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Poverty in Northeast Thailand (Isaan) 

  

The Anglo-Thai Foundation has been working continuously now for twenty years and in 2008/9 was able to support 331 schoolchildren and 125 college and university students in Isaan, the poorest part of Thailand.


Starting in Sisaket, through the generous support of a growing number of sponsors, the ATF now helps schoolchildren and students in Nakhon Ratchasima, Buriram, Surin, Amnat Charoen, Ubon Ratchathani, Khon Kaen and other provinces.


Bordering Laos and Cambodia, Northeast Thailand has an inhospitable climate which allows only a short rice-growing season and the parents of many of our children have to leave them with grandparents or other relatives while they go off to other regions in search of work.


When the 2004 Tsunami hit the South of Thailand many of those who died were the parents of children in Isaan, and increasingly AIDS is taking a toll.



Sometimes children do not complete the state education they are entitled to, and leave to work as young as 12 because their families cannot afford the basic necessities of life. The Foundation gives financial assistance to children at primary and secondary school level, picked out by their teachers and headteachers, to make sure this does not happen. Nowadays we also give grants to college and university students. 

 

 
 The ATF has supported Benjawan from Buriram since she was seven.
 Her parents are poor rice farmers.

 

ISAAN is divided into 19 provinces.  1. Amnat Charoen  2. Buriram  3. Chaiyaphum  4. Kalasin  5. Khon Kaen  6. Loei  7. Maha Sarakham  8. Mukdahan  9. Nakhon Phanom 10. Nakhon Ratchasima 11. Nongbua Lamphu 12. Nong Khai 13. Roi Et 14. Sakon Nakhon 15. Sisaket 16. Surin 17. Ubon Ratchathani 18. Udon Thani 19. Yasothon

Gift Aid
Donations and sponsorship payments are eligible for Gift Aid providing donors are paying at least the amount of UK income tax reclaimed on their donations. In the 2010/2011 tax year this makes a £100 donation worth £125 to the Anglo-Thai Foundation, and the Government contributes another £3. Our understanding is that, if you pay tax at the 40% or new 50% rate, you will be able personally to reclaim a further £41.66 or £75 through your tax return. 

 

Sponsor a child in Isaan, Thailand for £10 a month

and change a life with our

Sponsorship Standing Order form 

or