PHOTO | Francesco Soave

ON THE GIANT TREE

Jirapet, Baan Unrak kid, climbs a magnificent tree by a river in the jungle.

THE BIG CLEANING

School is out for the holidays. However, duties come first. And so, the children embark on the big cleaning of the Home all together.

THE PIRATE SHIP

The children feel like pirates while taking control of a moored floating house. This bamboo structure is used by Baan Unrak farmers to transport goats to graze across the lake.

SUSPENDED

Jirapet, Baan Unrak kid, hangs from a branch in the jungle, hovering among mighty trees.

WATER GAMES

WILD ADVENTURE

The joy you feel when you find a new great spot along the river...
Like reptiles, Baan Unrak children come out of the water and slowly ascend a rock wall in the jungle.

PURE JOY

Chidatma, 7 years old, is the face of pure joy on the way to the waterfalls.

TAKE MY HAND

Let's jump! ...from the Splashing Platform into the lake.

FLYING KIDS

Wooden Bridge is the beating heart of Sangkhlaburi, and a great jumping base for the locals... flying kids.

SAD EYES

SPLASH!

Baan Unrak kids already dream of flying from the height of Wooden Bridge. But for now, they have fun diving from a secret Splashing Platform...

THE KID IN THE PLASTER CAST

BEACH SCENE

ESCAPE FROM TRASH WORLD

The children don't despair for all the plastic contaminating the sea. Instead, they collect it and use it as floaters on a bamboo raft they built. On it, they set sail led by Aung Ko Soe, 14 years old, paddling with a foam-capped stick. The other children hold on as they can to the sinking raft.

SANDBOY

Jirapet, 11, covered with sand up to the head on the beach. Just for fun.

SHADOW PLAY

THE MONK AND SPIDER-PAT

Anantapat, 5, in a Spider-Man outfit, meets a Buddhist monk in Baan Unrak office. Pat is the son of Kratae, single mother working as office staff at the Children's Home. The monk had come that day bringing another boy, asking the foundation to take care of him.

YOGA

The children practice yoga in the meditation room of the "Home of Joy". They are about to form a collective figure and, in the background, a child is helped to get into the Wheel Pose, giving the impression of falling, or fainting. In the scene, time stands still.

OUR UNITY IS OUR STRENGTH

Joining forces, the children move out the heavy refrigerators and clean up the whole kitchen, leaving the space shiny.

LAKE FARM LOVE

THE BLESSING

Christmas Eve. Tanwar, 2, whistle and cow cloak, is baby Jesus in the live Nativity scene at Baan Unrak. In the arms of Somsi, 14, as the Virgin Mary, he is blessing Krishna, 12, as a Wise Man in Santa's hat.