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Clown Eckie’s Charity Shows Project

Clown Eckie’s latest visit to the Ban Kru Noi Orphanage in Bangkok
While many people are willing to help others when they are ready to help, Kru Nuannoi Timkul or “Kru Noi” gives a hand to underprivileged children even though she has had a stroke and is not rich. Initially, she worked in straitened circumstances for several years until “Ban Kru Noi” was guaranteed by the Department of Public Welfare as able to look after underprivileged children in 1987.
Kru Noi grew up in a poor family so her experience made her understand the poverty of children who do not have any chances to study or even to serve their basic needs. Kru Noi intends to help these children to pass the crises of life and grow up to be valuable resources for society in the future. Therefore, she has spent her life helping them without giving up no matter what obstacles or pressures face her.
Kru Noi started helping children in 1980 when she had a stroke which affected her legs and had to rest at her small house in Soi Ratburana 26, Thonburi. This allowed her to see laborers’ children playing in the fields with no chance to study at primary level because of poverty and the lack of necessary documents such as birth certificates and house registration forms. Kru Noi decided to use her house as a place for the children, to give food to them and to teach them to be literate. Since then, her extreme generosity has been much talked about, and many people take their children to live with her even though Kru Noi is massively indebted for food and other expenses.
Free shows for the children to enjoy once a year, since 2002
Clown Eckie has been offering free shows for the children to enjoy once a year, since 2002. The most recent performance was given in December 2008. This show was sponsored by Sutlet Group in Bangkok and as usual, Eckie gave the children a little more than just a clown show, when he handed out ice cream and candies to all the children after the show.
Ten years ago, Kru Noi’s story received attention from the mass media. Organizations, foundations and the general public started giving help to “Ban Kru Noi” donating money, food, clothes and toys. They also encouraged the government to allow children to study at primary level without official documents.
Since 1980, Kru Noi has helped about 800 underprivileged children, children with imprisoned parents and homeless children to have a chance for education. Now at Ban Kru Noi, there are total of 128 children, aged between 6 and 18 years. 98 of them are studying at schools. The rest are very young children and children with multiple disabilities. Many of these children go home at night while others live at Ban Kru Noi and in houses rented by Kru Noi.

Now at Ban Kru Noi, there are total of 128 children
In Ban Kru Noi, there are only 10 members of staff, 4 teachers and 6 support staff who work in 2 shifts. Kru Noi not only works at Ban Kru Noi but also cooperates with many other foundations and organizations such as Sithasinee Foundation, Srinartsiam School and Sriwara School in Bangkok and in other provinces.
On weekdays after school, weekends, public holidays and vacations, many people come to visit Ban Kru Noi. Also, there are volunteers from many institutions in Bangkok running entertainment and academic activities for the children, for example, teaching art, music, computing and English as well as occupational activities such as candle making. This builds good relationships and allows others to share their kindness and smiles with the children. It may also help the children to change their attitudes and behaviors so that they can grow up to be good people in the society following Kru Noi’s intentions. She wants the children to be happy and does not expect anything in return.

Noi wants the children to be happy and does not expect anything in return

Clown Eckie. ‘The Only Professional Clown in Thailand’…Established in Bangkok since 1999

Clown Eckie and his team of volunteers are dedicated to providing sponsored clown shows at - Orphanages - Refugee Camps - Poor Schools - Hospitals - HIV/AIDS Centres - Street Children…We perform two shows per month at worthy venues around Bangkok and nearby provinces. We also organise and produce three show tours per year to the Burmese border regions in Northern Thailand. Here we give two shows per day for four or five days per tour. These shows are for Burmese refugees, migrant workers schools, medical centres for the very poor and remote Thai village schools.
We ask for donations of clothing, toys, bedding, books, school equipment and old computers. Those donations are personally handed out by us, directly to the needy people where we go to perform.

Funding for these projects comes from Clown Eckie, his friends, some local small businesses, women’s groups and donations from people who believe in the value of this important project.

Regular sponsors ‘Sutlet Group of Companies’. Offering legal & accounting services, work permits and visa requirements: http://www.sutletgroup.com

‘Donating to the Clown Eckie Charity Shows project’…If you wish to donate toys, clothing, books, school equipment or old computer equipment. Please send an e-mail giving details of your offer…Eckie will be pleased come and collect your gifts in Bangkok. charity@clowneckie.com

Please make a donation of money using the donate button on this page. Or send an e-mail for information about other ways to pay: charity@clowneckie.com

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Clown Eckie - Eddie Haworth. P.H.F(Rotary International Paul Harris Fellow)
Charity Services Manager for the Sutlet Group of Companies. Clown Doctor for Rotary ~ Operation Smile & The Camillian Centre for sick children. Established in Bangkok since 1999
M: charity@clowneckie.com
T:+66 (0) 2.663.5978.
Office address:
111, 4th Floor, SKV Building Soi Sukhumvit 36.
Sukhumvit Road, Klongton, Klongtoey, Bangkok 10110.Thailand.

Clowning is a performance art…We exist to perform…
Our obligation is to prepare ourselves for effective and entertaining performances. The primary expectation of our audience is that we will bring humour into their lives. While delivering humour we can also do many important things such as teach lessons, help heal troubled souls, bring people together and many other worthwhile things. We do these things within the context of our art form and with the understanding that our primary purpose as clowns is to comically entertain.