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Photos courtesy of Embassy of Thailand BEAUTIFUL: Traditional Thai dancers from the Embassy of Thailand in Washington, D.C. will be performing for the “A Little Thai in Little Washington” benefit on October 23.
‘A Little Thai in
Little Washington’
benefit planned
By Richard Lykes
Special to the Rappahannock News ,
Thanks to the generosity of concerned Rappahannock . citizens who joined together to help “adopt” a Thai fishing village destroyed by the devastating tsunami of last' December, some 121 villagers are rebuilding their village and putting their lives back together again.
With the help of donations from our area, most of the villagers no longer five in tents. Ban Pak Tream, the “adopted village” near Phuket, now has drinking water, fishing boats are being rebuilt, healthcare facilities are being replaced, and a new jitney taxi named “Rappahannock County” car, ries children to school. ,
Following up on their pledge to make a sustained commitment to fund the recovery of this small village, the Thailand Tsunami Relief Organization is sponsoring an afternoon of food, music and dance from Thailand for
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