HILLTRIBES

HELP FOR HIGHLANDERS : The Karen Hilltribes Trust ( UK Registered Charity No . 1093548) , or its Thailand offshoot, the Foundation for Karen Hilltribes in Thailand ( KHTF ) , helps instal clean water systems, provide educational opportunities as well as sustainable sources of income for the Karen hill people in northwest Thailand . To help, contact Julia Virulchanya, the Karen Hilltribes Trust, 16/4 Soi Intamara 15 , Suttisan Road, Phaya Thai, Bangkok 10110 , Thailand . Tel : 01-899-5563. Web site : www.karenhilltribes.org.uk . Bank info : Krung Thai Bank ( Asok Branch ) , savings account name "Foundation for Karen Hilltribes in Thailand" ( in Thai "Moonnithi Puar Chao Kariang Haeng Pratet Thai" ) , savings account number 015-1-53414-4. SAVE TWINS: Many twins have been killed because the Akha believe they were evil. The Akha Education and Culture Centre in Chiang Mai wants to change that through education and support for twins' families. Its milk scheme for Akha twin babies need donations. Address: 370 Moo 4 Tambon Rim Kok, Muang district, Chiang Rai 57000. Tel (053) 714-250. Fax (053) 751-079. KAREN CHILDREN: Businessman Ralf Oberg has set up day-care centres for Karen children and supports the education of Karen youths so that they can cope with modern change. Address: PO Box 954, Phra Khanong 10110, Bangkok. Tel 942-1145. Or call Bill Timmons on 391-5671. INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE: To preserve their culture, the Karen Culture Education Fund is undertaking a project to integrate their indigenous culture and ancestral knowledge with formal education in Karen schools. For donations: "POWS EDU&CUL FUNDS", account no. 679-2-05052-9, Thai Commercial Bank's Sangkla Buri branch, Kanchanaburi. For details contact Wildlife Fund of Thailand on 521-3435 or 552-6083. STREET CHILDREN: Huen Nam Jai Home in Chiang Mai gives free shelter and education to street children, mostly hilltribe children, to prevent them from falling into drugs, prostitution and Aids. Address: Pastor Kunakorn Kunasawat, Chang Kham Church, Hang Dong district, Chiang Mai. Tel (053) 433-571. For donations: Chang Kham Church's Street Children Project, account number 4590321396, Bangkok Bank, Hang Dong branch. AN UPHILL EDUCATION: Karen children in Kanchanaburi find simply getting to school is their biggest stumbling block. Info for donations: The Lower Klity village is located deep in the forest and it is not accessible by post or phone. The nearest education office is the Hilltribe Centre at Kanchanaburi province. To help the children, call teacher Pantip Charoenwai at (034) 51-8694 and (034) 51-2452. He leaves his forest post in Lower Klity at the end of month every month when he can be found in the Hilltribe Centre. If you cannot contact him, send your cheque payable to Post Publishing Public Company Limited (for Lower Klity children). Send it to Mrs Kusuma Mintakhin, Editorial Manager, 136 Na Ranong Road, off Sunthorn Kosa, Klong Toey, Bangkok 10110. Tel 2403700 ext 3224-5. Please include your name and address with your cheque so that we can send you a receipt. ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT: Exploited as a tourist attraction, the hilltribe villagers are now being blamed for forest encroachment and arson. Amazing Thailand indeed Info for donations: Those who want to make donations to help families of the 56 hilltribe men can deposit money into a new account titled "Fund For the Innocents" (Kong thun chuai lua phoo borisut) at the Thai Farmers Bank, Suthep Road branch, Muang district, Chiang Mai. Account number is 471-2-03332-6. Other organisations are collecting contributions to pass on to the villagers on May 31. In Bangkok, contact the Thai Volunteer Service. Address: 409 Soi Rohitasuk, Pracharat Bamphen Road, Huay Kwang, Bangkok. Tel (02) 691-0437-8. Fax (02) 691-1217. In Chiang Mai, there are three places you can contact: * Centre for the Coordination of Non-governmental Tribal Development Organisation (CONTO). Address: 252 Moo 2, Sansai Noi Sub-District, Sansai district, Chiang Mai 50120. Tel (053) 39-8591. Fax (053) 39-8592. * NGO Coordinating Committee on Rural Development (NGO-CORD NORTH). Address: 77/1 Moo 5, Suthep sub-district, Muang District, Chiang Mai 50200. Tel/Fax (053) 81-0623-4. * Ethnic Studies Network (Ethnet), Regional Centre for Social Science and Sustainable Development (RCSD), Chiang Mai University. Address: 78 Moo 10, Suthep Road, Muang District, Chiang Mai 50200. Tel. (053) 27-8334. Fax (053) 28-3609. On May 31, a group of human rights organisations and Chiang Mai University academics will visit Pang Daeng village to present food to the families of the arrested men. There will also be a field trip and panel discussion on "Violations of Constitutioanal Rights: A Case of Newin's Order of Indiscriminate Arrest of the Powerless." A bus will leave the Chiang Mai University at 7 a.m. that day. More information can be obtained from the organisations above. BUDDHA KASET FOUNDATION: A temple school in Chiang Mai seeks to give poor hilltribe teenagers the educational, occupational andspiritual tools to help them become smart, self-reliant and community-aware young women Info for donations: *Name of organisation: Buddha Kaset Foundation *Contact person: Passakorn Kundej, headmaster *Address: Buddha Dharma Nong Hoh Temple, Klong Chon Prathan Road, tambon Chang Puek, Muang district, Chiang Mai province 50302 *Tel: (053) 414-096 *Account name: Buddha Kaset Foundation *Account number: 504-0-174-020, savings account, Bangkok Bank, Suthep branch. Homeward bound: Friends Without Borders, a Thailand-based non-governmental organisation, hopes to bring to light the sad fate of many ethnic migrants in the Kingdom, so that people in Thailand will understand them better Info for donations: Name of organisation: Friends Without Borders: Project to Promote Positive Relations between Thai and Burmese People Contact address: c/o Forum-Asia, 109 Suthisarnwinichai Road, Huay Kwang, Bangkok, 10320 Telephone: 276-9846-7 Fax: 693-4939 Email: aurora@ksc.th.com Contact person: Ms Pornsuk Koetsawang Bank account: Savings Account, Krung Thai Bank, Ratchada-Huay Kwang Branch Bank account number: 091-1-02062-4 Deadly river: Despite a government promise to clean up the contaminated Klity creek, the Thai-Karen villagers who live along it are still haunted by health and food problems Info for donations: - Name of organisation: Karen Studies and Development Centre - Contact person: Surapong Kongchantuk - Address: 137/55 Soi Jamjuree 3, Ram Intra 39, Bang Kaen, Bangkok 10220; or Lower Klity Village Committee, Tambon Chalae, Thongpapume district, Kanchanaburi province. - Telephone: 01-642-4006 (mobile phone) - Fax: 973-0069 - Email: klitycreek@yahoo.com - Bank info: Savings bank account number: 718-1-26542-3 Savings account name: Nai Pantip Charoenwai (For Baan Klity Lang Fund) Bank: Krung Thai Bank, Thongpapume district branch The villagers also welcome donations of vegetarian protein substitutes.

THE DISABLED

SPECIAL OLYMPICS : Many sportsmen and sportswomen need your support so they take part in the Special Olympics for the physically - challenged . To help, contact Mr Sathatorn Korkaew, Special Olympics Thailand, 491/13 2/ F Silom Plaza Building, Silom Road, Bang Rak, Bangkok 10500. Tel : 02-266-6700/1 , 02-266-6705. Fax : 02-266-6704. Bank info : Kasikorn Bank Asoke Dindaeng branch, savings account name "The Foundation for the Mentally Retarded of Thailand ( Special Olympics ) ", account number 049-2-30733-5. Donations to this account are tax deductible . Alternative account info : Kasikorn Bank Ekamai branch, savings account name "Special Olympics Thailand", account number 059-2-36446-8. ( Donations to this account are not tax deductible .) OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING : A mushroom expert has been teaching persons with disabilities to farm their own mushrooms so they can be financially self - reliant . To help, contact Satit Thaithatgoon, Arunyik Mushroom Research and Development Centre, PO Box 1 , Nongkhaem, Bangkok 10162 , Thailand . Tel . 02-889-8740 ext 201/2 or 01-917-4194. Fax . 02-441-9246. Email : satitamc@hotmail.com . Bank info : Siam Commercial Bank Salaya branch, account name "Satit Thaithatgoon", account number 316-246757-8. SUPPORT A BAND : A group of blind musicians have formed a professional band called "Memory" to prove that sight impairment does not stand in the way of musical excellence . To help, contact Jirapa Boongsopa, Komkrit Khemnark or Pooncharasm Promopakorn at Music Association for the Blind . Tel : 02-579-2444. Bank info : Bank of Ayudhya Kasetsart University sub - branch, savings account name "Samakhom Dontree Puer Khon Tah Bod ( Music Association for the Blind ) ", account number 374-1-34258-7. Empowering the handicapped : A foundation in Chiang Mai is working to help people with disabilities acquire skills and wheelchairs so they can be self - reliant . Contact Sunan and Don Wilcox, of the Foundation to Encourage the Potential of Disabled Persons, Rajapakinai Rd 133/1 , Chiang Mai 50100. Tel : (053) 852-172 ; fax : (053) 240-935 ; email : assist@loxinfo . co . th; Web site : www.infothai.com/disabled . Bank info : Siam Commercial Bank, 17 Thapae Rd, Chiang Mai 50100 , Account number : 501-1-13375-7. For donors living in America who require a 501- C -3 tax exempt receipt, donations are welcome via READ, 976 Tee Court, Incline Village, Nevada 89451 , USA . Digital books for the blind : Female prisoners at Bangkhen Women's Prison are being trained in an IT Project Under the Initiatives of Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn to produce digital books for the blind . To assist the project, contact NECTEC . Tel : 02-644-8150 _ 90. Bank info : Bank of Asia, head office, current account no : 047-1-06338-8. Or contact the Thai Blind People's Foundation, 85/1-2 Soi Boonyu, Din Daeng Road, Samsen Nai, Phya Thai, Bangkok 10400. Tel : 02-246-2287. Bank Info : Bangkok Bank, Din Daeng branch; savings account no : 128-0-85485-0. Reconstructive surgery : A special Red Cross Project gives free treatment to children and adults with cleft lips and / or cleft palates as well as other physical deformities . To assist, contact Dr Pichit Siriwan, Mission for the Repair of Cleft Lips, Cleft Palates and Other Deformities, Thai Red Cross Society, Relief and Community Health Bureau, 1871 Henry Dunant Road, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330. Tel : 02-384-4985 ; mobile phone : 01-814-4196. Bank info : Savings account no : 045-2-00423-6 , Siam Commercial Bank, Thai Red Cross Branch . Fax your bank slip to 02-252-7976. For more information, call 02-251-7853 _ 6 or 02-251-7614/5 or email relief@redcross.or.th . Kidney transplant : More than 1,000 people nationwide are waiting for kidney transplants, a treatment that is expensive and constantly in need of organ donations . To assist, contact Dr Supat Vanichakarn, Kidney Foundation of Thailand, Galyani Vadhana Building, 8 th floor, Monk's Hospital . Tel : 02-644-9492/3. Or contact Siam Commercial Bank's Siriraj Hospital branch . Tel : 02-419-7187 or 02-412-4090. Bank info : savings account number : 016-1-28875 _ 3 , Siam Commercial Bank, Siriraj branch . A place at the table: For children with disabilities, just having a chance to learn and prove themselves is often too much to ask. The Foundation for Children with Disabilities is working to change that - Name of organisation: Foundation for Children with Disabilities (FCD) - Address: 546 Lat Phrao 47 Road, Wangthong, Bangkok 10310 - Contact person: Somluck sae-Lim - Telephone: 02-539-2916, 02-539-9558 - Fax: 02-539-9706 - Bank information: Account name: Foundation for Children with Disabilities Bank: Bangkok Bank, Lat Phrao 44 branch; savings account number 203-0-18163-6. Answers for the autistic: A special programme to integrate autistic kids into the classroom is just the beginning for Dr Daranee Utairatanakit, who has devoted herself to helping such children get an education and a better life - Name of organisation: Kasetsart University Demonstration School's Educational Research Centre for Children with Special Needs. - Contact person: Asst Prof Dr Daranee Utairatanakit, P.O. box 1050, Kasetsart, Bangkok, 10903. Telephone 02-942-8800_9 or 02-942-8093. Fax on 02-942-8093. - Bank information: Bank of Ayudhya, Kasetsart University Branch Savings account name: Kasetsart University Demonstration School Account number: 374-1-23071-5. There will be an international workshop/seminar on "Teachers, Doctors and Parents : New Dimensions in Developing Autistic Persons' Potentials" on March 22 at Kasetsart Demonstration School from 3 to 5pm. SELF-HELP GROUP: A crippled man, Sanom Letaisong, set up a self-help group for the handicapped in Buri Ram. Among the work skills his centre offers are weaving, bag-making, and radio repair. Address: The Handicapped People's Group, Baan Song Daeng Temple, Baan Song Daeng, Na Pho district, Buri Ram. Tel (044) 629-243. Bank account: Handicapped People's Fund of Na Pho District, savings account number 240-2-30025-4, Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Co-operatives, Phut Thai Song branch. TRAINING FOR THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED: The Punyawuthikorn School gives the mentally handicapped vocational training in cooking, gardening and cleaning. It needs funding and jobs for its students. Address: Punyawuthikorn School, No. 4, Soi 7 Prachasongkroa Road, Prachaniveth 1, Bangkok 10900. Tel 589-5762. COMPUTER TRAINING: The Redemptorist Vocational School in Pattaya gives intensive computer training to young disabled persons. Address: Suporntum Mongkolsawadi, headmaster, the Redemptorist Vocational, PO Box 1, Pattaya, Chon Buri 20260. Tel (038) 716-248-9. Fax (038) 420-340. SIGN LANGUAGE VOLUNTEERS: A shortage of sign language interpreters has robbed the deaf of educational and employment opportunities. They need volunteers to work as interpreters or some other capacity. Address: The National Association of the Deaf in Thailand. Tel 717-1902-3. Fax 717-1904. For donations: account number 168-1-13783-9, Bank of Ayudhya, Pattanakarn branch. ARTIFICIAL LIMBS: A retired American doctor has established a foundation which gives amputees free artificial limbs and the chance to live a normal life again. Address: The Buddha Khun Medical Foundation, No. 26, Baan Tha Sila, Moo 4, Mae Kha, Hang Dong, Chiang Mai 50230. Or call 053-368-667. Office hours: Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. HANDICAPPED BLIND YOUNGSTERS: achieving more in life thanks to the patient training, care and love of their teachers - who also believe no matter how disabled all the kids deserve to fully develop their skills. Info for donations: -Name of organisation:Home of Multiple Handicapped Blind Children -Address: 21/13 Soi Ram Intra 34 (Soi Yu Yen), Ram Intra Road, Lad Prao district, Bangkok 10230 -Founder: Prayat Phunongong Tel: 510-4895 and 510-3625 Fax: 943-6235 Savings bank account name: The Christian Foundation for the Blind in Thailand Bank account number: 187-0-50438-6 Bangk name and branch: Bangkok Bank's Ram Intra Branch TURNING A BLIND EYE: Due to the economic slump and a decline in donations, 50 children under the care of the Christian Foundation for the Blind will lose their chance to get an education. Info for donations: Name of organisation: The Christian Foundation for the Blind in Thailand Address: 214 Moo 10, Pracharak Road, Muang, Khon Kaen 40000 Tel: (043) 242-098 or 239-499 Fax: (043) 243-448 Bangkok office tel: 510-3625 or 510-4895. Savings bank account name: The Christian Foundation for the Blind in Thailand Bank account number: 187-0-50438-6 Bank name and branch: Bangkok Bank, Ram Intra branch Khon Kaen account number: 109-2-004-01-1 Bank name and branch: Thai Farmers Bank, Nah Muang Branch, Muang, Khon Kaen RHYTHM AND BLUES: The young people at the Vocational Training Centre for the Blind in Chiang Mai are eager to acquire the skills that will help them lead fulfilling and independent. But the centre is in dire need of financial assistance Info for donations Name of organisation: Vocational Training Centre for the Blind Contact person: Aree Plernchaivanich Savings account name: Fund for the Vocational Training Centre for the Blind Account number: 587-005653-7 Bank:Bangkok Bank, Mae Jo branch, Chiang Mai Addresses: Northern School for the Blind, 41 Arruk Road, Muang District, Chiang Mai 50200, tel(053)49-8211 Or send your cheque payable to Post Publishing Public Company Limited (For Vocational Training Centre for the Blind). 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 recipt. NAKHON PRATHOM DISABLED CLUB: The sportsmen and women competing in the Fespic Games highlight the fighting spirit of the disabled. "We care" this week honours their courage by featuring a story on the dedication of one wheelchair-bound man in Nakhon Prathom who has set out to encourage others to live life to the full. It helps the disabled people in the province get access to much-needed assistance available from state welfare programmes. Info for donations: Name of organisation: Nakhon Prathom Disabled Club Address: 23/15 Moo 1, Ta Talad, Sam Phran district, Nakhon Pathom 73110 Contact person: Mr Teerawat Sripathomsawad Tel: (034) 32-4966 If you cannot contact them, send your cheque payable to Post Publishing Public Company Limited (For Disabled Club, Sam Phran). 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. THE 'ARTIFICIAL LEG' DOCTOR: As the head of the Mobile Artificial Legs Production Unit, set up in 1991 under the royal patronage of the late Princess Mother, Dr Therdchai and his volunteer staff have travelled to some 40 provinces throughout Thailand providing free services to rural villagers. Many patients never dreamed they would walk on their own legs, having been crippled since birth. Info for donations: Name of Organisation: The Prosthesis Foundation Address: Faculty of Medicine, Chiangmai University, Chiang Mai 50200 Tel: (053) 219-250-1 Bank account details: Moonlanithi Kha-thiam - Ngoen Borijak (The Prosthesis Foundation - donations); savings account number 566-2-50375-3; Siam Commercial Bank, Faculty of Medicine, Chiangmai University branch Give and take in the forest. A JOINT EFFORT: When people work together they can accomplish great things-as members of the Thai Industrialist Development Forum prove.They pooled good will, expertise, cash and spare parts to develop an artificial leg with a bending knee joint.The prosthetics are being given free to cash-strapped amputees Info fordonations: The Thai Industrialist Development Forum does not need cash-what it does need is volunteers. Anyone interested in learning the techniques of making and fitting the artificial leg can attend free courses at Mr Woothiwong's factory. Name of Organisation: The Thai Industrialist Development Forumu Contact Person: Woothiwong Toatongu Address: 110/108 Ekachai-Bangbon Road, Bangkhuntien, Bangkok, 10150 Tel: 899-6372-5, 416-0308-9uFax: 899-6371. YWCA PAKKRED: There's more to charity than dipping your hand in your pocket and a group of Thai and expat volunteers from YWCA Pakkred show a little love goes a long way Info for donations: *Name of the foundation: YWCA Pakkred *Contact person: Boonchuan Hongskrai or Saisom Sinhaseni *Address: 99/19 Chaeng Wattana Road, Pakkred, Nonthaburi 11120 *Telephone: 583-0998 *Bank account name: YWCA Pakkred (donations), Siam Commercial Bank's Pakkred branch, savings bank account number: 305-2-30134-5. Note: Volunteers are much needed. THE COMMUNITY-BASED REHIBILITATION PROJECT helps andicapped children in rural Thailand to enroll and integrate into normal schools. Address: The Foundation for Handicapped Children, 546 Lad Prao 47, Bang Kapi, Bangkok. Tel. 539-9958 and 539-9706. Email: fhc546@k12.nectec.or.th Savings account name: Foundation for andicapped Children. Account number: 203-0-18163-6. Bangkok Bank, Ladprao 44 Branch. The PANYAWUTHIKORN SCHOOL gives the mentally handicapped children various vocational trainings such as cooking, gardening and cleaning. It need funding and jobs for students. Contact person : Headmaster Assoc Prof Kanchana Kosolpisitkul. Address : Punyawuthikorn School, No. 4, Soi 7 Prachasongkroa Road,Prachaniveth 1, Bangkok 10900. Tel. 589-5762. Savings account name: Panyawuthikorn School. Account number: 029-2-10014-0. Bangkok Metropolitan Bank's Prachachuen branch. THE REDEMPTORIST VOCATIONAL SCHOOL in Pattaya gives intensive computer training to the young disabled. Contact person: Suporntum Mongkolsawadi, headmaster. Address: PO Box 1, Pattaya City, Chon Buri 20260. Tel (038)716-248-9. Fax: (038)420-340. Savingsaccount name: Father Raymond and the Pattaya Orphanage (Khun Por Ray Lae Baan Dek Kampra). Account number: 342-301150-5. Bangkok Bank's Banglamung branch. THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF IN THAILAND needs sign language volunteers as well computer donations to help broaden educational opportunities for deaf children. Contact person: Jutamart Sutonwattanacharoen. Address : The National Association of the Deaf in Thailand. Tel.717-1902-3. Fax: 717-1904. Savings bank account name: National Association of the Deaf in Thailand. Account number: 028-2-60253-9. Siam Commercial Bank's Klong Tan branch. Email:nadtorg@ksc.th.com READY TO STRIKE BACK: Negative attitudes surrounding disabled youngsters mean they are often robbed of a normal life-when normal means being part of a loving family, reaching their potential and being active members of a community. But some people are trying to change all that Info for donations: -Name of Project: The Christian Care Foundation for Children with Disabilities. -Contact person: Wasan Saenwian, director. -Address: PO Box 47, Pak Kret, Nonthaburi 11120, Thailand. -Telephone: 584-6966, 960-9107 -Fax: 584-6966 -Bank details: Bangkok Bank (Pak Kret branch), account number 2070535790 (savings account). Siam Commercial Bank (Pak Kret branch), account number 305-2 57813-8 (fixed account). -Email address: ccdbkk@ksc.th.com. IT'S SECOND NATURE! : When the Nature Conservancy Club took 30 blind youngsters camping in the forest to boost their love of Nature and self confidence-it seems the youngsters had a few things to teach themselves Info for donations: Name: The Nature Conservancy Club. Contact person: Thammarat Sookpinij. Telephone: 929-7392. Pager: 1188-4400296. Bank account information: Savings account name: 15839-8. Handicapped Kids Camps, Siam Commercial Bank, United Nations Building branch. Account number: 004-2 15839-8. Or, send your cheque payable to Post Publishing Public Company Limited (For Nature Conservancy Club) 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. LIFE AND LIMB: On the heels of its success in Thailand, the Thai Industrialist Development Forum is helping poor amputees in other countries Info for donations:- Name: Thai Industrialist Development Forum, - Contact person: Woothiwong Taotong - Address: 110/108 Eakachai-Bangbon Road, Bangkhuntien Bangkok, 10150 - Tel: 899-6372 - Fax: 899-6371 Alternatively, send your cheque payable to Post Publishing Public Company Limited (For TIDF). 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. Mitrsanit is the Kingdom's only braille magazine and it is run entirely by volunteers. Name of organisation: Thailand Association of the Blind (Please specify whether you would like your donation to benefit Mitrsanit or the audio magazine for friendship.) Contact Person: Oraporn Nangkrathoke. Telephone: 247-1968, 246-3835 and 247-6031 Bank details: savings account name: Thailand Association for the Blind; account number: 259-1-09198-1; Bank of Ayutthaya's Sam Liam Din Daeng branch. And account number 128-0-26791-3; Bangkok Bank's Din Daeng branch. A special training course is helping disabled people learn the skills of stone carving. Name of Organisation: Nangrong Industrial and Community Education College Contact person: Director Surasak Arporntawan. Address: Nangrong Industrial and Community Education College, Sangkakaj Prachanusorn Road, Tambon Nangrong, Nangrong district, Buri Ram province 31110 Tel/fax : (044)632-008. A high price to pay: For scrap collectors and dealers, the discovery of a radioactive container has resulted in death, loss of limbs and constant illness Info for donations: - Name of organisation: Alternative Energy Project for Sustainability - Contact person: Ida Arunwongse - Address: 801/8 Soi Ngamwongwan 27, Ngamwongwan Road, Muang district, Nonthaburi 11000 - Tel/ Fax: 591-5076 - Email: aeps@ksc.th.com - Bank account: Savings account - Name: Fund for Work and Environment Related Patients - Account No: 241-1-082836 - Branch: Bank of Ayudhaya, Nonthaburi Branch Friends in need : For 10 years the International Support Group has been helping those who need it most-and shows no sign of slowing down Info for donations: - Name of organisation: International Support Group to the Department of Public Welfare - Address: Box No. 1530, Sukhumvit Soi 4 Post Office, Bangkok 10112, Thailand. - Contact person: Cynthia Leverenz or Lim Su See - Telephone/fax: 02-655-1068 - Bank information: Account type: savings Account name: International Support Group to DPW Account number: 009-307-4123 Bank: Siam Commercial Bank, 9 Ratchadapisek Road, Chatuchak, Bangkok, Thailand. Or send a cheque payable to the Post Publishing Plc. Address it to Kusuma Mintakhin, Editorial Manager, ATTN: International Support Group, 136 Na Ranong Road, off Sunthorn Kosa, Klong Toey, Bangkok 10110. Her telephone number is 02-240-3700 ext 3224/5. Please include your name and address with your cheque so we can send you a receipt. Please specify that your donation is for the "International Support Group".

WOMEN

HELP FOR RAPE VICTIMS : The Kanitnaree Centre offers salvation to an increasing number of victims of rape and other forms of sexual abuse . To help, contact executive director Maytinee Bhongsvej, the Association for the Promotion of the Status of Women ( Kanitnaree Centre ) , 501/1 Moo 3 Dechatungka Road, Sikan, Don Muang, Bangkok 10210. Tel : 02-929-2222. Bank info : savings account : Thai Military Bank, Songprapa branch, account name "Samakhom Songserm Sathanaparb Satree", account number : 135-2-00041-6. Breaking the cycle of pain:The Foundation for Women has set up a fund to provide legal aid for victims of wife-beating who have been jailed for accidentally killing their husbands - Name of organisation: Foundation for Women. - Contact person: Usa Lerdsrisunthad, Co-ordinator, Foundation for Women, 295 Charansanitwong Soi 62, Bangkok Noi, Bangkok 10700. - Telephone: 02-433-5149, 02-435-1246. Fax: 02-434-6774 - Email: FFW@mozart.inet.co.th - Bank info: Thai Farmers' Bank, Sathon Road branch; savings account name: "Foundation for Women"; account no: 038-2-18085-2. Snatched time: Toddlers get to live relatively close to their jailed mothers and to go for visits once a week, thanks to the work of one foundation - Name of organisation: Phibulsongkroh Foundation, Children's Fund. - Address: Phibulsongkroh Foundation, 33/1231 Ngamwongwan Road, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900. The Boonyatorn Nursery Home is at the same address. - Contact person: Basaba Sakrangkul, director of Social Work and Social Welfare, Prison Division, Department of Corrections. - Telephone: 02-967-3556-7. - Fax: 02-967-3556. - Bank information: Krung Thai Bank, Rattanatibeth branch, savings account number 137-1-21663-0. VIOLENCE AND DISCRIMINATION: The Friends of Women Foundation runs a home for rape victims, gives legal help to beaten wives and abused workers, supports a self-help group for women with family problems, and campaigns for women's rights. Address: 1379/30 Soi Praditchai, Samsen Nai, Phya Thai, Bangkok 10400. Tel 270-0928, 279-7158, 618-2707-8. Fax 270-0929. BAR GIRLS: The Rahab Beauty Shop in Patpong offers bargirls both emotional support and vocational training opportunities to get out of prostitution. Address: The Rahab Ministries, PO Box 57, Patpong Post Office, Bangkok 10506. Tel/fax 236-9270. BAR GIRLS: Empower, a women's rights organisation, provides non-formal education for bar girls and other entertainment workers.Address: 57/60 Tiwanon Road, Tambon Taladkwan, Nonthaburi 11000. Tel 526-8311 or 236-9272 in Bangkok, or (053) 282-504 in Chiang Mai. GIVING THE GIRLS A BREAK: In a small hut in a northern village two women have set up a club were teenage girls can find sanctuary and talk out solutions to the many problems which beset them Info for donations : Name of organisation: Soon Puea Nong Ying Address: Soon Puea Nong Ying, 2 Moo 10, Ban Mae Kaew Nuea, tambon Mae Oor, Pann district, Chiang Rai province, 57120. Contact persons: Natnaree Luangmoi and Nutcharej Tarinthorn. Tel: (053) 671-043 (from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.) or (053) 671-145 (after 5 p.m.) To support their project, you can send a cheque payable to Post Publishing Public Company Limited (for Soon Puea Nong Ying) 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 include your name and address with your cheque you can be issued with a receipt. TURNING POINTS : (SHELTER: )In 1980, perhaps for the first time ever, thousands of abused women and girls had somewhere to turn, a place which offered care and help to them when they were at their most vulnerable Info for donations: Name of organisation: The Emergency Home and Relief Fund for Women and Children in Distress, a unit of the Association for the Promotion of the Status of Women, under the royal patronage of HRH Princess Soamsawali. Address: 50/1 Decha Tungkha Road, Si Kan sub-district, Don Muang district, Bangkok 10210 Phone: 929-2222, 929-2301-10 Fax: 929-2300 Email: we-train@linethai.co.th Below are details for three accounts all under the name of 'The Emergency Home': Bank of Ayudhya, Srongprapha branch, 332-08057-2. BankThai, Don Muang branch, 0342143409. Siam Commercial Bank, Srongprapha branch, 105-2-17137-4. Please send or fax a copy of the deposit slip to the above address so the Association can issue every donor a receipt. FACE, non-governmental organisation, tries to protect Thai children against paedophiles. Name of Organisation: Coalition To Fight Against Child Exploitation. Contact Person: Sudarat Sereewat. Contact address: PO Box 178, Klong Chan, Bangkok 10240. Tel 509-5782, 947-7307. Fax: 519-2794. Email:face@internet.ksc.net.th . Webpage:http://www.capcat.ksc.net/org/face.html The chance to choose : Women experiencing an unplanned pregnancy need information and choices, not simply abortions. But prejudice, double standards and a lack of empathy prevent them from getting help

WORKERS

WORKERS' CO - OP : Setting an example for othervictims of mass lay - offs, a group of women workers pooled their money and labour to set up their own collective factory to secure better working conditions . To assist their efforts and purchase their products, call Manop Kaewpaka at 02-899-0445/6. Or contact Thai Labour Campaign, PO Box 219 , Lat Phrao Post Office, Bangkok 10310. Tel : 02-933-0585. BATTLING MEDICAL MALPRACTICE : After years of fighting alone on behalf of their children, two women have joined forces to take on the medical establishment over the issue of medical malpractice . To volunteer, contact the Network of Health Service Complainants . Or call Dollaporn Lorsermuattana on 02-869-6984 , or Kusuma Thongbudsri on 09-827-2026. The network needs volunteers to help run the office as well as toprovide medical and legal advice . HOUSING SECURITY FOR SLUM DWELLERS : Panthip Boottard succeeded in making her community a success story in Thailand's slum movement . But her mission to help the poor gain secure places to live continues . To help, contact Panthip Boottard, Choom Chon Sapnukoon, Soi Anamai 33 , Ta kam, Bangkok . Bank info : savings account name : Panthip Boottard, Soisuwan Srikumhaeng, and Lukana Kaosaard; account no : 711-2-50920-2 ; Kasikorn Bank, Rama II Branch . Labour of love: The tough economic climate has forced a nunnery in Buri Ram to take up rice farming to enable it to continue running social programmes and meditation sessions for poor children and villagers - Donations can be sent to Dhamma Metta Boonpanyanusorn Nunnery. Contact person: Mae Chee Sukaendham Ratanatasi, 134 Moo 2, Tambon Sra Kaew, Nong Hong district, Buri Ram. Telephone 044-669191. Or, Mae Chee Boonruang Boonpanya, Mahathat Temple, Kana 3, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok 10200. Telephone 02-623-6209. Bank information: Krung Thai Bank, Lamplaimas branch, Buri Ram; savings account name: Rom Poh Sai; account number 309-1- 32084-7. CHILD WORKERS: The Foundation for Children's Development runs the Second Home for Child Labour near Hua Lamphong railway station. Apart from providing recreational activities and counselling, the foundation also campaigns for educational opportunities and better working conditions for child workers. Address: 143/109-111 Pin Klao Pattana Housing Estate, Soi Wat Suwannakiri, Borom Ratchachonanee Road, Bangkok 10700. Tel 433-6292. Fax 435-5281. Call the Second Home for child workers on 613-7933. ILLEGAL WORKERS: A group of expatriates is giving spiritual support and basic necessities to illegal immigrants during their detention at the Bangkok Immigration Detention Centre. Volunteers are needed. Address: IDCCC, Christ Church, Convent Road. Tel 234-3634. LYDIA HOUSE FOR MIGRANT WORKERS: The Lydia House helps job-seekers from the provinces by giving them temporary accommodation and evening meals. Address: Ulla Fewster or Silla Cha-lair, Lydia House, 196/41-42 Soi Pracharat 4, Krungthep-Non Road, Saam Yaek Taopun, Bang Sue, Bangkok 10800. Tel/fax 911-5684. For donations: Savings account number 027-2-38487-4, Siam Commercial Bank, Bang Pho branch. LABOUR PAINS: Unskilled women workers suffer many occupational health hazards without proper medical care and compensation. Together with other groups, they are working on a new law which would ensure unprecedented safety and labour protection measures Info for Donations:Name of organisation: The Council of Work- and Environment-Related Patients' Network of Thailand (WEPT) Address: 70/53 Moo 2, Tha Sai, Amphur Muang, Nonthaburi 11000 Contact person: Ms Somboon Sikhamdokkae Tel: 951-3037 Fax: 951-3037 Savings account name: Fund for Work- and Environment-Related Patients Saving account number: 241-1-08283-6 Bank name and branch: Sri Ayudya Bank, Tiwanont Branch Apart from donations, you can be a part of change by supporting WEPT's push for a work safety bill. WEPT is seeking the signatures of 50,000 eligible voters in order to initiate the legislation, according to the Constitution's Article 170. THE GOOD SAMARITAN: A retired Canadian businessman is helping orphaned hilltribe children in the North to have a home, an education and hope for the future Info for donations: Name of Project: Ban Huay Moh Orphanage Contact person: Father Atthapol Sae Thien Address: c/o Ban Huay Moh Church, Ban Huay Moh, Mae Fa Luang district, Chiang Rai. Tel/Fax: None, because the orphanage is located in a remote area. * If you cannot contact the orphanage directly, send your cheque or money order payable to Post Publishing Public Company Limited (For Ban Huay Moh). 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. Working class heroes: Despite championing the cause of workers' welfare for years the Thai Durable Textiles staff are finding themselves alone when it comes to protecting their own rights

AWARDS

Mother Nature knows best: This year's Khon Dee Sri Sangkhom Award honours local community leaders who have selflessly dedicated themselves to restoring dignity to rural farming communities by way of back-to-nature principles - Name of organisation: Khon Dee Sri Sangkhom Award, The Village Foundation. - Address: 230/52 Vibhavadi Rangsit 2, Din Daeng, Bangkok 10320. - Telephone: 02-276-2172, 02-276-5635. - Fax: 02-276-2171. - Bank info: Account name: The Village Foundation; savings account number: 019-2-05269-6; Bank Thai Plc, Huai Kwang branch. The Tarn Namjai Foundation gives annual Outstanding Thai Awards to good samaritans. The 1999 awardees are: Ms Chuleemart Phannont, a teacher and mother to hundreds of poor children. Organisation: Education for Children Project. Founder: Chuleemart Phannont. Address: 139 Moo 5, Baan Yakha, Muangpol sub-district, Muang, Kon Khaen 40120. Tel: (043) 339-056 Bank details: Education for Children Project by Chuleemart Phannont; savings account number 167-2-25035-4; Thai Farmers Bank, Muangpol Branch, Khon Kaen Dr Therdchai Jivacate, a doctor who makes artificial legs for free. Name of Organisation: The Prosthesis Foundation Address: Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200. Tel: (053) 219-250-1. Bank details: Moonlanithi Kha-thiam _Ngoen Borijak (The Prosthesis Foundation _ Donations); savings account number 566-2-50375-3; Siam Commercial Bank, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University branch. Mr Tepnimit Sripunya, a forest chief who saves trees and improves living conditions of villagers. Name of Organisation: Phu Wua Wildlife Sanctuary. Address: Bung Kla District, Nong Khai. Tel: (042) 243-441, (01)954-9059. Bank 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 The Khon Dee Sri Sangkhom Award honours rural community leaders for their initiatives. The 1999 awardees are Mr Phak Treetawan, a local accountant, for bringing a new accounting system into his savings group at Ban Keereewong in Nakhon Si Thammarat province; Mr Kwanchai Raksaphan for introducing new agricultural technology into his community in Chachoeng Sao province; Mr Thongkham Jamsai for setting up a savings group in Ban Khok Charoen in Buri Ram province; and Mr Saman Khai-art for saving the Nan River from pollution. Name of organisation: Village Foundation. Address: 230/52 Vibhavadi Rangsit Soi 2, Din Daeng Bangkok 10320. Telephone: 276-5635, 275-3953, 276-2172. Fax: 276-2171.

BOOKS AND COUNSELLING

BOOKS The Post Library Project is run by a private library owner who wants his books to reach more readers. Name of Organisation: The Post Library Project. Contact person: Lek Pongsamakthai. Address: 1505 Nakhon Sawan Road, Muang District, Maha Sarakham 44000. Tel: (043) 723-410, (01) 872-7015. Bank details: savings account: The Post Library Project, account number: 608-2-29206-9, Siam Commercial Bank, Maha Sarakham branch. Sea Gypsy Library: A small library on Koh Chang is providing a window on the outside world for sea gypsy people in the hopes that a love of learning will take root-and grow - Contact person: Chalermphol Puangthon - Telephone : (039) 521-525 - Address: Koh Chang Informal Educational Service Centre, Koh Chang sub-district, Trat province. Or Lawan Jiamkul, 24 Moo 4 Tambon Koh Chang, Koh Chang sub-district, Trat province. COUNSELLING The Love Line Family Centre is helping burnt-out social activists re- energise themselves. The programme does not seek donations. But if you want to learn more about the programme, contact Mrs Sribaitong Boonpradub's counselling service at: 67/20 Soi Phutthasathan Santi-Asok, Nawamin Road, Khlong Kum, Bung Kum District, Bangkok 10240. Or call (01) 625-5056.

MEDIA

A group of youngsters are showing the public how society can benefit from independent radio. Name of organisation: The Youth Centre for the Promotion of Life Services and Environmental Awareness (YPLE). Contact persons: Ms Sakunee Kiatiwong-vanich and Mr Chardchai Chuenraman. Address: 36/23-24 Moo2 Ramintra 24, Anusawaree, Bang Khen, Bangkok 10220. Phone: 512-2770, (1188)413-6807. Fax: 512-2770. (The Group does not need financial help but would welcome donations of radio and production equipment and the time of radio producers or other media experts.)