Baan Nai Soi School and Community
Approximately 20 families live in Baan Nai Soi Village, a small community in the Mae Hong Son province of Thailand. There are 40-50 children that attend the Baan Nai Soi School, and most of their families are immigrants from Myanmar. The village is a 45-60 minute drive from Mae Hong Son City. Students learn in Burmese and some English as few Thai teachers are willing to teach in the remote area. The heart of the village, most community life and gatherings take place at the Baan Nai Soi School.
Pictured to the Left: Villagers Receiving Food and Provisions
Approximately 20 families live in Baan Nai Soi Village, a small community in the Mae Hong Son province of Thailand. There are 40-50 children that attend the Baan Nai Soi School, and most of their families are immigrants from Myanmar. The village is a 45-60 minute drive from Mae Hong Son City. Students learn in Burmese and some English as few Thai teachers are willing to teach in the remote area. The heart of the village, most community life and gatherings take place at the Baan Nai Soi School.
Pictured to the Left: Villagers Receiving Food and Provisions
Families in the Baan Nai Soi Village struggle to earn and provide for their children. With little available land or viable soil, it is difficult to grow vegetables or raise animals. Because most families are immigrants, they are not allowed to leave the Mae Hong Son area or their assigned village. Some parents chose to work illegally in Chang Mai or Bangkok and rely on grandparents or elders to raise the children in the village.
The Karen People
The Baan Nai Soi Village is located in Thailand's Mae Hong Son province, a remote, mountainous province that borders Myanmar (Burma). Though sparsely populated, it is ethnically diverse and home to hill tribes such as the Shan, Hmong, and Karen. The capital, also called Mae Hong Son, is a gateway to the region's hills.
The Karen people, known as the Long Neck Tribe people in Thailand, are subsistence farmers and live in a small mountain village where they grow rice and vegetables and raise animals. Originally from Karen State in Myanmar, they fled to Thailand to escape persecution and forced labor by the military. As refugees, the Karen have difficulty earning an income because they cannot work in the cities.
The Baan Nai Soi Village is located in Thailand's Mae Hong Son province, a remote, mountainous province that borders Myanmar (Burma). Though sparsely populated, it is ethnically diverse and home to hill tribes such as the Shan, Hmong, and Karen. The capital, also called Mae Hong Son, is a gateway to the region's hills.
The Karen people, known as the Long Neck Tribe people in Thailand, are subsistence farmers and live in a small mountain village where they grow rice and vegetables and raise animals. Originally from Karen State in Myanmar, they fled to Thailand to escape persecution and forced labor by the military. As refugees, the Karen have difficulty earning an income because they cannot work in the cities.
Building It Together
In partnership with the community, Global Village Connect has worked to fund the construction of two chicken farms and two mushroom farms. Additionally, we have built a viaduct to repair the road and enable supplies to be delivered to the village.
The Baan Nai Soi community and village chief wanted mushroom farms, which are thatched huts, because mushrooms are easy to grow, do not require much land, and are profitable. Global Village Connect provides funding for farm materials and labor to build the huts. Funding has also been used to raise chickens for family consumption and sale. Both projects will allow villagers to build an income and provide for their families.
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Pictured Above: Volunteers building the mushroom and chicken farms
Harris Gangon, a volunteer from the summer of 2019, raised $1000 to help the community repair their school in a peer to peer campaign. Because of the global pandemic, these funds were diverted to the emergency food relief fund with donor permission.
Harris Gangon, a volunteer from the summer of 2019, raised $1000 to help the community repair their school in a peer to peer campaign. Because of the global pandemic, these funds were diverted to the emergency food relief fund with donor permission.
Global Village Connect has allocated emergency food relief funding to help the Baan Nai Soi community. Donations will continue relief during this especially difficult time.
Pictured above: Villagers receiving food and provisions