PHOTO: Ambassador Mary Jo A. Bernardo-Aragon meets Chanitsara Sooksomboon, Eleven-year old Embassy “foster child” at the Embassy.

Ambassador Mary Jo A. Bernardo-Aragon met on 24 August 2016 at the Embassy Ms. Chanitsara Sooksomboon, a “foster child” assigned to the Embassy through the “Foster Child Meets Mom Day” event organized by the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) of Bangkok.

The Foster Child project is an annual YWCA event organized in partnership with the Diplomatic Participants Committee of the annual YWCA International Charity Bazaar and is held during the Thai National Mother’s Day month to commemorate the birth anniversary of H.M. Queen Sirikit. It provides an opportunity for the “foster children” to meet their “foster mothers” and for the organizers to raise funds for scholarships of children in need.

PHOTO: Ms. Damradporn Peerasthien, YWCA Fund Raising Assistant, Ms. Rinya Suwan, social welfare staff officer, Ms. Sylvia M. Reyes, Embassy Cultural Officer, Chanitsara Sooksomboon, Foster Child, Ambassador Mary Jo A. Bernardo-Aragon and Ms. Dolnapa Purisachart, Teacher, pose for a souvenir photo.