Day 12 - 2 November

We had a lovely visit today to the children's home. There are lots of kids who live at the home even though they do have families. They live in Chiang Rai during the week to go to school as their families are part of the Hill Tribes and live in poverty without the opportunity to attend school. We had the opportunity to teach English to the girls who run the home and what a joy they were to teach. They were so enthusiastic to have the chance to learn English and really participated well.

We went out to lunch in Chiang Rai and got a real salad which was such a treat after not having salad veges while I had been away. I did then take the afternoon off for a rest, a chance to read and chill out. I read a great book by David Batstone called 'Not for Sale'. which outlined how human trafficking is a growing problem in so many countries including western countries like Australia and the USA. I learnt so much from the trail blazers in each of the countries who are doing their bit to tackle the problem of trafficking starting from the grass roots level. Very challenging stuff.