Well, did I have a great week or what??? I was so busy running around with Sascha and Maria. They are 2  ladies that stared an organization called Toys for Thailand after the Tsunami. They brought toys to kids that lost everything. They also have done lot’s of work where I live at the Wat Don Chan. That is how I met them and they are from San Diego and after my 2 weeks at the Wat in 2008 we hooked up after I went back to LA.

As I said they did lot’s for the WDC but the money and things they brought to the table were under-appreciated and not managed so their work and money were wasted. They sadly had to pull out. It is tough to get donations if people see their money is not being taken care of. So what did they do, they began to go to villages and work with the people to be more self sustainable so they would not have to send their kids of family members to places like Wat Don Chan and teach them to be better. I love this idea and since I live here and see what goes on, I agree. I am lucky because they money that was donated to me get watched by me and I only buy things that I am using for my projects here and, well I also have now taken some of that money to use on other projects. For example going into the hills and doing the same as Toys for Thailand. Now I am working with them and they are getting more contributions and I get to goto the jungle with the money and supplies. Kind of like a project manager I get to go and make the deliveries and help bring it all together.

While they were here we met with the Mayor, the Head of Social Services and the Head of the 2 tribes we are working with in Om Koi. This was so helpful and now we have people we can goto to be accountable for everything. Also since there is no phone service where we go these other folks  (since some of them live just outside of the hills), we can get a hold of. We plan to do things at the school inthe village and the villagers that want to help can get involved and they can get some of the rewards. The ones that don’t help can just continue as they are. The King in Thailand has been trying and helping to change things for years and there is still a ton of work to do so the ones that don’t help, well we understand but we need to focus on the ones that want to help themselves.

We also met with the Heifer Corporation and they are going to check out the village and if it fit’s into their guide lines they will give animals to help and also go to help teach about raising them…To be continued, I will let you know when I do how this pans out. Also we met people fro the Royal Project of Thailand, one of the projects anyway. This one teaches eco friendly projects, like raising frogs, fish, organic veggies and coffee and building mud huts. They are going to teach me for free on weekends these things so I can then go to the village and show them. This way they can stop cutting down the beautiful jungle for growing areas and homes. There is plenty of mud there during rainy season so I am excited to learn and then go teach. They will also send some people there to help me get it started. This is one of the main reasons I came to Thailand and I am so, so happy. I mean I have done a lot and I have learned a lot but this will be awesome. Oh and I already learned the frog thing and I took 20 babies to the village and the kids are taking care of them, I can’t wait to see them when I go back.

I took lot’s of great pictures but still waiting to get my computer back to download everything, you will see them soon enough. I did get to go to Om Koi the week after Sascha and Maria left, it was just an OK trip. Toys for Thailand gave me the money so I could buy everything to build a fence around the school so we could stop the animals from going in that area and stop them from eating everything planted for the kids school lunches. We got everything but it rained so bad for the 3 days that we could not begin the building part, next time. I plan to go back August 14th and the villagers will help and I will bring food to cook for their lunch and dinner. Also I ate something really bad on my way to the village and I was SO sick while I was there. I could not eat anything and slept11 hours per day, it was really, really hard. To be sick and sleep on a bamboo floor, in that heat and lot’s of rain and no one was there with me to speak English, tough. They were all very sweet and brought me different herbs and honey drinks to try to make me feel better but it just need to run it’s course…Anyway I will post more and pictures when I have it for you all to see. I also just want to say thanks to the ladies from Toys for Thailand.  Peace Y’all.