Merry Christmas Everyone

Covid restrictions are easing slightly over the New Year though some areas still have curfews in place. People are standing by to see what happens next with the new variant.

The new school term began earlier this month. Some schools around the country are opening as normal though, for most of the students supported by Odet study is still online.  Let's hope for the best and a safe covid free 2022 for all. 💗

Bangkok Post 12/12/21

Hello, Nok has been very lucky to survive a serious covid infection. She spent a week in a field hospital. Now she has fully recovered and says thanks to everyone.

Covid has had a serious impact on daily life in Thailand with most schools having to revert to online teaching. Thailand has been scrambling to adjust to an online schooling programme that has largely disrupted students' education. It is estimated that in remote areas over 50 per cent of students don't have computers, internet access, smartphones or, in many cases, electricity to adapt to online learning. 

  

 

 Welcome everyone. 😊 

Klong, who had been supported by Odet for a number of years at primary school, has become a fully ordained monk at the age of 20. He ordained as a novice monk some years ago after his mother Tia passed away. The ceremony was attended by hundreds of well-wishers including his father Tap, a rickshaw pedaler from Kanchanaburi.   

 A fundraising event to support ODET

On Your Raft. Bob plans to sail a homemade raft 40 km from Na Suan to The Sri Nakarin Dam in Si Sawat District in Kanchanaburi, as a fun-raising fundraising event for ODET. Leaving June 7.

 

A warm welcome to you from a very warm Summer in Thailand. The school year has just come to an end and so far so good for the students supported by Odet. School reports are still coming in but the outlook is quite good. 

 

April is normally to month for the ‘Songran’ festival ushering in the new year with chaotic scenes of water splashing. Sadly all that has changed with covid which is now hitting Thailand badly with over 1500 new cases every day.

 

Thank you for your great support. Your contribution is making a big difference to the lives of nine students and their caregivers in the Kanchanaburi and Nakorn Pathom area.

Chanaporn has received her higher than average grades following the final exams and can take a well earned break. 

Sii has chosen to ordain as a novice monk at a nearby temple for the Summer break.

Sprint's major love in life is football and will usually be found kicking a ball around in the field each evening. 

Thai education inequality grows, more students need financial aid

Thousands more students are seeking financial help this year, growing the education gap between the rich and the poor. Some families cannot afford to send their children to school due to financial stress brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.

It can be confirmed that Covid-19 has worsened the economic situation and educational gap. More children are slipping through the system due to high tuition fees.

(Nation Thailand / World Bank in Thailand)