Mary Kelly and Sita (Saranporn Tawemongkonchai) discussing plans for the Intergenerational Village. Sita, a key component to the project, is a remarkable Thai-Nepalese woman of great integrity and vision. Moved by the needs of Thailand's children and the elderly, Sita plans to dedicate the rest of her life to the task of supervising and managing this endeavor. Amicus is deeply moved by her incredible spirit of service.

Our latest project in Thailand is the development and construction of an intergenerational village which will serve, support and sustain Thailand's impoverished elderly as well as children who have no families.

There exist very few social services in Thailand. There are essentially no safety nets to meet the basic needs of the elderly who are alone, nor to care for orphaned children.

Being part of a family is not only critical for survival, it is the heart of what makes us human. The people of Thailand put family foremost. How difficult it is for the elderly who have lost their families, or for the children who never had one. The idea of this intergenerational village is to bring these two groups together, to heal one another to be a family to each other.