Change Lives; Bring Power to Lah Soe House

My name is Terry Harper and I live in Alpharetta, GA. I have visited Thailand many times and most recently on a motorcycle trip in Northern Thailand. While on this last trip I was introduced to a charity named Opportunity of Giving in Chiang Mai. The charity was started by an amazing woman, Angkana Pun Ong, who grew up in a Karen tribe in the mountains of Thailand. Angkana donates her time and energy to helping refugees from Myanmar and Thailand Karen Tribes.

On this last trip through Thailand we visited the Lah Soe House, a Children’s refugee facility located in the small town of Phop Phra, approximately 550km northwest of Bangkok and just a few kilometers from the Myanmar border.

Currently this camp has 42 children aged from 3 ~ 20 years of age. They came across the border from the Myanmar Karen state, looking for support due to families being deceased, disabled or simply not able to care for them properly due to the political turmoil that has led to poverty and unsafe conditions in their home villages.

The goal of Lah Soe is to assist these kids to become self sufficient within their community, receive an education and earn a citizenship status to allow them to access higher education and employment opportunities. Beginning in very humble rented houses, Lah Soe was later (2023) able to purchase a plot of land outside of town and construct a facility with female and male dormitories, a common area for a kitchen and living space.

The Law Soe House currently does not have any electricity for basics like refrigeration or lights. This funding would purchase a solar panel/battery system to allow them to have power for food refrigeration, lights and eventually computers for the school.

I have been donating to projects at Opportunity of Giving for about a year and can vouch for the work they do. Unlike charities in the U.S., 100% of all donations go to the projects they fund. I love helping them because you can see directly what your money is used for, knowing that you have changed a life with your donation. Our goal is $8,000 USD, please donate whatever you can.

Terry Harper