Our first Convoy took place on Sunday 19th November from The Foundation for The Welfare of The Crippled in Pakkred to Safari World in Minburi.

It was an early start in the morning for our convoy drivers, as the line up of trucks had to be organised at 6 am to avoid any disruptions to the flow of traffic near The Foundation.

Our thanks as always, goes to our drivers for giving their time free to help the cause.

You too, can help, by making a donation on line.

The trucks lined up in Tiwanon Road Outside the Foundation

Fortune Hotel Staff - service with a smile

The two special buses kindly supplied by Fametech

All of the kids, drivers and helpers were supplied with special "Convoy for Kids" T shirts kindly sponsored by Siam Shore-side Services, part of The Maersk Group of companies.                   

A special guest appearance was made by members of The Thai Paralympic team who bagged a bundle of medals at the Sydney Paralympic event. Some of the team are ex pupils of the school and they keep in touch, very often helping out at the school.
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Our Paralympic medalists

Before the Convoy started off there was a short ceremony, and a cheque for 600,000 baht was presented to Khun Araya Arunanondchai, President of The Foundation, by Mr. Max Lindsay, Chairman of The Australian Thai Chamber of Commerce.

The final total reached was 829,500 Baht, and although short of our original target figure of 1 million Baht which we hoped to reach before the end of the year, we were happy with the results considering the short run up of 6 weeks to organise and publicise the event. 

Thanpuying Manatnit Vanikul  (Office of Her Majesty's Private Secretary), kindly cut the ribbon and declared the start of the first Convoy for Kids.

Our special thanks go to Fametech Limited who kindly supplied the buses fitted with special wheelchair lifts.

The children boarded their buses and the trucks set off on schedule, with the kids leading the way.

A total of 31 trucks took part in the convoy and over 100 companies and hundreds of individuals contributed to The Convoy.
 

The kids in party mood set off for Safari World

Thanks to help in traffic control from The Police Department, plus their 2 car escort,  The Convoy's run to Safari World was smooth and there was no disruption to traffic flows.
On arrival at Safari World, there was plenty of space to park up our trucks. We then joined up with the kids and accompanied them to Marine Park.

The convoy parks up

First port of call was The Sea-lion Show, with an amazing performance by the cheeky, but clever sea-lions.

The show was a great start to a great day!

The Moscow Circus Show was the next event on the card with fun and games from the clowns and some fascinating performances from the artistes and animals.
The show involved a lot of audience participation.
 

After The Circus, lunch was most welcome and was provided with the compliments of Safari World who also laid on some entertainment during it.

Our next treat was the spectacular Dolphin Show which never fails to please. You can see by the look on the kids faces, that they really loved it.

A really spectacular show from the Dolphins

Not difficult to see how much the show was enjoyed

Bus tour of the park

To finish off the day, the kids had a drive through Safari World where they saw a variety of animals in a natural habitat setting.
After that, time for home, supper and bed. It was a great day for all 
            

Our sincere thanks go to Khun Apar Techaratanachai and Khun Pin Kewpaisal of Safari World who very kindly gave free admission and lunch to the kids and staff from the school, and a special reduced price for admission and lunch for our drivers and other participants.   A very big thanks also to The Safari World staff who did a great job organising things for us to giving us an enjoyable, a trouble free day and ensuring that space was available for the kids to have a prime position for all of the shows.
 

Some of the very helpful Safari staff.