Art for disadvantaged children

         

handful and mud

If you grab a handful of mud and squeeze it, it will ooze through your fingers. People who suffer are the same.

When suffering has a squeeze on them, they ,too, try to seek a way out.

                                                                                                         Ajahn Chah’s Similes

         Art for disadvantaged children

       The arts can give purpose to children from disadvantaged backgrounds and show them an alternative to the social problems around them,

        I believe we can use culture, art, theatre and music to give purpose and to open another window on what life could be

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A TREE  IN A FOREST

             

       I am like a tree in a forest, full of leaves, blossoms and fruit. 

Birds come to eat and nest and animals seek rest in its shade.

       Yet the tree does not know itself. 

It follows its own nature. It is as it is.

              A child is supposed to be growing up protected from the world.

 They should be playing and learning. If your life is interrupted so fundamentally, you are denied the basics needed to grow up healthy

THAILAND AND LAOS HILL TRIBES

THAILAND AND LAOS HILL TRIBES / INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

           The mountainous northern region of Thailand and Laos plenty to its charming

            Northern Thailand and Laos  is local to interesting and colourful ethnic minorities, known as the hill tribes. These add an important element to  numerous villages.

             Most of the hill tribes have migrated into the region during the past 100 years from the Asian interior and have largely preserved their traditional ways, making them a fascinating cultural study. They prefer living above 1,000m, and shy away from the outside world.

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