by Kayla Hughes | Mar 29, 2024 | Adopt an Elder, From the Field, Thailand, Uncategorized
Elder Updates! Here are some quick upates on the elders that we have most recently visited and checked up on. Yaai Nong Yaai Nong is still together with Yai Charlie’s daughter and family. While sh still struggles to find the food she neeeds sometimes, she is...
by Kayla Hughes | Jun 28, 2023 | Adopt an Elder, News and Updates, Thailand, Uncategorized
Pa Ruay passed away Saturday, June 17, 2023. In early May of this year Pa Ruay was rushed to the hospital and admitted into the ER. Once there she was diagnosed with kidney failure and the doctors didn’t think she would make it out of the hospital. Dalyn was...
by Kayla Hughes | Mar 10, 2023 | Adopt an Elder, Culture and Community, Thailand
A difficult goodbye. Some goodbyes are harder than others, and saying goodbye to Yaai Charlie was one of the hardest. Yaai died quietly and peacefully in her sleep. We found out of her passing by her relative and neighbor, Nong, the last time we went out to deliver...
by Kayla Hughes | Aug 18, 2022 | Adopt an Elder, Thailand, Uncategorized
These high risk elders are in need of just a little more funding. The elders in our Adopt an Elder program in Thailand are living in abject poverty. Most of them are either completely isolated or shouldering the overwhelming task of being the primary caregiver to...
by Kayla Hughes | Jul 26, 2022 | Adopt an Elder, From the Field, Thailand
Sompan needs your help. Sompan is our newest elder, and aThai who was relocated from her home and known community due to the creation of a governmental dam project.In a new location without familiar neighbors, Sompan is now 72 years old and lives alone with little...
by Kayla Hughes | Jul 19, 2022 | Adopt an Elder, Thailand, Uncategorized
Adopt Thun Thun is new to the program. We are looking for donors for this special elder. Thun is 94 years old and was born in Laos. Due to poverty and the Vietnam war Thun never had a chance to go to any school. Instead, from a very young age, Thun worked the rice...
