Australian aid helping to educate homeless, disadvantaged kids
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Australia is supporting education in Thailand through several projects.
The AustraliaThailand Institute (ATI) has funded a project called Implementing and Teaching Integrated Pest Management at Bhubing Palace in Chiang Mai, which promotes a strong partnership between Australian and Thai researchers.
In the South, ATI has also planned to build the Phuket Lifesaving Education Centre on Nai Harn beach in Phuket.
The Australian government’s direct aid programme (DAP) has given educational assistance to students at Thung Bor Vitthaya School in Khon Kaen.
The DAP provided 20 sets of computers with tables and chairs for an Internet Centre for Community Education.
An initiative of the director of the school, this project gives students, teachers and villagers access to new computers.
The school director of a small local government school in Chiang Mai also used DAP funding to upgrade the school’s computer equipment.
Before receiving the funding, the students had expressed a wish for the school to teach computer skills.
With DAP funding, the school could purchase five new computers and printers.
Another DAP project made it possible for a dedicated social worker, Anuchon Holsong, to run the Volunteer for Children Development Foundation (VCDF).
VCDF supports the promotion and protection of the rights of vulnerable children in Chiang Mai and adjacent areas in the North.
VCDF’s support addresses important issues such as the provision of temporary and residential accommodation and protection from sexual and economic exploitation and human trafficking.
DAP funding allows VCDF to provide basic education, health and meals to 2030 children aged 413.
Most of them are homeless, disadvantaged and stateless.
