History
The Pattaya Orphanage Trust was founded in 1982 by Baron Riccardo Carini. Originally, it supported the Pattaya Orphanage which was founded by Father Ray Brennan, an American Redemptorist priest, in 1972. Today, the Thai Children’s Trust supports over a dozen projects over the country. Since 2009, the Trust has been under the patronage of Vincent Nichols, the Archbishop of Westminster.
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