Baan Unrak Home of Joy, located in Sangklaburi, Kanchanaburi Province on the Thai/Burmese border, supports over 120 abandoned and orphaned children. The children are cared for by Didi Devamala from Italy and Didi Anuaraga from Norway, who are social workers and yogic nuns of the Neo-Humanist Foundation, a non-profit agency registered with the Thai Ministry of Health.You can stay at the orphanage or at a Guesthouse in town. Baan Unrak has seen groups of teachers from Japan volunteer there over Christmas holidays since 1999.
As a volunteer, you can care for the children, teach classes, music, or computers, paint murals, put on musicals, organize sports tournaments, do arts&crafts, and write project proposals and grant letters. You can also learn vegetarian cooking, practice yoga and meditation, hike and swim with the kids - there is plenty to do!
* Please email Didi Anuraga at didianuraga@yahoo.no
* Please visit http://www.neohumanistfoundation.org/baanunrak/
