It’s a beautiful day for street kids when they can have as much fun as possible without any fears.

All of us at Mercy Centre - especially our House Moms, House Dads, Teachers, Social Workers, and all our Mercy Children - wish our friends from around the world a very Merry Christmas and all good things in 2013! Photos of our Mercy Children by Taryn Wilson. 

Yesterday was a glorious day at our Mercy Centre. On the occasion of her birthday, HRH Princess Srirasmi visited our Mercy Centre to celebrate with our Mercy children, our kindergarten students, and all our house moms, house dads, teachers, and social workers. Our children renewed their vows to the Princess, promising to study hard and to be kind and generous. After receiving a luncheon feast from the Princess, our children also performed a classical Thai dance to the accompaniment of our Mercy kid orchestra. A spirit of joy filled the air.

We are very pleased to announce that Carabao and Sek Loso will participate in a special “Light of Hope Sek Bao” charity concert in support of our HDF Mercy Centre. The concert will be held on Monday January 14th from 8.00pm onwards at the PAT stadium, Klong Toey.

Our Mercy Children don’t really worry about time and space. So yesterday and today and even tomorrow all become “the right now." If a story rings true to them, they “buy in.” Our kids are unerring, and I’m sure yours are also in spotting the Real from the Fake. They like the Christmas story. So here at Mercy, we celebrate Christmas every day but more especially on December 25th following our Sacred Traditions.

Shortly after the 2004 tsunami, we began serving a destitute ethnic Moken community living on Koh Lao, an island just off the coast of Ranong.