kum District, Bangkok 10240, or call (01) 625-5056.

MIRROR IMAGES:(Development) Eleven young people-all members of the Mirror Art Group-have pooled their talents and creativity in an attempt to create a utopian community for themselves and hilltribe people in Chiang Rai
Info for donations: Name: The Mirror Art Group
Contact person: Sombat Boon-ngam-anong or other members in the group.
Address: 106 Moo 1, Ban Huay Khom, Mae Yao sub-district, Muang district, Chiang Rai.
Tel/Fax: (053) 600-554
Email: mirrorgroup@thebangkok.com
The Mirror Group is accepting donations of toys, books and clothes, some of which will be distributed to the villagers in need, or used at the centre. The rest will be sold at the market at low cost, with proceeds going to the village fund.
Anyone interested in learning more about the Mirror Art Group's various projects and making donations can visit their website at www.thebangkok.com

KEEPING PEOPLE POSTED: If you read between the lines it's obvious-giving more people easier access to books means they can be better educated
Info for donations
- Name of Organisation: The Post Library Project
- Address: 1505 Nakhon Sawan Road, Muang District, Maha Sarakham 44000
- Contact person: Lek Pongsamakthai
- Tel: (043) 723-410, (01) 872-7015
- Savings Account: The Post Library Project 608-2-29206-9, Siam Commercial Bank, Maha Sarakham branch.
Or send a cheque payable to the Post Publishing Public Company Limited. Address it to Kusuma Mintakhin, Editorial Manager, 136 Na Ranong Road, off Sunthorn Kosa, Klong Toey, Bangkok 10110. Her telephone number is 240-3700 ext 3224-5.
Please include your name and address with your cheque so we can send you a receipt.
Mr Lek will gratefully receive both cash donations and donations of books.

LEARNING IS EARNING - ISAN: The Khru Thim Bun-ing Foundation was established to see that Isan children had more educational opportunities. It also loans money to the poor wanting to establish farms rather than migrate to Bangkok looking for work. But funding is limited
Info for donations
- Name of Project: The Khru Thim Bun-ing Foundation
- Contact person: Penporn Tasiri or Kiattisak Pramual
- Address: 74 Moo 8, Chor Paka Sub-district, Chamni District, Buri Ram 31110
- Telephone: (01) 390-2045.
- Bank details: Bangkok Bank (Nang Rong branch) savings account, Khru Thim Bun-ing Foundation, account number 4140229610.
Alternatively, send cheque payable to "Post Publishing Public Company Limited (for the CCD)" to Mrs Kusuma Mintakhin, Editorial Manager, 136 Na Ranong Road, off Sunthorn Kosa, Klong Toey, Bangkok 10110. Telephone number 240-3700 ext 3224-5. Please include your name and address with your cheque so we can send you a receipt.

Down but not out: A slum community in a Bangkok suburb is demonstrating how the poor can carve their place in urban development
Info for donations:
Name of organisation: The Phet Khlong Jan Community
Contact person: Mr Somchai Meesakorn
Address: 652/35 Moo 1, Seri Thai Road, Khlong Kum Sub-district, Bung Kum District, Bangkok, 10240
Phone: 732-4453 or
Name of organisation: The Building Together Association
Address: 1770 Lat Phrao 101, Bung Thong Lang Sub-district, Bang Kapi District, Bangkok, 10240
Telephone: 370-1714
Fax: 370-1831
To inquire about the on-going campaigns for the two drafts of the laws for the poor, contact the Coordinating Centre, Campaign for the Forum of the Poor Laws, the NGO Coordinating Committee for Development, 409 Soi Rohitasuk, Pracharatbamphen Road, Huay Kwang, Bangkok, 10310 telephone/fax 691-1216.

Troubled waters for the sea-gypsies: Deprived of much of their livelihood, the Moken people of the Surin Islands are struggling to make ends meet
If you would like more information about the Moken people-or if you would like to help them in some way, contact
- Name of the Organisation: Mu Koh Surin National Park
- Contact Persons: Sompong Jeerararuensak, Thanapong Apaiyaso
- Address: Mu Koh Surin National Park, Kuraburi, Phang-nga province, 82150
- Tel: (076) 491-378, 419-028

The dark side of development: The case of villagers displaced by the Pak Moon Dam demonstrates that poverty is often imposed by unequal development strategies that rob rural people of the resources they once depended on for their livelihood

It's a boy thing, too: It's tempting to think the art of weaving is an exclusively female occupation, but visit Ban Na Muean Sri in Trang province, where men are also working the loom, and you'll be forced to think again
Info for donations:
- Organisation: Ban Na Muean Sri Weaving Group
- Contact person: Kusol Ninla-or
- Address: 19/1 Moo 8, Ban Na Muean Sri, Tambon Na Muean Sri, Na Yong district, Trang province, 92170
- Account information: Krung Thai Bank, Na Yong branch, savings account 937-1-02475-5.

Love on the line: All too often good Samaritans find themselves drained and with little energy for themselves and their families. The Love Line Family Centre aims to help them find a clearer way forward with greater self-awareness
If you would like more information about Mrs Sribaitong's social programmes or the counselling service you can contact her at: 67/20 Soi Phutthasathan Santi-Asoke, Nawamin Road, Khlong Kum, Bung Kum District, Bangkok 10240, or call (01) 625-5056.

Down-home dividends : By cultivating-and sharing-local expertise, a group of academics and farmers is bringing healthy returns to the community of Ban Kham Thao
Info for donations:
- Name of organisation: Fund for Research and Development Networks (FRDN)
- Contact person: Dr Artha Nantachukra
- Address: Office of the director of Piyamaharachalai School, Muang district, Nakhon Phanom, 48000
- Tel: (042) 513-613
- Account information: Siam Commercial Bank, Nakhon Phanom Branch, savings account no: 604-2-16613-5.

Tribal truths: Forest communities in the North are working together to realise their constitutional rights.

Friends in deeds: Thailand's relentless pursuit of economic growth and industrialisation has left much of the countryside in ruins. Four unsung heroes, recently honoured with a Khon Dee Sri Sangkhom Award, are among local leaders who have dedicated themselves to helping revive their rural communities

First class : A free-of-charge law school in the Isan region offers no degree but a sense of security, and a card that protects holders from corrupt officers
Info for donations:
- Name of organisation: The Club of Human Rightists of Isan region; also the Thongbai Thongpao Foundation
- Address: 15/136-139 Soi Sua Yai Utis, Ratchadapisek, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900
- Contact person: Thongbai Thongpao
- Telephone: 541-6468
- Fax: 541-6416

Cash for trash: Old newspapers, empty bottles and cans, used containers-some might think these items belong in the trash bin, but some children have been taking them to the bank-and cashing in
Info for donations:
- Name of organisation: Wat Klang Community's Recycling Bank Fund
- Address: 144/2 Lat Phrao Soi 132, Khlong Jun, Bang Kapi, Bangkok, 10240
- Contact persons: Suppachai and Peeranuth Teerattanachavalit
- Telephone: 377- 4846
- Bank's name: DBS Thai Danu Bank, Lat Phrao Soi 136 branch
- Account number: 072-3-005220-4
- Account type: savings account

Somebody's watching: A group of villagers in Pathum Thani have joined forces with the police to help protect their community from drugs and crime. The result has been a win-win situation for all-except the bad guys

Info for donations:
- Name of organisation: The Phuen Ban Oon Jai Project
- Contact person: Vinai Sa-nguanboon, chief of Police Volunteers of Bueng Ka Sam
- Address: 74, Moo 4, Ban Charoen Boon, Bueng Ka Sam, Nong Sua district, Pathum Thani, 12170.
- Telephone: 905-9156.
- Bank account information: Savings account number: 01-0507-20-008644-9; bank account name: The Phuen Ban Oon Jai Project; Government Savings Bank, Klong 10, Thanya Buri branch.

The good old ways: Cockle harvesters in Bang Khunsai rely on their ancestors' know-how to make an eco-friendly living -no thanks to the array of forces aligned against them
Info for donations:
- Name of organisation: Anurak Karn Pramong Peun Ban Group - Contact person: Samrong Chanhomanee
- Contact address: 211/3 Moo 8, Bang Khunsai, Ban Laem district, Phetchaburi.
- Bank name: Government Savings Bank, Ban Laem branch; account number: 004-2-33058-2; account type: savings account

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Friends in need: Volunteering time and effort to make the world a better place is not as common in Thailand as it should be _ but that could change
Info for donations:
Name of organisation: Thai Volunteer Service Foundation
Contact person: Kannika Kuankajorn, 409 Soi Rohitsuk, Pracharaj-bumpen Road, Huay Khwang, Bangkok 10320; telephone 02-691-0437/8; fax 02-691-0439; email ngotvs