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During 2015, significant progress has been made on
several fronts in the Chiang Rai Village Project. Among
the actions we have undertaken is a continuous effort to
improve the level of education in schools by increasing
focus on the teaching of English language, by providing
teacher trainings at the kindergarten level to improve
students’ preparation for Primary School, and by ensuring
adequate number of teachers per grade level. We have
also completed the construction of Health Post in one of
the fifteen villages we support and have also promoted
several agriculture and School Garden Projects to help
families and schools produce their own food supply and
sell parts of the produce to raise their income level. Below
are the outlined the highlights of the year.
Scholarship Program
Our scholarship program currently supports 1,419 under-
privileged hill-tribe minority students from 15 villages.
The scholarship provides transportation to school, school
supplies, uniforms, meals in school, and medical assistance
for these children. We also supply soap, toothbrushes, and
towels to children. As the government is increasing steadily
in the past years its support to hill-tribe populations, we have
decreased accordingly our funding, assisting students to
benefit from government aid, and contributing what is not
provided by the government such as secondary school
students school meals (primary schools are provided meals
by the government), and sports uniforms (other uniforms are
provided by the government).
During the year, we have
provided meals to 346 students, distributed uniforms
to 644 students, and provided transportation to school
to 411 students.
Professional School Students Graduation
In March, the end of the Thai academic year,
44 students
have successfully completed their Professional School
diploma and we are supporting one student in univer-
sity. Students have obtained diplomas in Tourism and
Hospitality, Mechanics, Accounting, Agriculture, and
Information Technology, among others.
During their schooling students also complete a six-month
internship that can also help them subsequently find a job.
We have built a number of dormitories in Chiang Rai where
students can stay while attending school. The Dormitories
are equipped with kitchen and canteen, sports field, and
computer room.
Completion of Huay Kuk Village Health Post
In 2015, thanks to the support of generous donors including
Jamie Buitelaar and Family
, the
Tan Chin Tuan Founda-
tion
, and the
Universita’ della Terza Eta’ of Trento,
we
have completed a Health Post at the village of Huay
Kuk. The Health Post serves 872 hill-tribe people, of which
500 from the village of Huay Kuk where the Foundation
has already built a primary school, kindergarten, teacher
accommodations and dormitory. The Post will have two
full time nurses supplied by the District Hospital, which
is 15 km away. The nurses will be responsible for visiting
patients, conducting health screenings, distributing free
of charge basic medication, coordinating the medical
visits by doctors from the District Hospital, referring when
needed patients to the District Hospital, and keeping a
medical record of village patients. The Project was realized
in partnership with the local authorities to improve the
health conditions of villagers.
Accounting Class, Electrician and Mechanics
Students posing in front of the Pistorio Foundation dormitory
Huay Kuk Health Post
Women of Huay Kuk Village from the Hmong Hill Tribe
Distribution of Sports Uniforms