Fundraising Campaign for Teachers in Southern Thailand

(18/03/2013)

The Inspector General of Education, Mr. Rojana Krischareon, and the Director of the Bureau of Coordination and Educational Integration in the Southern Provinces of Thailand, Mr. Chaithawee Atiphaet joined a charity walk to raise funds for a project to help teachers in southern Thailand. This event was also attended by famous Thai actors along with students who had worked together to collect donations in Soi Lalai Sap in Silom, Bangkok.

This project to help teachers in southern Thailand aims to provide financial and moral support to relatives and families of teachers or educational personnel killed or handicapped due to the insurgency in three southern Thai provinces. It was launched on 16 January 2013 and televised via Channel 9 Thailand on a special program entitled, "A Hundred Million Hearts for Teachers in the South".