Life stories
Read the stories about our children who have received a home and a new future through BaanChivitMai
Two siblings
A life story
This is Vilachai and Meedtae. They are siblings. When we met them they lived with their mother and their three others siblings ages 4-12 years old. Their father was gone and no one knew where he went. Their father was gone and no one knew where he went. When we spoke to the mother she asked us...
Wari & Mai
A life story
Wari and Mai are sisters. Wari is 9 and Mai is 7 years old. They are both born in Thailand but they are Burmese. Like so many others they were forced to flee from Burma to Thailand. They travelled to Thailand together with their mom and little brother...
May
A life story
May In the summer of 2009 a new little girl came in to BaanChivitMai. She was only two and was in a poor condition. Her young mother and father are refugees from Burma and soon after they crossed the border Mai was born at the Chiang Mai hospital...
Ahnan
A life story
When Ahnan was five years old his father died in a traffic accident. His mother, left alone with two kids, wasn't able to provide for both of her kids. She came to BCM for help, and asked for Ahnan to stay with us. Of course we wanted to help this scattered and vulnerable family...
Gay
A life story
When little Gay came to BCM he was four years old and had HIV. He was extremely scattered and wouldn't listen to anyone. The staff started to suspect some kind of mental disability so we took him to the doctor. It turned out Gay was completely deaf.....