We are a Belgian Thai non-profit working with schools and communities in Isaan.
Isaan is home to one third of Thailand's population and faces persistent rural poverty.
Scholarships for bright students, volunteer English support, and IT classes in rural schools.
Emily Ryan is a six week Fund Isaan volunteer from Deloitte teaching English at Krathiam Witthaya School.
In August 2018, Emily, together with the Foreign Department of Krathiam Witthaya School, organized an English Camp for over 200 students at her school.
Teachers from Ta Kong Witthaya (Rajamangalaphisek) School, Sangkha School ,Jenna Mintiens, another Fund Isaan volunteer from Deloitte and Sirinna Manyuen, the operations manager at Fund Isaan helped to facilitate the camp.
On Thursday 23rd of August 2018, Rony Wuytjens, the founder of Fund Isaan and the IT volunteers from delaware BeLux,
In less than 12 days, between 14 and 23 of August, 2018, Fund Isaan in sponsored by Delaware Belux and Deloitte Belgium, installed five new computer classes at Ban Thanong (Ratrajwitthaya) School (replacement of previously installed class), Prasat School, Ban Tasoh School, Narai Khampong Witthaya School and Sopapphitayaporn School.
Today, every business and individual is affected by the digital revolution. Companies and employees need to transform the way they operate to meet the digital challenge.
Many companies struggle to find qualified workers with the required technology skills. Schools and universities are often way behind and insufficiently prepare their students for this rapidly approaching new reality.
In 2018 Spring edition of KBF's International Newsletter, under The King Baudouin Foundation’s mission, Rony Wuytjens, Founder of Fund Isaan, delivered an extraordinary interview on our background information and mission in helping young potential to flourish in Thailand.
Read the interview here.
Last week Fund Isaan was honored by the visit of Mr. Jocelyn Timmermans, president of Fund Isaan, a fund managed by the King Baudouin Foundation and consul of Thailand in Flanders and his spouse.
Together we visited Saikeaw School where we were welcomed by the school director, teachers and some of our scholarship students.
Mr. and Mrs. Timmermans took time to talk with each scholarship student to learn more about their lives and the challenges they face. Also they handed over the scholarships for the next semester.