Helping Those In Need Wherever We Can!
The objective of CWC is to help those that are in need. After much discussion and thought we have decided that this year, for the last time, we will again raise funds for the Mercy House Foundation in Hua Hin again.
In the last years and through our visits there we have not only seen that they are in need of our support but also that they are doing a great job in using the funds well. Not only for their children, but also for the children in the villages at the border. This year, the majority of the funds will go to Mercy House, but a portion will also go to a local school we have found in the area where we will be riding. This school basically needs everything – from computers to sport equipment and normal school material. We will work with them and organize the supplies that they need to help the children in their care. We are visiting this school on the last day of the ride and one evening during the ride we will have a video call with the children from Mercy House - as Hua Hin is this year too far out of the way for us to visit them in person.
The Mercy House Foundation was established in 1998 in Pranburi Prachuap Khiri Khan by Khun Wichai, a Christian Pastor and his wife Khun Wanpen as a Children’s Home to provide a sanctuary, food and education for the many needy children in their district. This also included disabled children and those whose parents had abandoned them, were divorced or had died. Many of the children are from the Karen tribe. Starting with just 11 children in a small, flood-prone and mosquito-infested house, constant progress was made and Mercy House has now a capacity to take in up to 24 children in separate dormitories for boys and girls.
Aside from the 20 children at Mercy House, the foundation is also supporting 160 Thai children and Karen hill tribe children in remote villages from poor families.
Our dedicated CWC2025 donation portal will open in August 2025. Should you want to make donation before that directly to the Mercy House Foundation you can do that with the payment details as shown below:
Mercy House Foundation
Krungthai Bank Pranburi
Account Number: 7160187458
SWIFT Code: KRTHTHBK
Reference: CWC2025
or PayPal account "mercyhouse3@hotmail.com"