St. Pauls School, Wythenshawe, visits Thailand
06 Apr 2010 02:34 pm
After a twelve hour flight followed by a two hour bus journey, 20 students and four teachers from St. Paul's Catholic School, Wythenshawe, finally arrived at the Father Ray Foundation in Pattaya, Thailand. During their short stay in Pattaya, the students visited several different social projects including the Fr. Ray Children's Home. There, they were welcomed by one hundred and fifty young children before being given lessons in traditional Thai boxing and Thai dancing. The students planted trees at the Fr. Ray Drop-In Centre. At the Pattaya School for the Blind, they painted the school in preparation for a forthcoming Royal visit by the HM Queen Silvia of Sweden who will be accompanied by HRH Princess Chulabhorn. The Wythenshawe students also made several visits to the Fr. Ray Day Care Centre, spending time playing with the young children, most of whom travel in each day from the many slums of Pattaya.
This is the second trip the students from St. Paul's have made to the Fr. Ray Foundation which cares for and educates 850 orphaned, abandoned and neglected children and disabled students. It was the students themselves who raised the money to cover all the flights and accommodation and they did this by doing sponsored walks, car washing, bag packing in supermarkets. The Warrington Male Voice Choir performed a special benefit concert to help with the funds.
All twenty studnets are a credit to their school, proving that selflessly helping others can make huge differences to people lives.