Last year we experienced horrifying civil strife in Bangkok. This year we have devastating floods. But no matter what is happening outside, in Mercy Centre our children rule the day, mostly with their laughter and smiles.  All photos by Rick Ashley.

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วันนี้วันที่ 22 พฤศจิกายน 2554 เป็นเวลา 26 วันแล้วที่ศูนย์เด็กปฐมวัยเราถูกน้ำท่วมแห่งแรกในจำนวน 8 ชุมชน ในชุมชุม 3 แห่ง น้ำขึ้นสูงอย่างรวดเร็วภายใน 1 ชั่วโมง เด็กๆ ปลอดภัยดีแต่ข้าวของ หนังสือเรียน อุปกรณ์การเรียนถูกน้ำท่วมหมด

Preschools: Our primary aim is to get our slum kindergartens back in operation in several flooded communities.

To this end, our Landin preschool has moved to temporary quarters. Twenty-seven children came to the new classroom on the first day.

The floods have not yet receded in any of our communities, but we are doing what we can now, today, and will do much more tomorrow and in the days to come. With your support, we are reaching out to the poorest families devastated by the floods, providing care packages, emergency supplies, food, rice, and whatever it takes to regularize people’s lives – to get the moms and dads back to work and the children back to school.

Dear Everyone

I promised a "flood update: in a few hours to you good folks with email My apologies to you my brothers and sisters whom I didn't then send a letter by ordinary mail. Anyway, the email, was four days ago when I wrote you all that our

The Concert for 30 Oct here in Bangkok for kids flooded out of their schools and homes is cancelled. Many of the singers, dancers and band members are flooded out of their homes here in Bangkok. Plus, they are afraid that the hall where we are having the concert will be flooded, and if not the hall itself, the road coming in to the concert area...All feel better safe than sorry!!!