Twenty years ago the biggest challenge for education in "less developed" regions was basic education. Children and adults had to learn how to read and write.
Meanwhile, Information Technology (IT) has become the single most important source for the availability and the transfer of knowledge. These are the main drivers for economic and social progress. While the western commercial world is using IT to its full extent, less developed regions get further and further behind. Even schools in the West have problems to keep their IT infrastructure up to date. For schools in some other areas of the world it is simply impossible.
Fund Isaan provides schools in the North East of Thailand with "state of the art" computer classes. A typical class consists of 20 computers and a multifunctional printer unit all connected via a network and internet enabled. On top of this we provide standard software adjusted to the needs of the school.
Volunteers of Fund Isaan take care of the installation of the computer class on the spot and guarantee the maintenance and regular update of the class during its normal lifecycle. Furthermore they train local teachers to assure that they can work with the equipment. In return the Fund asks the schools to organize adult education for the villagers of the surrounding communities and to open its doors for other schools in the area.
This approach has proven to be a real success. More schools apply for a computer class than the Fund can handle. Kids are motivated more than ever and adults are trained by their own children in basic computerskills.
Meanwhile we have installed computerclasses at:
1. Ban Thanong School in 2007: click here
2. Tabaowittaya School in 2008: click here
3. Cheun Pleung School in 2008: click here
4. Saikaiwwittaya School in 2009: click here
5. Koktakeanwittaya School in 2009: click here
6. Khokyangwittaya School in 2009: click here
7. Mathayom Srisumpoaloon School in 2010: click here
8. Prakeawwittaya School in 2010: click here
