http://web.mac.com/kurtzjack/jacks_joint/Baan_Unrak_Home.html The Baan Unrak Children’s Home in Sangklaburi, Thailand, near the Burmese border, cares for more than 100 Burmese children and women. Most of the children live at the home and go the school the home operates. Some of the youngsters are orphans, victims of civil strife in Burma (Myanmar) or HIV or any of the myriad other illnesses common in the remote area. The home was founded in 1991 when Didi Devamala, who was working on an agricultural project in the area, was asked to care for one child. Seventeen years later, she has more than 100 children, a school and shops. And, sadly, the need keeps growing. http://web.mac.com/kurtzjack/jacks_joint/Baan_Unrak_Home.html#0 703f8d7a-7881-4c43-b238-3ccbfe3aa1bf http://web.mac.com/kurtzjack/jacks_joint/Baan_Unrak_Home_files/Media/BaanUnrak%2002.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/kurtzjack/jacks_joint/Baan_Unrak_Home_files/Media/BaanUnrak%2002.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_74"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style">Youngsters at the school also go to a school operated by the home.</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/kurtzjack/jacks_joint/Baan_Unrak_Home.html#1 c2a35bdc-9157-453b-8542-8b25b4a06cd7 http://web.mac.com/kurtzjack/jacks_joint/Baan_Unrak_Home_files/Media/BaanUnrak%2009.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/kurtzjack/jacks_joint/Baan_Unrak_Home_files/Media/BaanUnrak%2009.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_74"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">A teacher grades English papers. </p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/kurtzjack/jacks_joint/Baan_Unrak_Home.html#2 d36e64e3-dbc2-4b3b-8f66-4f9929316a54 http://web.mac.com/kurtzjack/jacks_joint/Baan_Unrak_Home_files/Media/BaanUnrak%2007.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/kurtzjack/jacks_joint/Baan_Unrak_Home_files/Media/BaanUnrak%2007.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_74"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Toothpaste and brushes in water cups. </p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/kurtzjack/jacks_joint/Baan_Unrak_Home.html#3 d45b7532-6855-4b52-9b3f-5e6c87976258 http://web.mac.com/kurtzjack/jacks_joint/Baan_Unrak_Home_files/Media/BaanUnrak%2016.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/kurtzjack/jacks_joint/Baan_Unrak_Home_files/Media/BaanUnrak%2016.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_74"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3">A three day old baby left at the home by his mother, who said she could no longer care for the child. </p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/kurtzjack/jacks_joint/Baan_Unrak_Home.html#4 835e5b99-69f0-4dcc-8511-6375f5a81be1 http://web.mac.com/kurtzjack/jacks_joint/Baan_Unrak_Home_files/Media/BaanUnrak%2015.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/kurtzjack/jacks_joint/Baan_Unrak_Home_files/Media/BaanUnrak%2015.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_74"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_4">A woman prepares to drop off her baby. She said her health was failing and she could no longer for herself and the child.</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/kurtzjack/jacks_joint/Baan_Unrak_Home.html#5 c9360e9b-edff-4bbe-9178-8799733092c6 http://web.mac.com/kurtzjack/jacks_joint/Baan_Unrak_Home_files/Media/BaanUnrak%2019.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/kurtzjack/jacks_joint/Baan_Unrak_Home_files/Media/BaanUnrak%2019.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_74"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_4">The home supports itself by making Karen (a Burmese hill tribe) handicrafts. Most of the children dropped at the home are Karen. </p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/kurtzjack/jacks_joint/Baan_Unrak_Home.html#6 e562b5ce-f3ed-4c10-94df-2efabd142b1d http://web.mac.com/kurtzjack/jacks_joint/Baan_Unrak_Home_files/Media/BaanUnrak%2018.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/kurtzjack/jacks_joint/Baan_Unrak_Home_files/Media/BaanUnrak%2018.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_74"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">Children asleep in the nursery.</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/kurtzjack/jacks_joint/Baan_Unrak_Home.html#7 90bcfa12-745e-48de-926c-1b329ccea6e3 http://web.mac.com/kurtzjack/jacks_joint/Baan_Unrak_Home_files/Media/BaanUnrak%2023.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/kurtzjack/jacks_joint/Baan_Unrak_Home_files/Media/BaanUnrak%2023.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_74"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Women at the home weave the cloth used in the sewing shop.</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/kurtzjack/jacks_joint/Baan_Unrak_Home.html#8 06dc076c-fce4-4dd0-8fcf-928034844722 http://web.mac.com/kurtzjack/jacks_joint/Baan_Unrak_Home_files/Media/BaanUnrak%2026.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/kurtzjack/jacks_joint/Baan_Unrak_Home_files/Media/BaanUnrak%2026.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_74"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_4">A Mon girl (another Burmese hilltribe) works at a loom in the weaving shop. </p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/kurtzjack/jacks_joint/Baan_Unrak_Home.html#9 54953b01-8b62-4dad-98bd-aba7029b8920 http://web.mac.com/kurtzjack/jacks_joint/Baan_Unrak_Home_files/Media/BaanUnrak%2031.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/kurtzjack/jacks_joint/Baan_Unrak_Home_files/Media/BaanUnrak%2031.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_74"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">The home sits atop a hill overlooking Sangklaburi,&#xA0; Thailand, a few kilometers from the Burmese border. </p></div></div>