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July 27, 2017

What are the BEAM alumni doing? Nang Lin Kham

Nang Lin Kham, originally from Shan State, Myanmar, is a graduate of the Faculty of Social Science at Chiang Mai University. Immediately after her graduation, she began to work at BEAM as an assistant Legal Assistance Program Officer. She expresses her passion for working with BEAM: “BEAM has given me a lot of chances; I want to hand those chances to the other young people. The other reason is that I personally belief in the power of education in human development, which is the start of other types of development. And BEAM is working to develop the capacity of humans, which will lead to the development of the society as a whole.”

July 21, 2017

Consultation Training for Legal Employment in Thailand

On 20th July, 2017, BEAM Education Foundation, in collaboration with MAP Foundation, conducted a workshop on Consultation Training for Legal Employment in Thailand. During the first part of the training, BEAM’s Foundation Director Mr. Kyaw Kyaw Min Htut explained and reviewed migration in Thailand in detail. Following his speech, Lawyer Chang, from MAP Foundation, shared “Understanding the new Royal Decree” and recent laws issued for migrant labor from Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar.

July 7, 2017

Asanha Bucha Day Activity

On 6th July, 2017, BEAM Students and Teachers organized the Asanha Bucha Day activity at Wat Yang Wang located near BEAM Education Foundation in Chiang Mai
July 5, 2017

Meeting with ONIE on education equivalency and accreditation system

On 22nd June 2017, BEAM Education Foundation discussed with the representatives from Office of Non-formal and Informal Education (ONIE, Chiang Mai) at Chiang Mai Provincial Public Library, NFE ASEAN Center.
June 14, 2017

Presentation and Q&A Session by Rangsit University Representatives

On 6th June, 2017, representatives from Rangsit University, Bangkok held an information and Q&A session to BEAM students at BEAM Education Foundation regarding different courses offered at Rangsit University, the application procedure, various requirements and important deadlines for application process and scholarship opportunities
June 7, 2017

Wai Kru Ceremony @ Teacher Appreciation Day in Thailand

On 4th June, 2017, BEAM Students and Teachers participated in the Teacher Appreciation Day event at Pan Suan Kaew Hotel organized by Thai Non-Formal and Informal Education Department, Chiang Mai. Thailand has been celebrating this day in honor of educators. It’s a day to remember their importance in the lives of children and teachers are seen to have a position of high honor.
June 7, 2017

စာေပေဟာေျပာပြဲ – “လဲက်ရင္ျပန္ထႏိုင္ရမယ္”

၂၀၁၇ ခုႏွစ္၊ ေမလ (၃၀) ရက္ေန႔၊ ညေန ၆ နာရီအခ်ိန္တြင္ ဘီမ္းပညာေရးေဖာင္ေဒးရွင္း၌ စာေပေဟာေျပာပြဲတစ္ခု က်င္းပခဲ့ပါသည္။ ေဟာေျပာသည့္ဆရာမွာ စာေရးဆရာ ဦးေဌးဝင္းျဖစ္ၿပီး ထိုင္းႏိုင္ငံ၊ ဘန္ေကာက္ၿမိဳ႕မွ
February 8, 2017

Seminar and University Campus Tour

On 4th February 2017, BEAM students including alumni attended a seminar at Payap University and attended a campus tour. Mr. Rachan Maneekarn, National General Secretary of Thai Alliance of the YMCA organization and General Secretary of Chiang Mai YMCA spoke on the Topic: “Doing Business in Thailand : Spirit, Mind and Body- The Lenses of YMCA”. Questions and Discussions followed after the presentation. In total there were 23 BEAM GED program students who attended this presentation.
January 26, 2017

ARI’s Art Workshop at BEAM

On 25th January 2017, an art workshop at BEAM was taught by Art Relief International (ARI). The activity took about one and half hours and the workshop focused on exploring student’s artistic interests, creativity and teamwork. ARI will conduct art
January 26, 2017

Community Needs Analysis Workshop

On 24th January 2017, BEAM organized a community need analysis workshop at BEAM Education Foundation with 13 organizations who work with migrants and refugees in Chiang Mai.