What the workshop is all about…2012 Training is finished but read on to see what the We Can Club did last Year… By the end of the training workshop, everyone felt comfortable and excited about the new We Can English Clubs that each school and orphanage will start in June when the new school year [...]

The students doing the opening activities of the We Can English Club. By Wednesday afternoon, we were able to get both groups together so they could really experience how the We Can English Clubs really work … with all parts now fitting together.  This was very exciting for everyone – the teacher/facilitators AND the youth, [...]

We were in a different room today. Tuesday was not quite as bad.  In the afternoon, they started to see how all of the parts we talked about were coming together.  During the afternoon we had a REAL monsoon-type rain that lasted about 30 minutes. All of us ate lunch at the school.  Today, Ken [...]

  Kyle working with the students. At 9:30 a.m. we were in full swing, digging into the 250+ page curriculum.  There were many concepts that Gary shared with the teacher/facilitators that Araan translated for them.  The information was very good, but it was quite difficult for the people to completely grasp.  So often, only 2 [...]

Monday, we were picked up at the hotel at 7:30 a.m. and were taken out to the Khon Kaen Government Education Welfare School for breakfast before we went into our morning session at 9 a.m.  First there was a lengthy greeting by the assistant superintendent of the school, then Ken gave comments.  After about 15 [...]

Sunday morning we were dodging rain drops and were at the bus terminal close to 7:30 a.m. We, Ken, Samai and I, where met with two women from Chiang Mai’s Boys Home and two women from the Viengping Childrens Home. We are on a day trip – we hope it is 11 hours long, to [...]

This is Kaew’s Story Doungdao Dangsala (Kaew) Doungdao Dangsala (Kaew) was born near Bangkok, Thailand.  Her mother gave birth to her only 16-months after giving birth to her sister, Ging, but her parents could not afford to care for both children.  When Kaew was only two years old, she was sent to live with her [...]

This is Araan’s Story Araan Araan Kuataan is 19 years old and was born in Nongkai, a rural province in northeast Thailand that borders Laos. His parents were educated and were the bread winners for the family. They had just opened a shop in the city and traveled every week to the country to see [...]

This is Bekah’s Story Carolyn Rebekah Douglass (Bekah) Bekah is making a difference in the lives of children who are homeless, afraid, hungry and even on their own in rural Thailand Carolyn Rebekah Douglass (Bekah) is 31 years old and currently working in Thailand. After graduating from Western Florida University, she came to Thailand over [...]

Sustainable Hope International Intro from Sustainable Hope International on Vimeo. A general introduction to the work of Sustainable Hope International. The children featured in this video are able to continue their education and work towards a brighter future thanks to the contributions of those who support Sustainable Hope International.