Christmas is a very special time for many children all over the world and it was no different for the My Place kids in Mae Sot and Yangon. In 2013, a combined Christmas party was held in Mae Sot for the ‘Sparrows and Lilies’ and ‘Sinai House’ children as well as the neighborhood kids. Aside from the prerequisite games and gifts, a Christmas message was given and a movie shown. In Yangon, a combined Christmas party for 60 children from 5 homes and their house parents took plac

My Place was introduced to the Thaketa community in December 2013. This is a community of about 200 families who have built their make shift homes out of thatch, cardboard, bamboos, plastic tarps and sometimes car tyres, on muddy ground with no power, water or sanitation. They collect rain water during the wet season which is then used for the rest of the year. Only one third of the children could afford to go to school. The rest spend their days begging and/or gambling over