Is there “HOPE” … for him?
There was a terrible car accident … both people were killed! They had a two-year old son waiting at his grandmother’s to get their hugs and kisses … those hugs and kisses were snuffed out in that car.
His parents were educated and made a good living and would come home on weekends to enjoy their son. The accident ended the good income, the grandparents adopted him. They had very limited income and earned a living by harvesting rubber trees and sugar cane. His grandpa died when he was 9 years old. It was up to grandma to care for him. But, like most rural Thai’s the grandma worked her body to death in labor-intensive harvesting. She could not work enough to pay for his education. (Education is free in Thailand … sort of. It does not pay for uniforms, books, meals, shoes, transportation to and from school, etc.) So, he was sent to a government welfare boarding school. She died while he was in high school.
He had a difficult life that most of us cannot even imagine. The school housed boys in large dormitory room that would sleep 50 – 70 boys. The bunk beds had one-inch thick mattresses filled with straw. If there were more boys than beds, the overflow must sleep on the floor. The school constantly had insufficient water, thus requiring the children to bathe in collected rain water, when available. The discipline there can be brutal because they use bamboo sticks to hit and discipline the children. The often study in 100-degree rooms with no fans so they can have a middle and high school education.
He found the We Can English Club in high school … it changed his life! It was in the Club he decided he wanted to be an English teacher and worked toward that end. His friend Bekah helped him get a scholarship at a university but was soon rejected from that college because “his English was better than most seniors at the college.” They sent him to another university where he excelled in English. When he graduated, he decided he wanted to be a university professor and would pay his own way to achieve this goal.
2019 UP-DATE: He is now serving in the Military.
“Thank you Sustainable Hope and We Can English Club … you made my dreams come true!”
There are many youth like him … very intelligent, desperately wanting to escape the bonds of poverty. They can’t do it without YOU…you can make a difference helping more youth like him experience the “We Can English Club”. Please join us today to create a better future.
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Yes, you can make a difference … you can change their world, one youth at a time! You can celebrate HOPE!
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