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ELF Camp Day 4

Today we took students from Baan Huay Bong and Baan Jampawai to the Champatong waterfall. The park ranger came to talk to us about the ecology of the area, the wildlife and the trees. He said some of the trees are over 100 years old! Like yesterday, we also played games and had a picnic. Today concluded our ELF Camp for the summer. We look forward to more ELF Camp during the next school break!

ELF Camp Day 3

Today at ELF Camp the kids from Baan Tom got to go explore the Champatong Waterfall. We played games, had a picnic lunch and enjoyed the cooling trees and water. It's HOT season here in Thailand so we're trying to keep ELF Camp as cool as possible.

playing games

the losing team had to pretend to be in love with trees as punishment

ELF Camp Day 2

Day 2 of ELF Camp we took the students from Baan Padaeng to the swimming pool! There were many swimming lessons and kick boards and, as always, a craft.

ELF Camp Day 1

It's time for ELF Camp! This year we have our first summer program for students. We are having 1 day for each of 5 schools of activities, a tiny bit of education (it's summer after all) and a lot of fun! Today was our first day of camp with our ELF Club girls from Baan Ka.

We began with a lesson about accepting others and their differences complete with some role playing from the girls.

Then lots of team-building games provided by Neung (great job, Neung!).

We also did an Easter craft and I taught the girls a little about the Christian holiday of Easter (which is this Sunday). These girls love their glitter.

Our new Phayao Manager

Meet our new Phayao manager, Neung! Neung has a lot of experience with nonprofits and government aid work so we are thrilled to have him and his ideas on our team.

School's OUT!

The school year ends tomorrow for most of Phayao, meaning that students are now getting ready to move up a grade. At ELF we're making changes, too! Both Kim and Tern have left our team (sad face), but we have a new employee, Neung, already at work in Phayao. Neung has a lot of nonprofit experience and tons of ideas that will help improve our programs. The next month there won't be much blogging cause it's Thai holidays, but rest assured we are at working planning for the next year! The one thing we do have over the break is our first ever ELF CAMP! Stay tuned for pictures and information.

See you soon!

ELF logo contest

For ELF Club this week, we challenged the girls to help us design a new ELF logo and paint it on a tshirt. This was our last week of ELF Club for the school year; we begin again next semester in June!

Here's the winning design: