After my visit, I felt the urge to help them, and these are some of the ideas I came up with.

l Visit them often and talk to them regularly, though they may not understand you.

Give them many encouraging words to help them keep their fighting instincts to survive and live a prosperous life.

Through this contact, the children would never give up the hope of surviving. They would learn to enjoy life even in the they’re in.

This would be a key factor in helping them to feel good about themselves. Most importantly, they would learn to just enjoy life and do things they enjoy doing.

I though of this because I enjoy sports and I see how that makes me enjoy life it is.

l Second, encourage and assist them to walk and play a lot which can help make their muscles, bones and joints stronger.

This will be very essential when they grow older. After more practice they could walk comfortably and normally.

I thought of this because I love games and I see how that has made me fitter and stronger over the past years.

l Third, give them nice food to eat because that would make them happy and not feel isolated or lonely. After all, happiness has a major role in improving their life.

I thought of this because I love to eat sweets, especially gum, and when I chew goum while working or studying I find I work better and have more creative ideas.

Just another weird thing in my personality.

l Lastly, find their strengths, what they do best. This will help them find them a job to earn a living when they grow up.

They will need some money to survive the rest of their lives because, of course, they desire to live a happy life.

I would like to conclude that these children have a chance—and above all deserve a chance – and we are the people to give it to them.

If we give them jobs and donate money to help them, they can survive and live a happy, blissful, trouble-free life

But if we do nothing – or just help them for a day – they won’t have a chance to live or survive happily.

This is because – and I can say it straight out – we didn’t give them one single tiny microscopic chance, which affects a huge part of their lives.

As the Chinese proverb goes, “Feed a man a fish for  a day and he will eat, but teach him how to fish and he will live.”

The choice is ours.

(ข้อมูลจาก หนังสือพิมพ์ บางกอก โพสต์ ฉบับวันอาทิตย์ที่ 24 กันยายน 2000)

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