Tina van Eijsbergen
It is with deep sadness that we inform you of the passing of Tina (July 11, 1952 – July 31, 2026), our beloved board member and former Chair of the Baan Phak Phing Foundation. For many years, Tina was the face of our foundation in the Netherlands. Creative, tireless, and deeply committed, she devoted herself […]
Team building
Besides being rewarding, managing a safehouse for girls is often very busy, intensive and/or emotional. From time to time it is important to disconnect from day-to-day business and to take the time for one another. We use these moments to learn from one another, grow in trust towards one another, and to encourage each other. […]
What’s for dinner?
This month, all three families came over to the house of ‘uncle’ and ‘aunt’ from the Netherlands for a delicious meal. This time not for curry or sticky rice, but for old-fashioned Dutch pancakes. Topped with jam or powdered sugar, or with a Middle Eastern twist: shoarma with garlic sauce. To top it off, there […]
Weddings
Over the past few weeks, we had not one, not two, but three weddings to attend with the girls. Plenty of reason to celebrate! The first wedding we attended was that of one of the girls that had recently moved out because she was getting married, the other girls sang a song for the bride […]
Photo shoot
In April a Dutch couple came on a visit and they spent two mornings with the girls. The first morning dealt with taking pictures. They shot portraits of the girls, had the girls paint their own picture frame and presented them with three assignments that the girls had to shoot with a camera. They needed […]
Successful
School: follow an education or a course, it doesn’t matter what exactly, but it’s fantastic when they are completed successfully. You had to study hard, pay attention, do homework and pass your exams. Over the recent period several girls have passed their exams. Three girls graduated high school and two older girls/young women, who have […]
In dire need
‘Help, the toilet doesn’t flush properly’. The girls flushed the toilet as usual but this time the water and contents just came back up. Is the septic tank full and can we empty it? But where is the opening? Even after a thorough search we could not locate it and the drainpipe had to be […]
Internship
Fenmai* is 21 years old and she is training to be a teacher. This year she had to do an internship. She had to teach, prepare lessons, write lesson plans and help prepare for a school event. Her study will take another two years and after graduation she will start working. She has worked very […]
Happy New Year
New Year’s Eve is something the girls really look forward to. To the delicious food, Mukata or Thai barbecue, the games, the dancing, the karaoke and with any luck some children’s fireworks. But when the coach and his wife also treat them to lovely slices of pizza, then all the girls are truly happy. It […]
Sheep farm
At the end of October all the children were free and the weather was wonderful. After breakfast everybody got in the car for a one-and-a-half-hour ride to a nice sheep farm. This farm is in the middle of a hilly region, it’s green and beautifully laid out with of course lovely sheep in the fields. […]