CHIANG MAI, Thailand - Ua hāʻawi aku nei ka US Consulate Community ma Chiang Mai i nā pahu nui he 10 o nā lole, kāmaʻa, puke, a me nā mea pāʻani i makemake nui ʻia i kahi mahiʻai organik.
ʻAʻole ia he mahiʻai kūlohelohe "maʻamau", akā he mea kūikawā ʻē aʻe - he aloha ʻokoʻa i pili i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi o ke kūlanakauhale, i kapa ʻia ʻo Children's Shelter Foundation, ma kahi o ka hapalua hola kaʻa mai kēia kūlanakauhale ʻo Thai.
Ma ʻaneʻi, ma waho aʻe o ka mālama ʻia ʻana a hoʻouna ʻia i ke kula, aʻo ʻia nā keiki home ʻole a me nā keiki makua ʻole ma kahi o 50 e pili ana i ka mahalo i ke kaiapuni, ka mahiʻai hoʻomau, a ʻai ʻoluʻolu i kā lākou mea e ulu ai. Aia ka 3.5 hectare bio farm ma ka ʻāina nani a hāʻawi i kahi noho maʻalahi akā ʻoluʻolu no ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi. Hoʻonohonoho pū ia i nā hoʻomoana kula 2-5 lā, kahi e hiki ai i nā keiki pono ke noho ma laila, aʻo, pāʻani, a paʻa pū me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka pālākiō ma kahi ākea "Classroom without Walls."
ʻO ka Children's Shelter Foundation kahi papahana kaiaulu i kākoʻo ʻia e ka honua i hoʻokumu ʻia ma 2007 e Joy Worrawittayakhun mai Thailand a me Ulrike Meister mai Kelemānia. Hoʻopili ʻia ia i ka "Joy's House" - he hale hoʻokipa 15 lumi ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Chiang Mai kahi e aʻo ai nā keiki ʻōpio mai ke kumu i nā kumu o ka ʻoihana huakaʻi. Ma kēia wahi, ma lalo o ka nānā pono ʻana o nā mākua, loaʻa iā lākou ka ʻike lima ma ka leka maʻalahi ma o ka leka uila, ka mālama ʻana i ka lumi, ka hui ʻana a me ke aloha, nā hana hoʻokipa, mālama hale, nā lawelawe meaʻai a me nā mea inu, nā hoʻoili mokulele, a me nā huakaʻi hele ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi huakaʻi.
Ua hāʻawi ʻia nā pahu nui he 10 iā Ms. Ramlah Jafri, ka Luna Hoʻonohonoho Project o ka Foundation, e US Consul General, Susan N. Stevenson (kiʻi ʻākau) ma ka 28 Malaki 2011. Ua loaʻa ʻia nā haʻawina ʻē aʻe o nā lole mai The Language Corner, The X- Center, a me nā poʻe pilikino ma Chiang Mai.
No ka 'ike hou aku, e leka uila iā: Ramlah M. Jafri, Luna Hoʻoponopono Papahana – Volunteer, Children's Shelter Foundation, Email: [pale ʻia ka leka uila]
http://www.childrens-shelter.com/
http://sites.google.com/site/joyscnx/
