Father Joe's Articles

Klong Toey slum residents rally round to help a woman left homeless and without clothes — and even the spirits approve

She's a slaughterhouse kindergarten teacher. Her whole life through and through. And her husband was a boy who grew up just over the footbridge crossing the canal to the other side, next to the

An amorous deck hand learned a painful lesson when he targeted a proud and resourceful Klong Toey girl as his child bride

Gone to the dogs

7 Febuary 2017

It's not one of Klong Toey's finest hours. In fact, it's an ugly moment -- a monster moment. Stray dogs attacked and almost killed a two-year-old child. This all began at midnight in a particularly dark alley of

Sometimes the 'rules of the slum' require more than gentle persuasion to save an exploited and abused eight-year-old girl from the clutches of a violent drunk
Spunky and all of eight when Miss Chompoo collapses, her dorm mates help save her life