They work with women through SWC at one site to teach them a trade to make money and also have their doors open for drop in counseling sessions. (We bought a lot of their jewelry) In another location they teach 4-5 year olds a Montessori style education and in yet at another location they have a farm and are teaching the people how to raise pigs for food or sale etc.
We also visited the Mae Sat clinic so the girls and I could get some perspective. Wow! It is unreal. The hospital beds are wood tables. And nothing anywhere is sterile. Even where they do surgeries the street dogs just wander in and out. They have a wood shop where they make wooden legs and feet for amputees. Most of which have lost limbs from land mines. It has brought much gratitude from all of us about how good we have it back home. I will never complain how long the wait is at our own clinics again.
After the clinic Kara thought we should experience another of the many street markets here so dropped us off. There were buckets of live turtles, eels, frogs and fish, fried cockroaches and many other treats. YUCK! We did find some really good fresh carrots. :) I'm a vegetarian. Thank goodness.
Kara met us at the end of the market and brought us to a restaurant that supports young artists called something like Casa Mia. They had a mix of American like and Thai food so Zenna was happy. The fries were great! Mark and I shared a spicy Burmese dish.
We just finished packing and are getting ready to head with Kara to the rural No Boh village where Grace Garden is located and the place that Kara runs. We are excited to leave the city. We are country folk at heart after all.
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