Education Foundation

After the Golden Heart Awards were given, BEAM’s friends and colleagues from partner organizations spoke in a panel of our shared educational mission and goals. They also shared their opinions about their relationship with BEAM now and their hopes for continued partnerships in the future.

Teletha Rothwell McJunkin recently completed instruction for a 6 week soft skills course BEAM students, providing students with the skills to create a personal statement, fill out university applications, identify soft skills, create CVs,

On 17-18 December 2015, 5 BEAM students and 2 teachers participated in the international conference, “Asian Perspective on Peace and Development: Questioning the Future of GMS and ASEAN,” hosted by the Faculty of Political Science and Public Administration at Chiang Mai University (CMU). During the conference, topics like Peace and Conflicts, Ethnicity, Tourism and Development, Gender and Socio-cultural Issues, International Relations, Human Rights and Human Security were included in panel discussion sessions.

On the 3rd of December 2015, BEAM’s students and teachers participated in the parade of H.M the King’s 88th Birthday. All together, 50 BEAM students participated from the first year NFE Pilot Program and Second Year GED Program, accompanied by 7 teachers.Around three thousand people from hill tribes and international foundations and organizations in Chiang Mai joined the celebration,walking from J.J Market to 3 Kings Monument.

On 27th October 2015, BEAM Education Foundation participated in a celebration of the end of Buddhist Lent day, taking place at Wat Chai Mongkol in Chiang Mai.

After that, BEAM students and teachers visited Payap’s Library and multimedia rooms, and learned how to find books and how to understand the borrowing system and the Library’s rules and regulations. As the tour continued into International Housing,BEAM students had the chance to visit the different undergraduate programs that matched their specific areas of interest (English Communication, International Business Management,

On 15 September 2015, the Office of Non-Formal and Informal Education (ONIE) and BEAM Education Foundation signed a Memorandum of Understanding regarding education for non-Thai citizens who are legally residing in Thailand.

On the 6th September 2015, the first Basic Tailoring training course, launched by BEAM Education Foundation in collaboration with the Thai Non-Formal Education Department, held its Completion and Certificate Award Ceremony at the Phu Kham Hotel, Chiang Mai.

On 29th July 2015, BEAM students participated in the opening ceremony of New Myanmar Consulate in Chiang Mai. The New Myanmar consulate in Chiang Mai officially opened today, with Myanmar’s foreign minister Wunna Maung Lwin and ambassador to Thailand Win Maung in attendance.