Birthday Party

Every two months Phuket Has Been Good To Us Foundation (PHBGTUF) puts on a birthday party for the kids that live at the school.  Let me explain this a little.  There are 150 kids who are currently living at the school in Kamala.  Some of these kids are orphans others may have family that are just unable to raise them.  This past Saturday the general manager at one of the new beach clubs called Bliss was kind enough to let us bring the kids and host the birthday party.  Around 35 kids showed up and got a chance to swim, play games and cook pizza with the head chef.  The kids were broken into groups and rotated between stations.  We had a large group of donators come and see the event.  My job was to make sure that if any of the teachers needed help I would jump in and if not I got to talk to the donors.  The kids had an absolute blast and Bliss is a spectacular location.  The highlight for the kids I am sure was getting to make the pizza with Chef Alex.  Alex could not have a more perfect personality for his role.  After the children had eaten, played and swam they were each given a backpack with gifts in it.  Everyone loved what they got and then shortly after there was a big birthday cake for everyone.  It was delicious.  When everyone was done eating they jumped back in the vans and headed back to school with big smiles on their faces.  It was a great first day and it makes working for organizations that do education and outreach work really rewarding.

I get into the real office work next week.  I hope that you all get a chance to visit Phuket because although it is very touristy, it is beautiful.  Plus I want to see some familiar faces.

Side note Chanta has put up some great photos on the CLI Library Boat blog which I have a link to.  Check it out.  I will get some photos up when I get a chance.