Community Involvement
Socktober Week 5
06 October
Welcome to Week 5 of the Socktober Challenge - This weeks theme is Balance
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Hey, Socktober Stars! We're coming towards the end of the Socktober Challenge, but the fun is only just beginning! This week we're jumping back to Asia and the bustling metropolis of Bangkok, the capital of Thailand and a major.
Sister Louise Horgan and the Good Shepherd Sisters work in the slum areas of Bangkok to provide young mothers with opportunities to maximise their skills and gain employment to support their families. But while the women attend class and work during the day, what are their youngest children to do? Kids don’t start school in Thailand until the age of six, and unlike Australia, it is impossible for many families to find preschools or daycare for their children who cannot yet go to school.
Sister Louise’s program includes a kindergarten to support this very need. It takes care of over one hundred children of women enrolled at the centre. The sisters don't just keep an eye on the kids, they feed them, educate them, and help them to understand their own value and dignity as human beings - something we might take for granted. It is also open to other children around the neighbourhood who are at risk.