Working with the refugee leaders for relief distribution 
Children queuing up to receive food and milk in our MILK! mission
Providing medical attention to refugees who have no access to medical aidDear friends and supporters,
Wishing all of you a blessed 2009 !
From all of Team RADION here in Thailand.
Every Chinese New Year, as part of the festive season, we buy new clothes to usher in a brand new year. This year, we are doing a clothes collection drive post-CNY and we ask for you to set aside all your old clothes which are in good condition and give them to the destitute.
We will be planning a container shipment up and we need the following things :
1 ) Carton Boxes (About 300)
2 ) Warehousing Space
3 ) Volunteers For Collection & Sorting
4 ) 4 Collection Point (North, South, East & West Areas) for people to drop off their stuff.
This drive is similar to the one before. We will be sorting the items and the items that have re-sale value, we will sell these items to help us cover shipping costs. The remaining clothes will go directly to the following people groups.
1 ) Destitute Villagers
2 ) Streetkids!
3 ) Hmong Refugees
Email me @ eugene@radion-international to be part of this effort !
Blessed Christmas to all our dear readers and supporters.
I know this came a little late as we lost internet connection up here for the last 11 days.
We have just completed a series of home visitations and tomorrow is the Hmong New Year. We'll be celebrating with the poor by treating them for a simple dinner, and on Sunday, we'll be having mass games with the children from destitute families :)
Please keep us in your prayers :)
Professional Skill sets
1 ) Ad-Hoc Medical Team (Doctors+Nurses)
2 ) Ad-hoc Dental Team
3 ) Resident Translator (Hmong English) (1 Year Volunteer Stint)
4 ) Resident Child Care Volunteer (1 Year Volunteer Stint)
5 ) Resident Care Volunteer(Early Childhood/Children's Development/Psychology/Social Work Grad)
Practical Items
1 ) Mosquito Nets (Prevent against malaria)
2 ) Blankets
3 ) Slippers
4 ) Torch Light + Batteries
5 ) Medicine Sponsorship
Structural Items
1 ) 2 Homes need toilets built
2 ) 2 Homes need help to fix their roofs
Logistics
1 ) Container Freight (Singapore to Thailand)
2 ) Transportation For Reliefs in Thailand
Streetkids
(*)-We have 10 kids are growing rapidly. We need a new premises
1 ) New premises rental
2 ) Renovation & clean up premises to make it livable
3 ) Kitchen Items
- Big Fridge
- Stove
- Utensils (Fork/Spoon/Knife/Cups/Plates)
4 ) Mosquito Netted Doors/Windows
5 ) Double Deck Beds (Space Constraints)
6 ) Vehicle to be converted with a canvas roof (To ferry children to school)
Alrighty. Quite a couple of volunteers want to partner us for trips but do not know the guidelines. So here we go.
Guidelines
1 ) No tourist.
The work we do is depressing enough, volunteers who are insensitive will only add to the emotional strain of these people. Example : We had a man who loved photography, and he went up to the refugee camp and started snapping pictures away while distribution was ongoing and the refugees started to feel like it was a human zoo.
2 ) Religiously Neutral/Politically Neutral Volunteers
We work in a cross culture environment and as Christians, we strive to maintain a fine balance and we respect people for who they are. Distribution and relief is evenly distributed irregardless of their religious preference. This policy is non-negotiable.
3 ) Every volunteer is self-supported.
Some people come up to me and ask me to pay for their entire trip because they volunteer their time and effort (which is worth a lot back in the home country). Yes I understand, but again we can't pay for your trip/accommodation/food/everything. If We did, we would have to take money from the food budget for the destitute to feed you. Wouldn't be right there ya ?
4 ) Make a difference. I mean... a good difference
Now, volunteers like to give things which are considered necessities. ie necklaces, shoes, toys etc etc. You see in the place i live, the kids grow up without lots of unnecessary items. And its enough. 1st world necessities do not necessary translate to 3rd world necessities. You want to know what is needed ? Food. Water. Sanitation. Shelter.
You can write in to ask about the list of needs. Giving the wrong items creates an artificial need, which cannot be sustained on the long run. So yes. Write in :)
This is more info for you late birds :)
We'll be operating another FRT (Fund Raising Trip) to Phetchabun Thailand.
I'm hoping to gather about 30 volunteers to run the show as I'm targeting about 300 children from the Hmong village. Now, this event will be the largest children's outreach the village has ever seen and you can be part of it !
We are expecting children from ages 8 to 15 in this event, mostly from poor and less fortunate backgrounds. So what we hope to do ? We hope to bring the Christmas cheer to these little ones.
23-24 - Pre Christmas Preparations
25-26 - Christmas Celebrations At Huay Nam Khao
27-28 - Christmas Celebrations At Khek Noi
29 - Home visitations
30 - Return
