Welcome to Baan San Fan Orphanage

The children who live here come from many different backgrounds - some lost one or both of their parents during the tsunami of December 2004; others have been abandoned; and instead of leaving them on the streets where they´re vulnerable to the dreaded drug and sex industry on the Burma Border and in Northern Thailand, the children have been taken in and cared for until they finish school.

Keeping the children is a constant challenge as there are many expenses to take into consideration - food, education, life skills, faith and much more. The children are willing to learn and Gai and Samruam have a strong faith in Jesus Christ which enables them to continue Gods work with these children.

Not all the children are orphans; they just do not have a home elsewhere as their families are scattered with no money to care for them. The orphanage operates like many Thai families; everyone, including the younger children (who are learning everyday from the older ones), help earn what is required.

The latest ventures are repairing motorcycles where an older boy who has mechanical skills teaches the younger boys, who in turn develop skills to take with them when they leave. A restaurant, where all meals are served, is also easily accessible to tourists who can stop for drinks and meals on the way from Khao Lak to the Surin island ferry pier. Other activities that take place from day to day include making palm oil from their palm trees; drawing greeting cards; vegetable gardens; eggs from chickens; raising pigs; and making jewellery and dress accessories. There is also a bamboo bungalow for volunteers to rent.

        

A people from SWITZERLAND donor helped with the buildings, which Samruam built. The children are encouraged but not forced into Christianity although many of them have come to know the Lord and have been baptised.