Songkran Family Day at the Pattaya Orphanage
April 20, 2010

Like every year the Thai New Year, also called Songkran is celebrated throughout Thailand and to this occasion the Pattaya Orphanage held the annual Family day on Sunday, the 18th of April.

All children and staff members of the Pattaya Orphange as well as the staff members and volunteers of Human Help Network Foundation Thailand joined the celebration. Everybody enjoyed the evening which emphasized and focused on the Thai culture and traditions as all participants, including the volunteers, wore beautiful Thai dresses on a small parade on the Orphanages compound.

The children had a lot of fun dressing up as they later all proudly presented their traditional costumes. Some of the girls of the Pattaya Orphanage performed a traditional Thai dance and a small New Years celebrity was held.

At the same time the Family Day was a good opportunity to also celebrate the birthdays of children and staff members of the Pattaya Orphange who had their birthdays during the past three months. Father Michael Weera, director of the Pattaya Orphanage, congratulated each of them and surprised them with some presents.

Later on everybody enjoyed Isan food and a nice evening with all members of the Pattaya Orphanage.  It was a very nice time and especially the children had a lot of fun playing, eating and dancing with all their friends and members of the Pattaya Orphanage.