Thailand is experiencing a really, really hot season this year, which is that bit harder to bear as for the last two years I’ve been in the UK at this time. Those who came on study tours with 1Step2Step previously keep mentioning that they are missing the cool UK weather. Conversation is all about the…
This blog post is unlike many previous blog posts. This one really is not about what 1Step2Step has been doing in either Thailand or the UK. It is more of a macro view of the progress being made, the steps forward for people with disabilities within the systems that affect them and the hope for…
It’s time I put my reflections about my first Far East trip down on virtual paper – mainly about visiting Bann Fueng Fah orphanage at Pakkret, Nonthaburi, near Bangkok, Thailand, writes John Slee, 1Step2Step Trustee & Treasurer. But let me rewind a bit. I started off with a few days break in Hong Kong. My…
I commented earlier about the colour and flowers at Bann Fueg Fah orphanage. Here are a couple of pictures to prove my point. These were taken as Nicola arrived for work. We had taken a taxi but we’re hoping we’ll be able to take bikes and a mobility scooter in tomorrow if we can be sure…
Well, it’s been more than 24 hours since my last post but that’s because I was so tired at the end of two days in the orphanage that all I could do yesterday evening was to go to sleep. Clearly, working with children with challenging physical disabilities is a young person’s calling! Having said that,…
Well this is a brief farewell well to Hong Kong with the hope that the Wi-Fi signal is much better at Pakkred in Thailand. I’ve had a great time without a doubt but the main downside has been the lack of photogenic weather and decent wifi to upload the daily blog with enough photos. As…
John here again. It would be easy to say that Nicola goes in at 8 each morning and spends the morning working with three of her children. Then in the afternoon she spends time with the other three, However, I’m learning that that is far from the full story – no two days are the…
Despite being a tourist in Hong Kong, I’m still feeling very much that this is just a staging point to the real reason I came out on this trip. And thanks to Facebook Messenger I can still get news from Nonthaburi. And it’s good news, very good news – young Mr S is out of…
Oh to see first hand what Nicola is doing. That was my thought last year, once I heard what 1Step2Step is doing at Bann Feung Fah orphanage, writes John Slee, now 1Step2Step treasurer. (By the way, just in case you’re wondering, like all 1Step2Step volunteers, I pay for my own flights. All donations go towards…
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