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Check back regularly to find out what is going on at Buddies along the Roadside Project!

January 20, 2012

Happy New Year! Things at our project have been going well. We are excited to announce that two of the first children to be taken in by VCDF's Buddies Project have graduated high school and have enrolled in university! One hopes to become a music teacher and the other will study to become a social worker.

Thanks to Not For Sale, we have been able to build a new dormitory that will comfortably house all of our 130 kids. The kids are extremely thankful for Not For Sale's continued support and have quickly adapted to the new dorm's spacious bedrooms and bathrooms.

September 25, 2010

We have kept busy over the last few months that have included a few exciting events; We were visited by the Not For Sale's Free2Play team, headed by the Gray Institute. The team held a basketball camp for all 130 of our kids after they generously installed a full basketball court!

We are also excited about our new gift shop in Mae Sai that sells merchandise made by our drug rehabilitation participants and gives them a quiet, creative space to produce purses, jewelry and a lot more.

If you are in California, we hope you will take the opportunity to see our founder, Kru Nam, at Not For Sale's Global Forum on Human Trafficking on October 14-15. For more information, please click here.

March 22, 2010

We have a new Web site!

Currently in Thailand, we are experiencing summer break and are welcoming back our VCDF kids who study at various boarding schools throughout Thailand. We had our 'Olympic Games' last week and continue to keep our kids busy with art therapy activities and vocational training that include weaving, fish-raising, making household detergents and taking care of over 200 chickens!

Check out our PDF newsletters

Click here for our May 2010 Newsletter

Click here for our December 2009 Newsletter

Click here for our June 2009 Newsletter

VCDF News on the Web

Jun, 2010: VCDF Chiang Mai featured in CityLife Magazine

Jan 24, 2010: IOGT Renews Support to Drop-In

Nov 23, 2009: VCDF Accepts Medicine from Not For Sale

Oct 8, 2009: Thai News Channel Profile of Drop-In