Education Thailand Project #14309

Support Community Development in South-East Asia

by The Branch Foundation

Project Report | Nov 22, 2019
Update Report - November 2019

By Iona Poebst | Project Leader

A participant with her beautiful embroidery skills

Dear friends,

We’ve been busy at TBF HQ!

We recently facilitated our annual teacher training workshop at Koung Jor refugee camp. We had the same highly skilled trainer as last time who continued to build on the material from the previous workshop. Think creative presentations, engaging games and insightful discussions. The trainer also brought along a friend who happens to be one of Thailand’s most famous embroidery artists who led a workshop for who ever was interested to attend in the camp. He had a stellar turn out with everyone creating beautiful works of art. Embroidery has always been part of Shan culture and is used to decorate their celebratory outfits but all said that having outside knowledge of the craft was beneficial in developing their own skills.

We are also pleased to report that the Pu Dooplaya Junior College (PDJC)'s Summer School Programme was also a resounding success. We will be continuing to support this project on an ongoing basis and look forward to help them bring leadership skills to youth in Karen State, Burma/Myanmar.

Last but certainly not least we’re participating in #GivingTuesday! #GivingTuesday is a global day of giving that takes place on December 3 this year. That’s right — following Black Friday and Cyber Monday! What better way to start getting into the holiday giving-back spirit?

We’d love if you participated with us. The best way to do that is to share our cause on social media using the hashtag(s) #GivingTuesday and to join millions of global givers on December 3 by donating to our project here: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/support-community-development-in-south-east-asia/

Your donation will ensure we can collectively continue the impactful work we do!

We hope you have a happy, safe and cheerful festive season and start of 2020!

With gratitude,

Iona and the rest of the TBF Team.

A participant and her beautiful embroidery

Embroidery fun!

Workshop games

Creative presentations

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