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For Hopeful Children Project 2003
22-24 March 2003
at Mahasurasinghanart Marine base ,
Rayong province
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Orientation

9 March 2003 :
FHCP 2003 Staffs Orientation at NYB , Bangkok
Thailand presided by Mr.Visit Dejkumtorn -President to the Fund for Friends.

Heart-to-heart
from the FHCP key persons

Over 10 years that we have seen this project progressing non-stop. A number of organizations have pitched in with their will to support this project. The increasing number of children from tens to hundreds which are now reaching 500 in total including staffs and children didn't seem to discourage us but on the other hand even make us work harder to accommodate the increasing demand, just to make sure that everyone will receive the warmth of friendship and understanding. Of course , the children can enjoy good foods and fun games and activities they have done together. But the good memory didn't come by so easily and once it's there , it's hard to forget.
The Navy stand guarded to care and protect us in the sea while we enjoy swimming. The hands that used to hold guns are now holding spoons to feed and comfort us. The big brothers and sisters hold our hands strolling along the beach helping us build the sand castles. Lots of small things but precious things. The memory , friendship and sincerity are not that much to share to ask for.

Beginning
of the project

With the intention to develop children's mental and physical so we settled "For the Hopeful Children" project. This project was launched for the first time on 1st September 1991 with 2 groups of children ; the first group was children from Phayathai Orphanage who were suffered from family or helped from working in illegal factories and the second group was physically handicapped children. We entertained them with activities, food, snack and beverage. Besides those entertainment activities, we also let them learn how to help each other and society. The two groups were proud of their friendship and utilization. From this beginning we hope to see those underprivileged children to have self-confident with their capability to help themselves and others.

Principle and Reason

Nowadays there were more and more orphan and handicapped children because the children have severe problems in their families , the most important basic part of society. Consequently we have to solve their problem by giving them hope and opportunity of mental and physical development with our warm heart. We should treat those children as they are a part of our family and our society so they can become good leaders of their families in the future.

Objectives

To let the hopeful children have positive "hope" to live in our competitive society.
To let the hopeful children believe in themselves that they can also be a hopeful to others.
To let the hopeful children percept the warmth from society as if they were part of big family.
To let the society aware of the children that they are less fortunate in society, learn their problem and involve themselves in helping and guiding the less fortunate in any possible way.

Impression
From the social worker who participate FHCP

We have considered ourselves very fortunate to be able to participate in For Hopeful Children Project since the very beginning of the program , witnessing its progress all along. Through our eyes , this program is very respectful and sincere to our children. It has given us lots of encouragement to stand up against all obstacles and work with dignity us and willing to give us supports when needed.
We are here together even from different reasons. You volunteer to be here and it's our job to be here. That's not important at all , the smiles and happiness on the faces of our children ate the peace at heart of all of us. The emotional and social development in a child makes it obvious that the budget and investment for this project is not wasteful. The result is something we can't measure in monetary terms but we can use our heart to judge and feel it right.
As the social worker , we feel we would like the other less fortunate children in any corner of the country to enjoy this same moment ,at least once in their life time.

Joint organization

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Article about For Hopeful Children project 2003
by Jeremy Johanson

Records of the "For Hopeful Children project"

Year	Venue	Date	Children and staffs	Budget (Bht.)
1st	The First Welfare (Girl) Phayathai	Sep 1 , 1991	150	2,800
	Lumpini Youth Center	Oct 22 , 1991	60	9,000
	The First Welfare (Girl) Phayathai	Nov 10 , 1991	180	15,000
2nd	Ratchavethee Welfare House	Feb 15 , 1992	450	40,000
	Ban Sung Resort (Rayong province)	Mar 14-15 , 1992	180	120,000
	Ratchavethee Welfare House	Sep 26 , 1992	200	15,000
4th	Mahasurasinghanart Navy Camp , Rayong	Mar 19-20 , 1994	230	160,000
5th	Mahasurasinghanart Navy Camp , Rayong	Mar 24-26 , 1995	330	250,000
6th	Mahasurasinghanart Navy Camp , Rayong	Apr 6-8 , 1996	450	330,000
7th	Mahasurasinghanart Navy Camp , Rayong	Mar 22-24 , 1997	500	400,000
8th	Mahasurasinghanart Navy Camp , Rayong	Mar 21-23 , 1998	500	350,000
9th	Mahasurasinghanart Navy Camp , Rayong	May 22-24 , 1999	500	350,000
10th	Andaman Princess Cruise Ship	Aug 31 , 2000	300	750,000
11th	Mahasurasinghanart Navy Camp , Rayong	Mar 24-26 , 2001	500	400,000
12th	Mahasurasinghanart Navy Camp , Rayong	Mar 23-25 , 2002	500	400,000
13th	Mahasurasinghanart Navy Camp , Rayong	Mar 22-24 , 2003	500	400,000

Source : Fund for Friends (2003)