Each boy has a bunk, blanket, pillow, mosquito net and a small cupboard for school books and personal possessions - a small locker wil suffice for everything they will ever own at boystown.
My first few days in boystown November 21st 2007 Namphong boystown - Rosie’s story
I have been here in the boystown for a week now and have become part of the landscape. The boystown is a children’s home that provides escape from grinding poverty and child labour for boys from the age of 11 until they leave school and get a job at 18 (some are funded to go to college) .
So my first impressions of Namphong Boystown.
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Asia » Thailand » North-East Thailand » Khon Kaen A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more
November 2013, here we are as guests at the wedding of Nick and Els , the weekend before we leave for New Zealand via India. What a wonderful last party before leaving - thank you Scotties and Houlsbys. So tomorrow, Novmber 25th we leave the Uk and fly to Mumbai. We will spend 4 weeks travelling by train,plane, bus and bikes round India before heading onto New Zealand to arrive on December 22nd. This will be our travel blog which with the help of my iPad I may be able to keep updated as we travel.
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