Real life stories
Hand washing: more than just soap and water
KRABI, Thailand, August 2009 – It was not until recently that 10-year-old Chanwimol Ginglek, a student at Baan Khao Tang School in southern Krabi province, realized that proper hand washing involved a lot more than just soap and water...
Education in the hills
MAE HONG SON, Thailand, October, 2008 – As the heavy morning mist begins to lift from the emerald green hills, small groups of children can be seen descending the steep and muddy footpaths that lead to this tiny hamlet in the rugged highlands....
Schools that work for children
KRABI, Thailand, January 2008 – Rojana*, a Grade 9 student at a secondary school in Krabi Province, started crying one recent day when her teachers asked her why she had joined the school’s Child Rights Club, surprising her teachers, friends and....
Traditional toys help explain physics and bridge the generation gap in a rural Thai village
CHIANG RAI, Thailand, April 2006 – Strange things are appearing in the classrooms of Baan Pa Daet School, high up in the mist-draped mountains of rural Chiang Rai province. Among the textbooks and slide-rules, you will find bamboo snakes that grip fingers like...
Early learning centre
MAE HONG SON, Thailand, March 2006 – “These shoes only cost me a dollar, but they are four-wheel-drive,” laughs Prajuap Gaewsiri, Director of Pang Ma Pha Primary School. And it is lucky for him they are, because we are visiting an isolated ethnic minority...
