'The town of Thai Muang has donated property to develop a nursery for 90 orphans, but we haven't a clue how to start - please help!' On receiving this urgent phone call from Thailand, the director of charity Compassion and Care International rang Community Playthings. Could we send someone to Thailand to help with this project? A fortnight later my husband Martin and I were speeding east on Thai Air.
Compassion and Care International has been involved in Thailand for 16 years, but more intensively since the tsunami in December 2004. Focusing efforts on one devastated village, Thai Mung, their original aim was to build homes in which to care for tsunami orphans. However, all orphans were absorbed into local families, so the mayor requested a day nursery for the children and he provided the building.
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