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About Supamon Sariga
We sponsor Supamon through Compassion International. She was born in November of 1996, and lives with her grandmother in Thailand.
Supamon's duties at home include running errands, but she also enjoys singing, telling stories, and playing jacks. There are two children in the family, and her grandmother maintains the home. Her parents have separated - her father has remarried, and her mother lives and works hundreds of miles away in Bangkok.
She is in kindergarten where her performance is average. She also regularly attends Sunday School through Compassion's ministry.
Community Information
Supamon lives on the plains of Klong Ta Dong, home to almost 20,000 residents. Typical houses are constructed of cement floors, brick walls, and corrugated tin roofs. The primary ethnic group and language is Thai.
The regional diet consists of maize, chicken, pork, fish, and rice. Common health problems in this area include colds and fever. Most adults in Klong Ta Dong are unemployed, but some work as day laborers and earn the equivalent of $38 US per month. This community needs employment opportunities and drug rehabilitation programs.
Through sponsorship, the staff at Wang Tong Student Center provides Supamon with Bible teaching, medical checkups, health education, nutritious meals, recreational activities, drug prevention programs, tuition, and vocational training.
Country Information
Thailand's central region is a rich agricultural area called Asia's "rice bowl." The northeast is poor and suffers seasonal droughts or floods. The north has forested mountains and fertile valleys. Rain forest claims the south. Thailand's tropical climate is dominated by monsoons, high temperatures, and humidity.
Compassion works mainly among the Karen, Lisu, and Lahu tribes. The Karen of western Thailand live by wet rice farming, although some are mahouts (keepers and drivers of elephants) who work hauling logs in the teak forests. Many Karen are Christian. The Lisu live in remote villages at high altitudes, largely concentrated in northern Thailand. The Lahu, mountain people of northern Thailand, farm rice and maize and hunt with poisoned arrows.
Founded in the thirteenth century, Thailand is the only country in the South and Southeast Asia never colonized by a European power. Since 1975, Thailand has provided asylum for refugees from Communist Indochina. For its aid, Thailand has received acclaim from international organizations supporting refugee relief.
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