After 22 years in Mae Hee, a small town near Pai in Mae Hong Son province, Kwah Dao is planning to move to Chiang Mai. When our organization started, we provided schooling, vaccinations, and clean water to stateless children. Over the two following decades, we increasingly focused on providing scholarships for college. In fact, our…
On June 26, we visited two of our scholars’ families in Pai to follow up on their living conditions and discuss with their parents the plans on sending their kids to boarding school for the next academic year. Khamsai’s family has four members, she lives together with her parents and one younger sister in a…
We are very pleased to share one more memorable achievement with all our generous founders, donors, and supporters who made it possible for our stateless, nationality-less, marginalized, and vulnerable students to have access to higher education opportunities. We are very grateful for your support! Senghom, one of our students who was awarded a full scholarship…
Kwah Dao Foundation has officially started its legal consultation for the people who are facing statelessness or nationality-less problems, especially the students and elderly.
After the survey among our students on adding a new program (the Chinese class) to our Youth Center curriculum in the previous month, we found that many of them were very interested in it and kept asking for the start of the class. Although there are some limitations and challenges we have to face, whether it’s the difficulty of finding an appropriate
As English is one of the world’s major languages so we set it as one of our most important programs by providing Elementary and Intermediate English classes to our students. In addition, we expect to provide them with more classes such as Advanced English and TOEFL to ensure that they are competitive with others when…
On the occasion of Thai National Children’s Day, Kwah Dao Foundation has visited Shan communities, Pang Hin or Rock Village, and Kung Mok Kham, to inspect the livelihood of the villagers and donated consumer goods to impoverished families as well as donating school supplies to the children. Pang Hin is a small Shan community located…
We are pleased to announce the third time in a row that one of our own graduates will assume a position of leadership for Kwah Dao. Pii was an early graduate of the program, and ran the organization for over a year. She was followed by Bonnie, who graduated 2nd in his class one of…
A lot of heat and flooding The rainy season is in full swing, at least in theory. In fact, rain remains a rarity this year. When it comes, it crashes over our little town in violent torrents, so that everything near the river is flooded. The flood damage along the Pai River has once again…
Most of the children that we teach at Kwah Dao are from Shan migrant families. These families have fled civil war and ongoing human rights abuses. The families are not recognised as “refugees” in Thailand so they are denied safe refuge and assistance from international aid agencies. The brunt of this problem is borne by…
