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Wednesday, 14 June 2006 |
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Abae (pronounced Ah-Bay) is a seven-year-old Lisu boy. He comes from the same Lisu village as Amee but, unlike Amee, his mother permitted him to come to the Starfish Country Home School in September 2005. Abae is quite intelligent and athletic...
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Friday, 06 October 2006 |
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Allay (or better spelled Aray) is the younger sister of Amee, but the two girls did not know each other until recently...
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Wednesday, 14 June 2006 |
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Amee is a seven-year-old Lisu girl who finally came to the Starfish Country Home School in January 2006. Amee’s father died and her mother left Amee with her grandmother in a Lisu village in Chiangmai province...
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Wednesday, 14 June 2006 |
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Baan, a six-year-old Karen girl, came to the Starfish Country Home School in March 2006 along with her eight-year-old sister Bo and two-year-old sister Bua...
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Wednesday, 14 June 2006 |
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Beem is a four-year-old Akha girl from Chiangrai province who has been at the Starfish Country Home School only since May 2006. She was living with her grandmother and spent most of the time in the fields...
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Wednesday, 14 June 2006 |
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Bo, an eight-year-old Karen girl came to the Starfish Country Home School in March 2006 along with her six-year-old sister Baan and two-year-old sister Bua. The family lived and worked on a farm at a wage of 50 baht (about $1.25) a day...
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Wednesday, 14 June 2006 |
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Bua, a two-year-old Karen girl, came to the Starfish Country Home School in March 2006 along with her eight-year-old sister Bo and six-year-old sister Baan. Their mother had never been to school...
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Wednesday, 14 June 2006 |
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Fah (meaning Sky), is a beautiful six-year-old Hmong girl who has been at the Starfish Country Home School since July 2005...
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Friday, 06 October 2006 |
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First, a four-year-old boy is a recent arrival.
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Wednesday, 14 June 2006 |
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Fon (or Yard Fon, meaning Raindrop), is a four-year-old Hmong girl who has been at the Starfish Country Home School since July 2005. Fon has the most beautiful smile...
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Saturday, 04 November 2006 |
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Gaminee is on her second stay with us. The first time she was kidnapped away.
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Wednesday, 14 June 2006 |
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Ham (or Moo Ham, meaning the same as “Ham” in English), is a five-year-old Thai girl who, along with her brother Hut, has been at the Starfish Country Home School since June 2005...
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Wednesday, 14 June 2006 |
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Hut is a seven-year-old Thai boy who came to the Starfish Country Home School with Ham, his five-year old sister in June 2005. His mother remarried and the new husband did not want her children...
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Friday, 06 October 2006 |
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We waited a full year to get La, the sister of Lek. Now she is here.
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Wednesday, 14 June 2006 |
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Lek (meaning “Small”) is a four-year old Hmong girl who came to the Starfish Country Home School in September 2005. Her mother was the ‘minor wife’ of a Hmong man...
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Wednesday, 14 June 2006 |
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Lily is a six-year-old Lisu girl. Both of her parents are in prison for a long time for drug running...
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Wednesday, 14 June 2006 |
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Meow is a six-year old Hmong girl who came to the Starfish Country Home School in May 2006. Her father is in prison.
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Wednesday, 14 June 2006 |
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Min is a four-year old Hmong girl who came to the Starfish Country Home School in July 2005. She was born two months premature and is very small...
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Wednesday, 14 June 2006 |
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Opor, age eight, is a very special girl. She was born two months premature and, as a consequence, has cerebral palsy. Her mother died when Opor was less than one year old...
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Wednesday, 14 June 2006 |
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Pheung (meaning “Bee” or Nam Pheung, meaning “Honey) is a (we think) five-year-old Thai girl who was living at Moo Baan Dek, a children’s home and school in Kanchanaburi province, west of Bangkok...
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Wednesday, 14 June 2006 |
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Phrao is a four-year-old Thai girl who was living at Moo Baan Dek, a children’s home and school in Kanchanaburi province, west of Bangkok...
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Wednesday, 14 June 2006 |
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Pim is a five-year-old Akha girl from Chiangrai province. Her mother is HIV positive and a drug addict. Her father abandoned the mother...
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Wednesday, 14 June 2006 |
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Pipo, a three-year-old Akha girl, came to the Starfish Country Home School from a poor village in Chiangrai province in May 2006...
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Wednesday, 14 June 2006 |
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Ploy is a four-year-old Akha girl from the same village as Pipo. She came to the Starfish Country Home School in May 2006...
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Saturday, 04 November 2006 |
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Sprite is a girl who really lives up to her name.
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Wednesday, 14 June 2006 |
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Ya, meaning “Drug”, is a three-year-old Hmong girl who has been at the Starfish Country Home School only since May 2006. Ya was born while her mother was in prison...
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