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Education

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Project: Support for KAKO
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Location: Siem Reap ,
Sponsorship Started: 2017
Total Beneficiaries: 60 students  
Project Cycle: 2017 - ongoing
Annual Budget: €21.889,20  ($24.831,56)
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60 scholarship students - some of the poorest children in Siem Reap province - would have lost their chance to go to school because they lost their funding. We were able to guarantee the continuation of their education. Full Details


Project: Baan Huay Hin Lad Nok Community School
Location: Chiang Rai province ,
Sponsorship Started: 2017
Total Beneficiaries: 20  students
Project Cycle: September 2017 - April 2021
Annual Budget: €12.104  ($13,270)

The School provides quality education to children in a rural village, combining formal education with local education methods to help preserve traditions and provide useful knowledge relevant to the community. Full Details


Project: Educational Enablement: Food and medicine
Location: Ban Nai Soi village ,
Sponsorship Started: 2016
Total Beneficiaries: 41  students, teachers and volunteers
Annual Budget: €15.919  ($17,452)

The Ban Nai Soi Community Learning Centre offers great educational opportunities to migrant youth who have no access to ‘regular’ education but without food and medicine many of the poorest students would not be able to attend. Full Details


Project: Ban Pha Lai Community School
Location: Chiang Dao ,
Sponsorship Started: 2017
Total Beneficiaries: 55  students and teachers
Project Cycle: May 2017 -
Annual Budget: €9.718  ($10.751)
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80 Preschool students from 13 marginalised ethnic minority groups near Chiang Dao in northern Thailand saw the funding of their school drying up. We could avoid the closing of their school thanks to a generous sponsor. Full Details


Project: Boarding house for Shan youth
Location: Piang Luang ,
Sponsorship Started: 2012
Total Beneficiaries: 20  Children, Coordinator, Caretaker
Project Cycle: May 2012 - ongoing
Annual Budget: €16,280  ($17,570)

The boarding house offers up to 20 children an environment that is as close to a normal family life as possible. They attend the local Thai school and learn English, Shan, Burmese and computer skills at the camp in the evenings. Full Details


Project: Chairs, table and water tank covering
Location: Chiang Dao ,
Sponsorship Started: 2020
Total Beneficiaries: 55  students and teachers
Project Cycle: February 2020
Annual Budget: €600  ($)
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In our recent visit we noticed that some of the students did not have any tables and chairs to sit on while eating their lunch. The water tank at the school also had no shelter and was completely exposed to the weather. Full Details


Project: Emergency Food Support Phase 2 - COVID-19 Pandemic
Location: Chiang Dao ,
Sponsorship Started: 2020
Total Beneficiaries: 50  adults and children
Project Cycle: August - December 2020
Annual Budget: €1.625  ($1.930)
Project Type:

4 monthly deliveries of essential basic food that was urgently needed to support 10 families in 5 villages in Northern Thailand. While the families have tried to grow some food at home, the drought has hit even this small supplement, and nothing grows. And with the economic downturn there is zero income for these ten families. Full Details


Project: Education and Emergency Support for Myanmar Youth
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Location: Mawlamyine ,
Sponsorship Started: 2020
Total Beneficiaries: 10  students
Project Cycle: Feb 2021 - December 2021
Annual Budget: €2.400  ($2.700)

These scholarship students are supported with supplementary funding that covers their basic living costs such as clothing, hygienic needs and food. With the aid of academic and supplementary scholarships students have a better chance of succeeding in school, improving their livelihoods and helping their communities. Full Details


Project: Baan Huay Hin Lad Nok Community Education Support
Location: Chiang Rai province ,
Sponsorship Started: 2020
Total Beneficiaries: 4 students  
Project Cycle: 2020 - 2021
Annual Budget: €1.825  ($2.145)

Supporting young students financially so they can afford to attend school. Paying for their uniform, books, transportation and meals without which their opportunities in life would be severely limited. Full Details


Project: Supplementary scholarships for Shan youth
Location: Piang Luang ,
Sponsorship Started: 2012
Total Beneficiaries: 5  students
Project Cycle: July 2019 - Dec 2020
Annual Budget: €510  ($575)

Shan scholarship students are supported with supplementary scholarships that cover their basic living costs such as clothing, hygienic needs and food. With the aid of academic and supplementary scholarships students have a better chance of succeeding in school, improving their livelihoods and helping their communities. Full Details


Project: Strengthening Teachers Capacity
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Location: Kachin State ,
Sponsorship Started: 2018
Total Beneficiaries: 27 teachers, 927 students  
Project Cycle: May 2018 - April 2021
Annual Budget: €20.905  ($24.355)

By keeping 10 schools open all year and giving special training to the teachers, this project ensures 3.700 at-risk children get an education even in such an insecure and conflict-affected area in Northern Myanmar. Full Details


Project: 2021 Evening Class
Partner: BPL Village Community
Location: Ban Pha Lai ,
Sponsorship Started: 2021
Total Beneficiaries: 51  children and teachers
Project Cycle: Dec 2021 - March 2022
Annual Budget: €510  ($575)

For Ban Pha Lai village community this resulted in all of the children failing their school year so Kru Oil, a former teacher at the community school and project co-ordinator, set up evening classes on her own but quickly found herself swamped by the number of students joining. 19.000 THB (500 Eur) paid for the stipend for 3 teachers for 3,5 months to teach 3 grades of 48 children EVERY NIGHT for 2 hours. Not letting this generation fall futher behind is a huge impact for very little money. Full Details


Project: Support for Koung Jor Nursery School
Location: Piang Luang ,
Sponsorship Started: 2017
Total Beneficiaries: 118  children and teachers
Project Cycle: 2020 ongoing
Annual Budget: €2.980  ($3.170)

By connecting Chiang Mai International Rotary Club with SWAN (the partner that helps support the nursery), the children now have a reliable funding for the children's daily dietary needs. Full Details


Project: Intensive English Career Bridging Program
Location: Mawlamyine ,
Sponsorship Started: 2015
Total Beneficiaries: 16  students
Project Cycle: December 2015 - January 2020
Annual Budget: €15.823  ($18.933)
Project Type:

Intensive English Career Bridging Program is a one-year programme that includes a three-month internship, which was established to address the inequalities experienced by different ethnic groups in the Burmese border states. The programme targets talented young adults with leadership potential and a drive to promote change in their communities. Full Details


Project: Loi Sam Sip School
Location: Loi Sam Sip ,
Sponsorship Started: 2018
Total Beneficiaries: 2 staff, 3 teachers, 1 cook and 44 students  
Project Cycle: June 2018 - ongoing
Annual Budget: €20.813  ($22.817)

Located near the Thai-Burma border, Loi Sam Sip school educates children from kindergarten to primary school. This project provides for the basic educational needs, school running costs, 3 teachers and a cook's salaries, and one meal per day for the 44 students. Full Details


Project: Multi-Lingual Education
Location: Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai ,
Sponsorship Started: 2017
Total Beneficiaries: 580  students and teachers in 4 schools
Project Cycle: September 2017 - ongoing
Annual Budget: €55.130  ($59.845)
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The Foundation for Applied Linguistics (FAL) offers a specifically designed language programme targeted to improve the language skills of ethnic children. They work with schools in remote villages in northern Thailand where minority children face huge difficulties due to the language gap between their local language and the Thai language used at school. Full Details


Project: New School Building in Pying Mong village
Location: Pying Mong village ,
Sponsorship Started: July 2019
Total Beneficiaries: 60+  students
Project Cycle: July 2019 - Jan 2020
Annual Budget: €17.589  ($20.037)

Building a school for a community of several villages that have no school, so that children can have a chance to get an education and learn Burmese, opening the door to opportunities that the community never had available to them before. Full Details


Project: Preschools in Cambodia
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Location: Siem Reap ,
Sponsorship Started: 2013
Total Beneficiaries: 90  children and 4 teachers
Project Cycle: October 2013 - ongoing
Annual Budget: €19,395  ($21.263)
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In remote villages surrounding Siem Reap we are expanding educational opportunities available to preschoolers, preparing them for primary school and providing the chance to be a "child" instead of falling behind their peers. Full Details


Project: Roof renovation for Koung Jor Nursery School
Location: Piang Luang ,
Sponsorship Started: 2017
Total Beneficiaries: 120  children
Project Cycle: October 2017 - November 2017
Annual Budget: €580  ($670)

A nursery with a leaking roof is no environment for children. Thanks to our sponsor, the Brodtbeck Philanthropy Foundation, and partnership with the Shan Women's Action Network (SWAN), we will ensure that the roof is renovated. The children and teachers at Koung Jor Nursery School will no longer have to worry about the rainy season or a leaking roof. Full Details


Project: Scholarships for Cambodian Girls
Partner:
Location: Siem Reap ,
Sponsorship Started: 2012
Total Beneficiaries: 8  students
Project Cycle: November 2012 - ongoing
Annual Budget: €785  ($885)
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A secondary school scholarship programme that gives students from underprivileged backgrounds the opportunity to complete their education, and open the door to better-paying jobs that would have previously been harder – if not impossible – to qualify for. Full Details


Project: School rebuild and emergency repair
Location: Moei River, Karen State ,
Sponsorship Started: June 2020
Total Beneficiaries: 2.341  teachers, students and community
Project Cycle: 2nd June - 30th June 2020
Annual Budget: €16.042  ($18.698)

The project rebuilt schools and teachers' dormitories worn with time and to repair schools affected by the storm on May 20, 2020. These repairs are crucial for the safety and well being of students and teachers to able to continue with their education. Full Details


Project: Secondary Scholarship Programme for Two Students
Location: Mae Hong Son and Chiang Mai ,
Sponsorship Started: 2017
Total Beneficiaries: 2  students
Project Cycle: July 2017 - April 2023
Annual Budget: €6,853  ($6,802)
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Education is so important to help break the cycle of poverty, but unfortunately for many in rural Thailand, getting that education has many barriers - and that is usually the cost. Thanks to several private sponsors, we are able to provide important scholarships to two aspiring and dedicated students. Full Details


Project: Seven libraries in remote villages
Partner:
Location: Siem Reap ,
Sponsorship Started: 2013
Total Beneficiaries: 6.750  children and adults
Project Cycle: June 2013 - ongoing
Annual Budget: €18.500  ($22.093)

In seven remote villages in Siem Reap province, libraries have been established to help the adults and children practice their reading and writing skills. The libraries provide books, magazines and daily newspapers to help the people stay informed. Full Details


Project: Stipend for English teachers
Location: Piang Luang ,
Sponsorship Started: 2016
Total Beneficiaries: 141  students and teachers
Project Cycle: September 2016 – ongoing
Annual Budget: €4.295  ($4,822)

In Koung Jor Shan Refugee Camp the leadership set up English classes to increase the opportunities for the children in the community once they are able to leave the camp. A small stipend for the teachers secures the continuity of this important programme. Full Details


Project: School Power
Location: Ta Graeh, Karen State ,
Sponsorship Started: 2018
Total Beneficiaries: 95 (763)  teachers (students)
Project Cycle: 1st Jan 2022 - 31st Dec 2023
Annual Budget: €58,235  ($63,625)

By strengthening the capacity of Karen teachers in eight targeted schools, this project helps to support the well-being and quality of life for 763 border children and over 350 families in 9 communities in conflict-affected areas on the Thai-Myanmar border. Full Details


Project: Stung Preah Srok Preschool
Partner:
Location: Siem Reap ,
Sponsorship Started: 2015
Total Beneficiaries: 50  preschool students
Project Cycle: November 2020 - October 2021
Annual Budget: €6.527  ($7.094 )
Project Type:

Stung Preah Srok Preschool in Siem Reap Province suffered a decline in the quality of the services provided to its students. We helped by funding teacher trainings, the reintroduction of basic healthcare and nutritional supplements and an extra class to end overcrowding. Full Details


Project: University scholarship programme
Partner:
Location: Siem Reap ,
Sponsorship Started: 2015
Total Beneficiaries: 2  students
Project Cycle: November 2015 - ongoing
Annual Budget: €2.836  ($3.358)
Project Type:

The university scholarship programme supports secondary school scholarship students who want to continue with their studies after graduation. The programme covers the costs of school tuition, school uniforms, stationery, textbooks and food. Full Details