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.
Thaise vrienden Wevelgem is a non-profit organization set up by a group of goodhearted friends in Belgium. Through frequent travel to Thailand they were faced with the often difficult living conditions of Thai people in the North and South of the country. Together they decided to do something about it. Over the years they supported different projects in Thailand.
Fund Isaan faces, like any other organization and/or individual, the consequences of the Covid-19 crisis.
The Thai government has issued an emergency decree, which includes a ban of foreigners entering Thailand enforced across the country from March 26 until April 30. Most international flights have been cancelled to minimize the risk of additional imported cases.
Fund Isaan has adjusted to this new situation;
Our scholarship students did a great job making their own New Year cards for their sponsors. Here you see below our selection!
Kanoon became a Fund Isaan scholarship student in 2014. She was 18 and studying Science (teacher) in her first year at Surindra Rajabhat University. She wanted to become a Science teacher.
Kanoon lived alone with her mother in Baan Takuk village. Her father passed away a few years before she started her university. Seen her age her mother could not run the family’s rice farm on her own. She rented the farm to other people. This left them with barely any income.
Fund Isaan granted Toey a scholarship in 2014. She was 18 and studying in her first year to become a Science Teacher at Surin Rajabhat University. The duration of her study was 5 years.
Toey would love to teach at a primary school in her hometown, to increase the level of education for children in her community.