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Sinee is
organizing a trip to Colombo, Sri Lanka for business entrepreneur
Prida Tiasuwan and a small group to visit Fellow Darin
Gunesekera’s project site from July 18-20, to study Darin’s housing
stock exchange model for urban slum dwellers. Members of the Thailand
Social Venture Network (SVN), Thai fellow Sombat Boonngamanong and
Watanan Petersik will join the trip. Prida Tiasuwan first met Darin
Gunesekera through the All Asia induction and Asian Entrepreneur event
in Bangalore in January 2007, and has since been interested in exploring
his model to test its feasibility in Thailand. |
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Fellow Security:
Sinee
and the global fellowship team have been working closely with Thai
Fellow Suwimon Piriyathanalai, who has been facing security
threats, along with the fishermen community Associate of
Traditional Fishing Folks with whom she works in the volatile area of
Pattani province in southern Thailand. The Urgent Action Fund for
Women and Frontline have been of great help in providing support to
Suwimon. |
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The Thailand
team is planning and preparing for the Thailand National New Fellows
Induction and All Fellows Meeting, to be held on 25th –
27th July in Pattaya. Veteran fellows are engaged in the planning
process. Fellow Kritaya Sreesunpagit and the Social Venture Network
group will co-facilitate a session on sustainability. |
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Thailand Youth
Venture
team is gearing
up for the launch this August. The team is approaching business partners
and fundraising, preparing communication and outreach strategies (newsletter
campaign, media partners), preparing products and tools for YV and YVA (Youth
Venture Associates program), and recruiting intern through AIESEC
program. Jennifer Aspengren from YV Minnesota/Global visited the
Thailand program from June 27-July 3. |
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The team is
developing strategies for outreach by questionnaire on “youth and media
behavior and attitude towards volunteering”. Also, the YV is helping
organize the Ashoka Thailand national induction, in which YV will be
featured as a fellowship activity (with fellows as mentors to youth
venturers). |
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Fellow
Exchange:
Fellow Maria Schejbal from Poland is visiting Thailand on the
Fellow Exchange Program to visit Thai fellow Pradit Prasartthong
of Makhampom Theater Group from June 25th to July 21st.
Maria Schejbal is developing positive joint initiatives with partner
institutions to integrate the socially disabled and abled members, and
she is hoping to share and exchange ideas with Pradit Prasatthong who
engages communities and citizen sector organizations through effective
communication and social integration through his Grassroots Micromedia
Project (Makhampom). |
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How to Change
the World:
Completed the
Thai translation of HTCTW in June, and submitted to publisher. Glossary
of Ashoka terms in Thai language is compiled. Book promotion public
event is planned for when the Thai HTCTW is launched. |
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Ashoka Support Network (ASN) in
Singapore
ASN event will be
held on August 23rd in Singapore for selected group of
business leaders and professionals based in Singapore and from Asia to
promote their engagement in Ashoka through the ASN membership. Watanan
Petersik, an ex-banker based in Singapore, has agreed to be the ASN
Champion for this launch event, and a local Singaporean philanthropist
will host the event. Chris and Teng Yan are working on preparation for
this. |
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The Asia Fellowship Strategy Meeting was held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from May 18 to 22 to produce the Fellowship blueprint for FY08 in Asia and focus on synergies with other Ashoka programs. 18 staff and fellows from all across Asia attended, including from Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan, Indonesia and global fellowship team members. Thai fellow Chatchawan Thongdeelert also hosted a dinner for the staff attending the Fellowship meeting, along with four other fellows from Northern Thailand. |
New email addresses! Please note these changes…
| Sinee Chakthranont (Country Representative) – schakthranont@ashoka.org |
| Phonchan Kraiwatnutsorn (Youth Venture Coordinator) – pkraiwatnutsorn@ashoka.org |
| Tipawan Kerareenuntawut (Operations Manager) – tkerareenuntawut@ashoka.org |
| Hassanee Kaeoluan (ILI Program Associate) – hkaeoluan@ashoka.org |
| Pachabadee Pumpoung (Young Social Entrepreneur Coordinator) – ppumpoung@ashoka.org |
| Teng Yan Ng – (Asia Regional Program Associate) – tng@ashoka.org |
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Morgan Strecker (Program Assistant) – mstrecker@ashoka.org |