School for Life Chiang Mai

Location:	Doi Saket, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Category:	Education
Published:	26 September 2007
Progress:	74% funded
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The School for Life provides a home and education for 140 children in difficult circumstances. At the moment the monthly expenses are not covered and there is no reliable financial footing.
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The School for Life was founded by Prof. Dr. Juergen Zimmer and Khun Thaneen “Joy” Worrawittayakun in 2003. It provides a home and education for children in difficult circumstances. 140 such children have found a new home here by May 2006 and many more would like to come from around Thailand.
Our goal is to support:

• AIDS orphans without relatives or with relatives below the poverty line;
• Tsunami orphans and survivors;
• Orphans whose parents died, e.g. as victims in the “drug-war”;
• Children without access to their parents, e.g. parents sentenced to life imprisonment;
• Children who were forced into child-labour;
• Children from mountain tribes without access to formal education.

The School for Life creates jobs for local people, providing employment in farming, civil works or child care activities. Following the community development approach, adults are included in project work which target local key issues such as recycling or organic farming.

In order to secure the wellbeing of the children we depend on the support of companies and individuals. At the moment the monthly expenses are not covered and there is no reliable financial footing. We seek partners that not only help us cover the current monthly expenses but also join us in securing the open costs over a longer period of time. Only if we can achieve a stable support from sponsors can we open our doors for more children. Currently there are many more children that would like to join our school, not only to receive an education but to find a home as well.

Incomplete (2):

• Health care

  31% funded

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  • Redeem Voucher
  420 Euro. • Still needed: 289 Euro • Published 19 September 2009
  Sometimes the children are ill and need a doctor and medicaments

• learning material

  26% funded

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  • Redeem Voucher
  780 Euro. • Still needed: 575 Euro • Published 19 September 2009
  Even our children need learning material

Completed (4):

• activities for families

  100% funded
  600 Euro. • Published 26 September 2007
  The children live in 20 family groups. They plan their activities for the weekends and on holidays by themself. Their montly budget of 30 Euro is for their individual needs.

• 10 Sponsoring of education

  100% funded
  One for 70 Euro. • Published 27 February 2008
  With 70 € you can secure the education for Worawit Padwong and 9 of his friends!

• new shoes

  100% funded
  590 Euro. • Published 19 September 2009
  Every year a lot of Children needs new shoes.

• English excercise books

  100% funded
  250 Euro. • Published 19 September 2009
  In our library we want to have English books for the English lessons. We think it is very important for the children to learn English.

Expired (4):

• 2 management positions

  Expired
  One for 3000 Euro. • Still needed: 6000 Euro • Published 26 September 2007
  An international management is needed to help in the development of the model and the documentation of an operational manual, in order to transfer the concept in the future to other countries.

• yearly trip

  Expired
  3000 Euro. • Still needed: 3000 Euro • Published 26 September 2007
  Once a year the children visit their relatives and villages. As they come from different hill tribes the cultural background is very different. We encourage them to keep in touch with their roots.

• set of clothing & accessories

  Expired
  2200 Euro. • Still needed: 2200 Euro • Published 26 September 2007
  The students in the performance group often are invited to perform and represent the school. For that we need traditional Thai clothing and accessories.

• 20 shelves, furniture

  Expired
  One for 150 Euro. • Still needed: 3000 Euro • Published 26 September 2007
  A library building for students, teachers and visitors has been sponsored for us. Now we need the shelves, books, furniture and equipment.