Nana Orphanage

At the very northern edge of Thailand is a city called Mae Sai. Just outside of Mae Sai is Nana orphanage, which works with orphans from Burma (Myanmar) who really have no other options. These are either true orphans or abandoned children. Nana currently houses over a hundred kids. It is not operated by Immanuel church, but we are their primary financial supporter. This week, the team visited to check up on how things are going and to deliver a gift of 50,000 baht to allow them to stock their fish pond with a sustainable population of fish that will help with feeding the kids.

This is the main administration building.

The staff living quarters. Not kidding.

The new library, just opened. It actually has a solar cell that will provide the room with two hours of electricity a day.

Me with some of the kids. This site is not equipped for infants, and only takes in kids three or four years old and up. The public schools will not provide free education for the children, because they are Burmese, not Thai, so the orphanage has to pay tuition for every kid. It's not that much, but with a hundred kids, it adds up fast.

One of the dorms. The blue stuff is mosquito netting. This part of Thailand is home to malaria, which is transmitted by mosquito, and the netting helps protect the kids while they sleep.

The boy sitting on his bunk is new at Nana. He was found a few weeks ago, abandoned in the jungles between Burma and Thailand. He can not speak in a known language. He does not know Burmese or Thai or any of the dialects from the area. He has a few words he appears to have made up on his own for common things. It's not like he was raised by wolves, but he has had NO education or love shown to him. He is still uncomfortable around others, so he prefers to sit on his bunk, rather than play. Here, he is looking at pictures in a children's book.