Smiles of ChiangMai
Saturday, 8 February 2025
Hello after a long time
Thursday, 23 May 2024
Very thankful for the support thus far
Dear all 💙,
Thank you for your support through my past five years living and working at Care Corner Orphanage, in ChiangMai Thailand. Your encouragement and prayers have seen me through many storms and challenges in the past year. It is a blessing to be able to do this work. In the past year, I have seen positive changes in the lives of our children and youths, and I hope that I can continue to be a part of what God is doing here. Your support enables me to provide emotional support through counselling and nurturing the children and youths. I humbly and kindly ask that you consider supporting me for another year of service. I'll need to raise S$ 12,000 to cover my one year of necessities. Your financial support for me could be a one-time or a monthly giving. Together we can make a greater difference in the lives of these children.
Newsletter No.11
For regular updates, follow us at @Smilesofchiangmai
For CCOF official updates, follow us at @CareCornerOrphanage
Do reach out if you any questions! Hope to hear from you soon! :)
Gratefulness,
Bella
Sunday, 17 March 2024
Hello from ChiangMai! 💙
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Assisting our volunteers in coordinating and translating the Expressive Art activity. |
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Our children and youths were sharing about their art work. |
Medicine and Healthcare – 2,332.40 baht
Social Work and related - 4,383.28 baht
Ground needs - 12,373.96 baht
Activities, Sports and Initiatives – 12,301.57 baht
New Year Eve's blessed draw – 20,625.92 baht
#BirthdayProject group 2 - 13,124 baht
#BirthdayProject group 3 - 23,913.75 baht
Total - 89,054.31 baht
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Our youths have been playing Basketball daily with the new hoops. |
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Got new volleyballs to replace our old and spoilt one. |
We are able to meet the ground needs and enhance the well-being of the ones in our care because of your generous and continual support. You have made a tangible difference. We thank you for joining our village in raising our children and youths.
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Counselling session in progress. |
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These counselling cards were kindly gifted from a dear Social Work friend. It's been such a helpful counselling tool! |
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We were at a community event where some of our children participated and contributed in different ways. As their guardians, perhaps being present is the best present we can give to them |
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Our little shining star leading her school's marching band! |
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The little one came to help me while I was making washing liquid for our Home. |
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Gutting the donated fishes for dinner. The task gets completed fast when we work together! |
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A very enjoyable short trip to the local Buffalo Market on a Saturday Morning. |
Friday, 8 September 2023
Trust in the Lord จงไว้วางใจในพระองค์
https://www.ricemedia.co/meet-bella-lee-the-singaporean-devoting-her-life-to-counselling-thai-kids/
Smile at the storm 1 (Instagram)
Smile at the storm 2 (Instagram)
Smile at the storm 1 (TikTok)
Smile at the storm 2 (Tiktok)
I hope to share a newsletter update with you all soon. Meanwhile, feel free to check out my previous newsletter updates here: Bella's Newsletter Updates
Have you seen the pins & stories? It's a pins and stories collaboration with a wonderful illustrator from Singapore. Do check this out! Pins & Stories by @Fleathing x @Carecornerorphanage
Expenditure 1/7/23 - 8/9/23
Medicine/Healthcare - 2,649 baht
Office supplies - 1,922.74 baht Social Work and related - 317 baht Ground needs - 1,280 baht
#BirthdayProject group 1 - 15,941.75 baht
Total - 22,110.49 baht
Thank you all for supporting and giving generously so that I can meet the ground needs and do the works here together as one team CCOF. You enable us to do the works here. Thank you to everyone who has made a difference. No gift from your heart is too small.
Recently, we just celebrated our children's birthdays! Hop on to our Instagram to find out more about our #BirthdayProject @Smilesofchiangmai
That's about it for today. Take care of yourselves guys!
See you in the next post!
With a heart full of thanks,
Bella
Saturday, 1 July 2023
🤩 @ColoursGlobalSG x @CareCornerOrphanage
It's been a blessing to have known Team ColoursGlobalSG, who loves God and loves people. They visited us in May and brought good cheers and joy to our hearts. So here's sharing a special little feature done by the amazing ColoursGlobalSG team! Links are below
Smile at the storm 1 (Instagram)
Smile at the storm 2 (Instagram)
Without God and His love at work transforming my heart and life, I doubt I'd be here doing what I'm doing. I think I could sum everything up as: He is good and true always.
Also, I must thank every single person who have supported me - through words of encouragement, prayers, generous giving and blessings in many ways. You guys are part of my life journey. Together, I believe that we can make a difference in the lives of our children. 👐
A newsletter update is coming soon. Stay tuned! Click on the links below to read past newsletters!
Here are the updates on expenditure of funds (raised through @Smilesofchiangmai) for works and ground needs in @CareCornerOrphanage. Your generous giving goes to supporting our works and meeting our ground needs! Thank you for your generosity and support all these years.
Expenditure 17/01/23 - 30/6/23
Medicine/Healthcare - 4,029.92 baht
Office supplies - 1,977.24 baht
Social Work and related - 3,882.95 baht
Ground needs - 1,574.6 baht
Total - 11,464.71 baht
Take care and stay well, everyone! Please do keep our team of staff and children in your prayers as well. Thank you 😊💕
With joy and thanks,
Bella
Friday, 26 May 2023
Living and working here in Care Corner Orphanage
Hi all! 😊
I'm in the midst of raising financial support to continue living and working here at Care Corner Orphanage for another year. I will need to raise S$ 1,000 per month, which is S$ 12,000 per year, to cover my necessities.
This amount covers:
Food and Utilities
Travel expenses
Work permit, Visa, and Insurance
Basic Necessities, Medicine, Emergency, Miscellaneous and some Savings.
My purpose here is to support and empower our children in their lives through using social work skills and the word of God.
To my friends who have been supporting me, thank you for your support throughout my time at Care Corner Orphanage. Your kindness and generosity have made an impact on my life, and I am truly grateful for your support thus far. It’s been almost 4 years of living and working here at CCOF! Time really flies!
Over the past month, I’ve encountered a few storms along the way. However, remembering that you believe in me, and am praying for me, has given me hope and encouragement to persevere through the stormy times.
As I reflect on the past year, I am humbled and in awe of the positive transformations that have taken place in my life and the lives of our children. God is real and at work! I see His hands upon our lives. Your support enables me to be here, providing emotional support to our children and nurturing them in the ways of the Lord.
I have made the decision to dedicate another year of my life to supporting and nurture the children of Care Corner Orphanage. I'm praying for a greater impact with another year of commitment. Therefore, I kindly ask you to consider continuing your sponsorship for me for another year. Together, we can make a difference for each child who calls this place home.
Sharing with you my roles and responsibilities at Care Corner Orphanage:
1. Provide emotional support, guidance and problem-solving through effective communication, individual and group counselling sessions, purposeful activities, and engagement.
2. Provide social support, esteem support, informational support, and tangible support based on the ground needs.
3. Manage the Orphanage’s Facebook and Instagram, which includes taking photographs, and some basic filming and editing.
4. Teach and supervise our children's daily homework.
5. General maintenance and groundskeeping together with my colleagues such as gardening, cutting of trees, mass cleaning etc.
6. Prepare and lead small group on Monday nights.
7. @Smilesofchiangmai - using this platform to share about our Orphanage and works, connect with people, provide regular updates, newsletter updates, annual fund raising, account for the usage of funds, planning and coordinating #BirthdayProject outings.
8. Check the chores and manage the group of children assigned to sweep the garden.
9. Assist and host visitors and volunteers with translation, conducting of activities with the children, and more.
10. In charge of making and managing the three types of washing liquid for our children's home.
To support me:
Your support can be the form of a monthly support or a one-time support of any amount. You could make the financial support for me through bank transfer or PayNow me. (CCOF will be closing down their Maybank account in Singapore, so transferring it to me directly is a move approved by CCOF.)
If you have any questions or would like to discuss this further, feel free to reach out to me.
Check out some of my newsletter updates:
Newsletter no. 10
Newsletter no. 9.5
Newsletter no. 9
Thank you for your support, prayers and trust all these while. Do connect with me soon!
With a heart full of thanks,
Bella
Wednesday, 12 April 2023
Newsletter update no.10! อัพเดทใหม่
Dear all,
A short newsletter update is out!
Click here to read Bella's Newsletter no.10!
Your generous support, prayers and trust is why I can still be here giving my best to Care Corner Orphanage. I sincerely thank you for your trust and financial support over the past year. I hope to continue working and living here for another year. Just like the previous years, I'll need to gather financial support of S$ 1,000 per month (which is S$ 12,000 per year) to cover my necessities and utilities. Do let me know if you would like to support me in my service here in Care Corner Orphanage! Your financial support for me could be a one-time or a monthly giving.
For more updates, follow us at:
@Smilesofchiangmai
For official updates from Care Corner Orphanage, follow us at:
@Carecornerorphanage
With joy,
Bella
Wednesday, 22 February 2023
@Smilesofchiangmai Fund Raising has begun!
With joy,
Tuesday, 14 February 2023
Monday, 16 January 2023
Let's go, year 2023 ปี 2566ไปกันเลย
Dear all,
Happy new year 2023! A new year, new beginning, new hope. Let us run this race with perseverance, and rest sufficiently. Rest is one of my goals this year. Rest, knowing that I can trust in God who is dependable and always good.
Two days ago was Thai Children's Day! Some of our kids had performances, collected snacks and freebies from the booths, and won prizes from the celebration nearby. Here's Paht, featuring the bicycle he won!
Look at them with loots from the Thai Children's Day event! I found this scene amusing because of how they had to dive into their big bags of goodies to retrieve them!
Your support and generous giving is important to the work and life we do here with our children. I'm trying to nail a date for our next fundraising, so stay tuned and thank you for being patient! :)
It takes a village to raise a child. Your giving and support makes a difference to us