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.
Fund Isaan granted An a scholarship in 2014, when she was 19 years old. An had just finished her high school at Sangkha Industrial and Community Education College with a grade of 83%. She would like to continue studying Accounting at the same college.
“I would like to become a history and geography teacher”: said Mot in 2010 when he became our Fund Isaan scholarship student.
In 2008, You became one of our first scholarship students. You lived with her parents and three siblings in a small wooden house and had just started her fourth year at Prasat Witthayakarn School. The school was about 15 kilometers from her house. You’s parents were poor farmers with four children. They could not pay for the school bus, so, You had to travel to school by an old rotten bicycle every day.
In 2011 Fund Isaan was introduced to Benz, through one of our volunteers, Griet, working at her school. Griet suggested to become her sponsor after she was informed about how bright but poor Benz was. Obviously we at Fund Isaan immediately agreed to give Benz a scholarship, especially after we got to know the details.
Kwan has always been a top ranked student at Cheupleung Witthaya School. Kwan, her brother and sister and her grandparents and parents all lived together on the small farm her parents managed. They made just enough to get around but in her last year of high school, both of her grandparents became very sick and needed to be hospitalized. This placed the family under tremendous pressure. They could not afford the treatment costs. Kwan was asked to give up her study and look for a job. Fortunately her teacher at Cheupleung Witthaya School knew Fund Isaan and reached out to us.
Ben became a Fund Isaan scholarship student at the age of 14 year. In 2011, she was proposed by the teachers and the director of Tabao Witthaya School because of her very difficult situation at home. Ben’s mother fell from a tree and was not able to walk anymore. Ben’s father was a rice farmer, struggling to make enough money to support his family, especially after his wife’s accident. Ben also had a five year younger brother.