Lert Sa Wat has taken in children when they have nowhere else to go. Some of the children’s stories are heartbreaking. The mother of one boy was in a mental institution as she had been so badly treated by men. A child was the victim of physical abuse. Others were abandoned by their parents, with no relative able or willing to care for them. One teenager came as a temporary resident after all his family died within a year. Three girls came to the Home as their mothers were prostitutes and wanted to give their daughters the chance to break the cycle.
The Lert Sa Wat family has always been small, never more than 7 children at any one time. All the children would eat together, play together, set off for school together and worship together. Young people went away to college or University and returned in the holidays. It is a family, and they have the joys and sorrows of any large family.
A great cause for rejoicing was the graduation of Tee, the oldest boy from the Home. Goya passed her M3 exams and is now living independently and working. TonKhao graduated in Social Work at the University in Korat, the provincial capital, 50 miles away. She is still very attached to her Lert Sa Wat family and comes home most weekends.
Today, two brothers called Boss and Blue are living at Lert Sa Wat. The boys take a full part in Lert Sa Wat life.
