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Lon’s story has already led to the initial stages of three new NGO projects by Fondazione Umanitaria Arcobaleno, located in Udon Thani and Bangkok, Thailand, and Vientiane, Laos. One other project undergoing its initial preparations in Sweden to be located in Phuket, will be The Rose Lon Academy Project--named after Lon. The mission of these projects is to establish villages that will provide each with accommodations; vocational training; a medical dispensary; and a school dedicated to caring for at-risk girls and those seeking refuge from the sex-tourist industry. Intrinsic to The Rose Lon Project will be a primary school that will educate the children of those who are already young mothers and the opportunity for mother and child to reside together.
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Update In October 2006, the shelters in Bangkok and Udon Thani were opened. In the outskirts of Udon, 50 children are currently being helped with room, board, educational scholarships, and medical care. Most of them are orphans. Their parents died of AIDS or left the village in search of work. Aside from this main project, Fondazione Umanitaria Arcobaleno (FUA) has an income generating program meant to help other poor and deserving families to become self- sufficient by teaching fishing and animal husbandry. This teaching process is followed by providing loans at 0% interest to these families. Once the money is repaid, it is made available to others. In the slums of Morawan, in Southeastern Bangkok, without electricity, access to running water, and often little food, 50 children from extremely poor families are being educated. Their parents are unemployed, work irregularly, or push food carts. Education is only the first installment of a much greater plan which has been initiated with the assistance of the Foundation for Rehabilitation and Development of Children and Family (FORDEC), a Thailand NGO. |
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