On 9th September 2017, BEAM members participated in the event Certificate Awarding for Elderly Health Care Course. This event, organized by the Thai Non-formal and Informal Education Department, was held at Chiang Mai Orchid Hotel.
Tu Nge and Ba Hlaing, originally from De Maw Soe Township, Kayah State, Myanmar, are graduates from the Information Communication Technology training under BEAM Education Foundation’s Vocational Program. They both worked at a furniture factory in Chiang Mai while studying vocational skills at BEAM. Recently, they went back to their home town to start a community development plan called “Root Wood to Furniture Project.”
On 19 August 2017, two BEAM GED alumni students finished an important step to become international nurses: the Capping and Pinning Ceremony at Faculty of Nursing, Chiang Mai University. The Capping and Pinning Ceremony celebrates the students for achieving academic knowledge and basic nursing skills so they can now practice in hospitals with real patients.
On August 8, 2017, BEAM Education Foundation participated in the event of International Day of the World’s Indigenous People 2017, organized by The Network of Indigenous Peoples in Thailand [NIPT], the Council of Indigenous Peoples in Thailand [CIPT], and their partners at the Faculty of Education, Chiang Mai University.