29th Charity Trip Dec 17-20(CM&CR)
We landed in Chiangmai airport on a cold crisp morning on 17 Dec'21 to start a 4-day adventure including visit to Save Elephant Foundation(SEF) site in Chiangmai, 2 hilltribe villages and 7 schools in Chiangrai.
At Bandong Inta School, we completed our 47th(12 toilets renovated) and 48th(4 new toilets built) community projects benefitting 138 students.
Among the 14 of us we have a teenager, working adults, homemakers, and semi-retired people who shared many unforgettable moments during this meaning trip.
At SEF, we witnessed many injured and old elephants which were saved by kind-hearted souls like Dr Lek & Ryan, who ran the self-funded NGO. We also reviewed proposal from various school principals to renovate old facilities or build new infrastructures, distributed snacks to hilltribe children, gave clothing to villagers for the very cold winter this year.
In between our work, we had a BBQ, ate fresh strawberries, sang karaoke, climb Phu Chi Fa to wonder at the marvellous sight of the mountainous Northern Thailand region!
Truly a remarkable way to end the year :)