sisterdarling: Day 5: The kids at SAW school, despite their smiling faces, have had a hard life. They’ve either been orphaned, have parents who have HIV or AIDS, or have been rescued from human trafficking. Hard to believe as when we’re with them they’re just really generous to us, helping us paint, giving us candy, just laughing and playing all the time. Life is not perfect, but they make the most of it and that’s one of the most humbling things to realise for someone like me coming here and meeting them.  Today we painted with the kids at SAW school and made good ground on the alphabet murals. The kids were going hard out and getting more confident painting big and being more imaginative on their drawings (Ice Cream Man!) Starting to get used to the pace here, early morning paint sesh, bike riding to lunch, back again to painting, slotting in an intense yoga class at a monastery-like building in the evening, then bike riding to dinner. Every moment is fucking gold and the company is awesome. Wish you were here friends back home. More updates on the Little Lotus Project here. (Photo by Patrick Shepherd, meeting the kids from SAW orphanage on Day 2) MY TWIN FLAME, MY CHILDHOOD ENEMY, MY LOVELY SUCCESSFUL PAINTER COUSIN IN NEW ZEALAND IS CURRENTLY IN THAILAND HELPING OUT REFUGEES AND MIGRANT KIDS THROUGH ART. Little Lotus Project. I am in love with this idea, this advocacy, this movement. The smiles on those kids’ facesssss :((((( The sunshine streaming down their cute little shiny bobs :(((( I’m so proud of Ate Meg and I can’t wait to see her this Christmas just to hear all her stories while poring over magazine pages together by the jacuzzi, like old times.
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Day 5: The kids at SAW school, despite their smiling faces, have had a hard life. They’ve either been orphaned, have parents who have HIV or AIDS, or have been rescued from human trafficking. Hard to believe as when we’re with them they’re just really generous to us, helping us paint, giving us candy, just laughing and playing all the time. Life is not perfect, but they make the most of it and that’s one of the most humbling things to realise for someone like me coming here and meeting them. 

Today we painted with the kids at SAW school and made good ground on the alphabet murals. The kids were going hard out and getting more confident painting big and being more imaginative on their drawings (Ice Cream Man!) Starting to get used to the pace here, early morning paint sesh, bike riding to lunch, back again to painting, slotting in an intense yoga class at a monastery-like building in the evening, then bike riding to dinner.

Every moment is fucking gold and the company is awesome. Wish you were here friends back home.

More updates on the Little Lotus Project here.

(Photo by Patrick Shepherd, meeting the kids from SAW orphanage on Day 2)

MY TWIN FLAME, MY CHILDHOOD ENEMY, MY LOVELY SUCCESSFUL PAINTER COUSIN IN NEW ZEALAND IS CURRENTLY IN THAILAND HELPING OUT REFUGEES AND MIGRANT KIDS THROUGH ART.

Little Lotus Project. I am in love with this idea, this advocacy, this movement. The smiles on those kids’ facesssss :((((( The sunshine streaming down their cute little shiny bobs :((((

I’m so proud of Ate Meg and I can’t wait to see her this Christmas just to hear all her stories while poring over magazine pages together by the jacuzzi, like old times.

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