Fr Gioanni Contarin with some of the Lat Krabang students.
Its a year since we first visited the Camillian school at Lat Krabang for children with special needs. There are about 20 resident students, some old friends from the Camillian Social Centre at Rayong, others new recruits. But in the year since we first visited there have been three major developments.
First the work in local communities has expanded beyond recognition. There were a few children coming in daily from outside. Now there are 70.
The school had no resident physiotherapist a year ago. Today it still has no resident physiotherapist, but it has no need of one since trainee physiotherapists from Bangkok Teaching hospitals visit almost every day. Each child who needs it has a personally developed care plan which is devised by senior physiotherapists and paediatric orthopaedic specialists: these plans are implemented by the trainees and by the Centre staff, and reviewed and - if necessary - revised on a fortnightly basis.
The school has been registered as a centre for non-formal education under Thai government rules. This means that each child can have a similarly tailored education plan, which meets their needs and abilities
These developments mean that each child can receive a very high level of personal service from the centre, and that is increasingly expert help is available to a very large number of children. Attached to the headquarters of the Camillian order in Thailand, it is housed in rather a grand building. But the staff are arm and competent. the food is good, and the support and care given to each child are second to none in Thailand. This project deserves more help from us than we are able to give it at present.
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