Father Joe's Articles

A story by FATHER JOE MAIER about a phone call that brought a young woman back to the Klong Toey slum for a new start

The story of a deathly ill 'throwaway kid' who for simple reasons decided to make the struggle for his life. It's funny what it takes sometimes to turn a life around. For Cookie Crumb James

And they came on a no-license motorcycle - the Night Riders - two men on one bike, helmet visors down, the man on the back with a pistol in hand, special 9mm bullets, ready to shoot. Ready to

Granny Sing is the grandmother you read about in storybooks, the one that hardship and tragedy cannot stop, writes FATHER JOE MAIER

This one begins rough. And the middle part is rough, too. And the ending? Well, I guess you swallow hard through the tears and you shut your eyes tight to squeeze out tears so that you can look up and...

COMMENT: A Klong Toey woman with the odds stacked against her is not just a survivor, she's a hero
JOSEPH H. MAIER
MS Kanok-tip is President and Pioneer/Founder of the Klong Toey Slum Chapter of the Physically Ha