After sharing impressions from our Sponsor Day, we wanted to show a few more moments that stayed with us — the everyday reality behind the work at Mercy Centre, Bangkok.

▫️Narrow alleys outside the preschool, reminding us of the challenges many families face.
▫️A simple kitchen preparing meals for dozens of children.
▫️Small hands busy with crafts.
▫️Colourful classrooms that feel safe.
▫️And conversations with teachers who show up every day with patience, care and quiet strength.

As John Vogel reminded us during the visit, early childhood education here is not only about letters and numbers.
It is about learning to live together.
About hygiene.
About shared meals.
About feeling safe enough to rest.
And about understanding that education is a long-term investment — especially in communities where income is often earned on a daily basis.

For many families, sending children to preschool instead of having them help earn money — for example by selling flowers — is not an obvious decision.
And some children have no parents at all, or parents who are ill and unable to care for them.

This makes the role of the Mercy Center even more vital.

These are the places where your support arrives. Not in big gestures, but in daily routines: food on the table, clean classrooms, patient guidance, and the chance for children to grow up with more possibilities than the day-to-day struggle around them. 🙏

For more than 15 years, the ThaiGer Supporters have helped keep Romklao Preschool running — and visits like this remind us why consistency matters so much.

Thank you to everyone who walks this path with us. Your support makes a real and visible difference, right here in Klong Toey. 🇹🇭🫶