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We have three areas of focus:

1.Access. Every society in the world is challenged to create and support appropriate education for all its members, including those who are poor and otherwise disadvantaged. An educated society is an absolute requirement for political, economic and social development.

While students in Thailand from affluent families attend luxurious schools with excellent facilities, many children are unable to attend even a local bamboo classroom because they must help their families work, or because they cannot afford shoes, pencils, books or transport. We believe that these gaps need to be narrowed. We are working to provide basic educational opportunities to the poorest children and adolescents. Many of the poorest children in the North belong to ethnic minorities and are therefore further disadvantaged because of the inaccessibility of their home villages, their languages and customs and social discrimination.

 

2.Learning disabilities. We have a particular interest in children with special needs. At the moment, services for such children are seriously insufficient. It is our ambition that all children with special educational needs reach their full potential in school, make a successful transition to adulthood and the world of further education, training or work. We aim to assist those children who live in low income homes, demonstrate characteristics of a possible or diagnosed learning disability, and who may not be receiving appropriate tutorial services, We organize occasional support meetings for families and caretakers to assist them in understanding learning disabilities and advocacy strategies. There is a general lack of resources available either from the government or from non-governmental organizations to address this very significant problem.

 

3.Early childhood education. Pre-school education is often simply a baby-sitting service. The enormous potential of very young children, especially poor children, to learn is frequently neglected. We aim to support individuals and organizations working to improve the quality of the pre-school experience. One way to do this will be to support a network of pre-school teachers interested in discussing their experience and learning innovative techniques for developing the learning potential of their young students.