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Our Vocational School in Pattaya was founded to bring empowerment, education and independence to the lives of young people with disabilities.
We are now launching a special appeal to build its sister school in Nong Khai, to bring the same benefits to young people with disabilities in the North of Thailand and surrounding countries.
The location of the current school, in the South of Thailand, can be an obstacle to those who are disabled and who live in the North of Thailand. Some are deterred by the cost of travel, some by separation from a home which they have never previously left. Many North Eastern students who come to the school despite the difficulties are too poor to travel home in vacations, so spend two unbroken years in Pattaya. Additionally many people in the North-East of Thailand speak Laos or Khmer, and there is a language barrier to them attending the school in Pattaya.
The new Vocational School will be based in Nong Khai, which is central to the North-East area. It would initially provide education for up to 100 disabled students each year, in subjects such as Basic Education and Empowerment of People with Disabilities in the community. The school will add additional courses that will give graduates the skills to gain employment or become self-employed in their local area.
Can you help us build a school which will help transform the lives of hundreds of people with disabilities?
