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The project is currently the main activity of the Pistorio Foundation and fully reflects the village approach, according
to which village by village the organization ensures that children are given access to education through its scholar-
ship program and by improving or building infrastructures in the most remote villages, and subsequently addresses
issues of community development including access to water and health and family income.
The project has grown steadily and significantly over the years and we have been able to send over 3.000 hill-tribe
minority children to school since 2006, providing them what they needed to access and succeed in school including
school fees, uniforms, school supplies, transportation, meals in school, medical check-ups, teacher supplementation,
and tracking of their scholastic progress and general development. Moreover, new and improved village school
infrastructures which we equipped with sanitation facilities as well as proper kitchens and canteens, and educating
children on hygiene and access to medical assistance, helped significantly improve the living conditions of the
entire community, as incidence of common illnesses dropped and general hygiene and health levels improved.
We currently support the education of over 1,000 hill-tribe children in Northern Thailand from 14 villages, and rely on
30 school infrastructures that we have completed over the years (including primary and secondary schools, kinder-
gartens, nurseries, teacher accommodations, libraries, computer rooms and sanitation facilities, among others). We
maintain relationships with the key relevant stakeholders to verify the level of education provided by schools and to
oversee the students’ academic progress while identifying possible issues and their required solutions.
The scholarship program provides Transportatiin to school, school supplies and uniforms, and meals in school to hill-
tride children
Nursery School Children in Ban Mhai Pattanà