Sunday 17 March 2024

Hello from ChiangMai! 💙

Rain came and wind blew
My house was built on You
I'm safe with You
I'm gonna make it through

Dear all, it's been such a long time since I've updated this space. If you are reading this, thank you for coming by. Haha 

While the past year has been very stormy, I just wanted to say that I am so thankful and am so blessed in so many ways. I made it through because of God, and also because of all of your support. And, i will continue to run this race because together, we can overcome anything. Let's continue to grow together 

Do check out our instagram for more regular updates! @Smilesofchiangmai
For Care Corner Orphanage's official updates - @Carecornerorphanage

Assisting our volunteers in coordinating and translating the Expressive Art activity. 
Our children and youths were sharing about their art work. 

Expenditure 9/9/23 – 1/3/24

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 


Our youths have been playing Basketball daily with the new hoops. 
A few of our youths asked if we can replace the old hoops and backboard. After several considerations, we said yes and assigned two of them to take care of the new set of basketball hoops. And so far it's going good...

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.

Enjoying a sumptuous shabu buffet lunch during one of our #BirthdayProject trip where we celebrate our children's birthdays with an outing by spending quality time together. More updates up on our Instagram!

Counselling session in progress.

These counselling cards were kindly gifted from a dear Social Work friend. It's been such a helpful counselling tool!

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 

Our little shining star leading her school's marching band! 
Your support through praying, giving, donating, visiting or volunteering with us have made a difference to our lives. 
The little one came to help me while I was making washing liquid for our Home.

Gutting the donated fishes for dinner. The task gets completed fast when we work together!

A very enjoyable short trip to the local Buffalo Market on a Saturday Morning.
Thank you for journeying with us thus far. Feel free to reach out if you have questions or would like to support us. For more regular updates, follow us at @Smilesofchiangmai and @Carecornerorphanage ! 

See you in the next update! Take care everyone!

With thanks, 
Bella 

Friday 8 September 2023

Trust in the Lord จงไว้วางใจในพระองค์

Dear all! 

Feel free to check out the clips done by the amazing Team @ColoursGlobalSG

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


Here's updates on our expenditure 

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







Dear all! 

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)

Smile at the storm 1 (TikTok)

Smile at the storm 2 (Tiktok)

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! 

Bella's Newsletter Updates

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, M
iscellaneous 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!







Hi friends & family! Our annual fund raising has begun! Hop over to @Smilesofchiangmai for more info!

Your monetary contribution will be going to four main areas as shown in the posters. Thank you for being a part of our life journey in the past year! We could meet the needs and support the works at @CareCornerOrphanage because of your generous giving. 

You could make your monetary contribution to our fundraising via PayNow or Bank Transfer. We'll mail you a pouch specially decorated by our kids as a token of appreciation. Feel free to drop me a text or DM if you have questions! 

Thank you for your generous support and trust! Together, we can continue to make a difference in the lives of the ones at @CareCornerOrphanage :) 

With joy, 
Bella 

Tuesday 14 February 2023

@Fleathing x @Carecornerorphanage


 





















































These posters and pins were from our fundraising collaboration with @Fleathing !!! 

Sincerely, 
Bella 

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! 







We celebrated the new year with lots of good food, fun and excitement! 
@Smilesofchiangmai contributed 4,323.20 baht of lucky draw items! A special thank you to Uncle Chester for his generous donation of 20,000 baht to our New Year's countdown BBQ (2,000 baht went to the lucky draw items too!) Thank you everyone for giving generously to our fundraising every year!

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! :) 




#BirthdayProject with the older boys group! Though many things could have been done better, I'm glad that our boys enjoyed the celebration! Special thanks to Elysia who generously treated the Japanese buffet dinner with unlimited salmon which our boys absolutely loved! Haha 




#BirthdayProject with our older girls group! Their wish of catching "Avatar" in the cinema came true! #BirthdayProject is where we organise small group outings to celebrate our children's birthdays; building relationship by spending quality time together. That's the gift from our hearts to our children. Hop over to our Instagram for more updates! 


Expenditure 23/10/22 - 16/01/23
Super early breakfast before dental appointment (2 children) - 151.50 baht 
#BirthdayProject middle kids group - 300 + 3,925.83 +  5,184 + 345 + 4,485 baht 
Whiteboard and permanent markers - 40 baht 
Projector screen - 592 baht 
#BirthdayProject older boys group - 144 + 3,504 baht + 1,640 baht + 1,420 + 264 baht 
Loi krathong making stuff for their school event - 99 baht
Tapes - 35 baht 
Lighter - 20 baht 
2 Highschooler's Scouts camp accessories - 160 baht  
Filmora upgrade - 1,294.30 baht 
Asus laptop adaptor to replace the spoilt one - 218 baht
New year's lucky draw - 4,323.2 baht 
#BirthdayProject older girls group - 1,680 + 140 + 140 + 404 + 550 + 360 + 180 + 393 + 2,947 + 4,200 + 20 baht 
Medication for kids - 390 baht 
Hairdressing cloths - 217.41 baht
 

If you remember us, do keep us in your prayers. We sure need strength and wisdom from the Lord to raise our children every single day. Do reach out to me if you have questions, or would like to make a contribution to support the works of @Smilesofchiangmai for Care Corner Orphanage, or to works and needs of @Carecornerorphanage directly. 

It takes a village to raise a child. Your giving and support makes a difference to us 

With a grateful heart, 
Bella 

Saturday 22 October 2022

Hi again! Updates on expenditure! อัพเดทใหม่ค่ะ

A prayer of blessings over our Singapore friends on their last night with us. They have been a blessing and joy to us all.
Praying over our Singapore friends on their last night with us. They have been a blessing and joy to us in the past week! We look forward to seeing you all again some day! 

Hi everyone! I'm here to bring you some mini updates once again! I hope to release a newsletter update some time soon. And, @Smilesofchiangmai fund raising will be coming up soon. Stay tuned! We will need your generous support to do the works and meet the needs! :) 

Expenditure 29/6/22 - 22/10/22 spent on works and needs of our children & home: 

12 Nivea deodorant - 366 baht
Duplicate 2 keys for toilet next to Orphanage's kitchen - 100 baht
[Hidden Village buffet, rides, shows - 3,086 baht
Rocket ride - 350 baht
Lunch buffet - 375 baht
Bouncy castle & indoor playground - 650 baht
Swimming at thesun - 780 baht
Kueyteow - 530 baht
Ice-cream 711 - 280 baht]
12 deodorant - 246.50 baht
Medicine  for kids' flu, sorethroat, inflammation etc -  402 + 55 baht + 750 baht + 290 baht
Children's lunch at food court in Central Fest - 1,100 baht
Female hygiene wash - 135 baht
3 work agriculture knives and stone-material sharpener - 840 baht
6 pairs of haircut scissors - 246.30 baht
4 fabric markers - 148.88 baht
1 pack of surperglue - 20 baht
1 Laptop mouse - 125 baht
1 pack of batteries, sewing kit, ropes for kids' laundry- 132 baht

#BirthdayProject celebration!

Thank you everyone for your generous support and giving each time. Your support, encouragement, and prayers adds strength to us. You play an important part alongside us as we raise our children, together. 

For more updates, follow us at:

For official updates from Care Corner Orphanage, follow us at:

To read Bella's newsletter update no.9, click here: Bella's Newsletter no.9

Check out this new video of our weekly agriculture! It's up on Youtube too, so feel free to share it around. Watch "#Snippetoflife - Agriculture" on Youtube

Hopeful and thankful, 
Bella