Education Foundation

On Sunday 6 April, eight young women from BEAM and Thai Freedom House participated in a day long workshop called “Finding Your Inner Leader”. The workshop was facilitated by Victoria Fitts Milgrom, a life coach and women’s empowerment leader from the USA.

There was an art workshop at BEAM by the Art Relief International. The activity took about one and half hours and there they discussed basic knowledge of art and principles of color. About 20 of BEAM’s students joined the workshop and gain the knowledge about arts and practical creative activity.

The first batch of basic jewelry knitting training for 2014 started on the 12th of March, 2014, with 11 trainees. It is 30 hours course which will cover basic skill of threads tying and crochet knitting. We have plan to 3 mobile trainings around Chiang Mai or other migrant areas in Thailand for 2014.

The BEAM Education Foundation launched its very first mobile tailoring short course training from 4th to 6th of March at Pardan Village, Chiang Dao, and Chiang Mai with 5 trainees. They are ethnic hill-tribes (including Kachin, Lahu, Lisu) and training conducts during their break time from cultivation works.