Courtney McGrailFr Mike Shea, an Irish-American Redemptorist, has made an appeal for funding as more and more children orphaned by HIV/AIDS arrive at his orphanage in Thailand.
Fr Shea, whose grandparents were from Ventry in Co. Kerry, is ministering to 145 girls and boys of all ages in Sarnelli House Orphanage, near Nong Khai. Thailand is experiencing its worst drought in decades and critical water shortages are delaying the planting of crops and self-sufficiency has been severely affected.
Thai Children’s Trust Ireland has stepped in to help and is asking for donations to allow Fr Shea to continue his work. See www.thaichildrenstrust.ie or contact adele@thaichildrenstrust.ie or 085 751 9509.