{"id":29062,"date":"2017-02-28T09:06:49","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T09:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baandoi.blutdruck-am-handgelenk.de\/?page_id=29062"},"modified":"2024-04-07T11:43:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-07T11:43:20","slug":"how-everything-started","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/baandoi.org\/en\/how-everything-started","title":{"rendered":"How everything started \u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Hero Section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/baandoi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Ansicht-BD-2009.jpg&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;50px|0|50px|0&#8243; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;&#8221; custom_css_after=&#8221;content: %22%22;||background: url(&#8216;https:\/\/www.infiniteimagination.com.au\/rhm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/mask.png&#8217;) repeat;||top: 0;||left: 0;||bottom: 0;||right: 0;||position: absolute;||z-index: 1;||&#8221; 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They met in Mae Sai, the northernmost city of Thailand, in October 2007. They were fascinated by the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<div class=\"single-content\"><p>Im Jahr 2007 kam ich zum ersten Mal nach Thailand. Auf meiner dreimonatigen Reise wollte ich das Land kennen lernen, einfach mal \u201eetwas anderes\u201d sehen und erleben und mir Zeit f\u00fcr mich selbst nehmen.<\/p><p>Ich f\u00fchlte mich in Thailand von Anfang an sehr wohl und war fasziniert von der sch\u00f6nen Natur, dem Leben, das sich haupts\u00e4chlich drau\u00dfen abspielt, den M\u00e4rkten und all den neuen Ger\u00fcchen sowie den Menschen, die so oft ein L\u00e4cheln auf den Lippen hatten. Als ich vom S\u00fcden in den Norden reiste, konnte ich noch nicht ahnen, dass mein Leben sich von da an komplett ver\u00e4ndern w\u00fcrde.<\/p><p>Ich hatte meine Ausbildung im sozialp\u00e4dagogischen Bereich abgeschlossen und \u00fcberlegte mir zu dem Zeitpunkt gerade wie es beruflich weitergehen sollte. Vor diesem Hintergrund war ich an der Arbeit von freiwilligen HelferInnen interessiert und schaute mir verschiedene Organisationen an.<\/p><p>Ausschlaggebend f\u00fcr die gro\u00dfe Ver\u00e4nderung in meinem Leben war die Begegnung mit einem sechsj\u00e4hrigen Jungen, dessen Schicksal etwas in mir wachr\u00fcttelte. Dieser kleine lustige Junge, der so gern Streiche spielte und in dem ich etwas ganz Besonderes sah \u2013 als ob er eine ganz alte Seele w\u00e4re, die schon viele Male wiedergekehrt ist \u2013 befand sich in einer wirklich schwierigen Situation.<\/p><p>Seine Mutter war verstorben, der Vater nicht da und die anderen Familienmitglieder nicht in der Lage ihm zu helfen, denn er war krank und brauchte dringend ad\u00e4quate Pflege. Wer k\u00f6nnte sich um ihn k\u00fcmmern\u00ad?<\/p><p>Die Frage wurde zu einem zentralen Thema f\u00fcr mich und ich beschloss spontan und aus dem Herzen heraus selbst etwas zu tun, meine Heimat Salzburg\/\u00d6sterreich zu verlassen, und mit meiner Freundin Graziella Ramponi aus der Schweiz und anderen freiwilligen HelferInnen ein Projekt f\u00fcr Waisenkinder zu starten.<\/p><p>Nach sechs Monaten in der Heimat kam ich Ende 2007 zur\u00fcck nach Thailand und nach einiger Zeit des Einlebens begann unsere Traum eines wundersch\u00f6nen Heims f\u00fcr bed\u00fcrftige Waisenkinder \u201eBaan Doi \u2013 Kinderhaus am sch\u00f6nen Berg\u201c immer mehr Form anzunehmen.<\/p><p>Wir kauften ein Grundst\u00fcck und bauten die ersten Geb\u00e4ude, all unser Einsatz basierte auf freiwilliger Basis. Im Jahr 2009 zogen wir mit vier Kindern ein, die mittlerweile bei uns lebten. Finanziert wurde das Ganze einerseits mit Privatkapital, andererseits mit Spenden von Firmen und Menschen, die uns unterst\u00fctzen wollten.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Gleichzeitig gr\u00fcndeten wir einen Thail\u00e4ndischen Tr\u00e4gerverein und konnten BAAN DOI im Jahr 2011 als Nicht-Regierungs-Organisation beim Thail\u00e4ndischen Staat registrieren.<\/p><p>Nach \u00fcber 5 Jahren vollem Einsatz hat sich unser Projekt und unser Team ausgeweitet und ist noch <a title=\"Unsere Projekte\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baandoi.org\/?page_id=119&lang=de\">viel mehr<\/a> als ein sch\u00f6nes und liebevolles Zuhause f\u00fcr unsere Kinder. 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