Category: Activity

Children in preschool age from the Pattaya Orphanage and students of Sotpattana School for preschoolers with disabilities participated in a merit-making activity for the Buddhist Lent festival 2026. Led by Teachers Thitapha and Angkana, the children, teachers, and caregivers offered Lenten candles and alms to monks, listen to a sermon, receive blessings, and participate in the candle-making ceremony at Nong Oo Monastery in Pattaya. This activity aimed to strengthen and instill good values, morality, ethics, and to preserve Thai culture, providing the children with new experiences.

The Pattaya Orphanage held a blessing ceremony for the completed renovation of its buildings and the statue of Jesus donated by St. Nicholas Church, Pattaya. Most Rev. Bishop Philip Adisak Phorn-Ngam, Bishop of the Diocese of Chanthaburi and President the Foundation’s Executive Board, graciously presided over the ceremony. Also present were Bishop Emeritus Lawrence Thienchai Samanchit, Rev. Fr. Michael Weera Phangrak, our Director, the Foundation management, Rev. Henry Somchai Kesi, Parish Priest of St. Nikolaus Church Pattaya and Assumption Church, Pattaya, our neighbors, and members of our home as well as our Sotpattana School. We express our gratitude and pray for God’s blessings upon Mr. Veerasilp, the renovation project manager, as well as all benefactors and organizations for their financial support, whose names cannot all be mentioned here. On this special occasion, we celebrated the 52nd birthday of Rev. Fr. Francis Xavier Kritsada Sukkaphat, wishing him “Many happy returns of the day”..

Five adoptive families from Denmark, Germany, and the United States of America visited the Pattaya Orphanage, bringing joy to everyone, including the current children and former caregivers of the adoptive children who grew up abroad. Most of the families participated in the 10th Nativeland Visit Program project organized by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs in Bangkok this week. Thanks and best wishes to you all..

On the occasion of Ms. Suwanna Cheownawin, former Child Welfare Director, returning to visit the Pattaya Orphanage, members of the foundation offered belated birthday wishes for her anniversary last month. They also extended belated birthday wishes to Sister Bernadette Kanyarat Damrongtherdtham. May God bless both of them in a special way.. Happy Birthday!

Sotpattana School welcomed the study group from Bandek Ramindra School (Home for the Blind with Multiple Disabilities) during their visit to our work and the learning activities of the six classes.

A team of professional nurses from Pattaya Bhattamakun Hospital, Banglamung, kindly administered the 2026 annual influenza vaccine to 67 children and persons with disabilities at the Pattaya Orphanage, as well as 33 staff members. These were 100 doses of trivalent influenza vaccine provided free of charge. Our grateful thanks to the hospital and its staff.

Our former resident Roongarun continues to amaze everyone around her, on top of her career in social work, with the next step of taking up her Master’s Degree study in Malta.. Teacher Tiew represented the Pattaya Orphanage, seeing her off at Bangkok International Airport, along with some of Roongarun’s juniors.. May God bless and keep you always..

Thirty children and disabled persons in the care of the Pattaya Orphanage, along with six caregivers, visited the Columbia Pictures Aquaverse theme park, Jomtien, and had a wonderful day this weekend.. They had so much fun and thanked their benefactors, Khun Martin Holmes and his family, for their support with the tickets and refreshments..

Sotpattana School held a simulation activity with the learning unit “Rain, Are You Coming Yet?” in the 6th week of the first semester. The preschool children with disabilities learned about the rainy season through the talk about the current weather during the rainy season. They also learned about equipment used during the rainy season, such as umbrellas, raincoats, boots, and other items that help protect against getting wet from the rain. In addition, children learned how to take care of themselves, e.g. using an umbrella, wearing a raincoat, and drying themselves after getting wet. In the simulation, the children participated in role-playing, learning through hands-on activities, which helped them better understand and remember how to protect themselves during the rainy season. Today’s activities promoted experiential learning, developed observation skills, analytical thinking, and self-care in daily life. Participants had fun with the activities and learned new things happily throughout the event.

Sotpattana School for preschoolers with disabilities organized its Wai Khru ceremony for the 2026 academic year on Thursday, June 18, 2026, presided over by Rev. Fr. Weera Phangrak, the Acting Licensee and Manager of the School. School Director Mrs. Angkhana Kamnoedtone, along with teaching staff, education personnel, and school board members, joined preschool-age children of the Pattaya Orphanage in the ceremony, which carried on this cherished Thai tradition, instilling in students a sense of gratitude toward the teachers who have imparted knowledge to them, while promoting virtue, ethics, and a strong bond between teachers and students. Some of the expat friends in attendance also joined in the celebration..