Children’s Project

Children’s Project

Ever since we started building The Bush Camp on the banks of the magnificent Ping River, we explored the local area and established relationships with local villagers and schools. We wanted to understand the community, their way of life, challenges they face and opportunities to work together for the benefit of the village.

We feel that helping the children and improving their education is the best way to invest in a brighter future for this rural area that we at The Bush Camp call home. Many of the students are from poor families and although attending the school is free, some struggle in affording the school uniforms, clothing for sports classes and other school activities, stationery, and notebooks.

Enabling school transportation for poor families

On top of the expenses, often in rural areas sending the child to school also means one pair of hands less for the poor families to help with household work and agriculture to provide income for the family. After visiting the local schools and talking with the villagers it quickly became evident that many children living in some of the more remote areas are struggling with attaining school transportation.

The parents are working hard to earn the family’s daily living and understand the importance of education for their children’s future. We decided to sponsor school transportation for the less privileged students to ensure that they will be able to attend classes. Over the past couple of years, we have been helping nearly 30 students from three local schools to have access to education.

Baan Dong Dam School, heart of the local community

Baan Dong Dam is the school closest to The Bush Camp, and we are regularly in touch with the teachers. In addition to sponsoring school transportation, we have done several projects together to improve the school facilities, supplies and equipment. On a recent collaboration with Elephant Hills, located in Khao Sok, Southern Thailand, we donated much-needed kitchen ware and sports equipment.

Within another great initiative we built a new sign for the school. The official sign is very important landmark, and an essential part of any school premises in Thailand. We also accept donations of stationery, art supplies, children’s clothes, and toothbrushes and paste if any of our visitors would like to contribute to our Children’s Project. We will select appropriate items depending on the school’s needs at the time and deliver donations to Baan Dong Dam School and other local schools.

Pack with a purpose

Are you, your friends or family planning for a holiday at The Bush Camp Chiang Mai? Please consider supporting our Children’s Project. Even the smallest available space in your luggage can make a positive impact, if you fill it with one of these items:

• Stationery, such as pens, pencils, erasers, rulers, notebooks
• Warm children’s clothes for the mountainous areas of Mae Hong Son
• Watercolors and crayons
• Blackboard and sidewalk chalk
• Calculators
• Educative toys and games
• Kids’ toys; stuffed animals, playdough
• Toothbrushes and toothpaste
• Piggy banks
• Books (very basic English books: colors, animals, weekdays & months, short phrases)

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