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The YouBridge project in Thailand consists of providing intelligent and motivated but poor students with the technological means to flourish and perform better at their school. The students are supported by a permanent presence of our partner Fund Isaan, a fund managed by the King Baudouin foundation. Laptops in this project will be granted to technical school students, having finished basic technical education. In order for them to continue studying and achieve a degree, comparable to a master degree, these students require access to the internet on a regular basis, for most of them this is out of reach.

Students have been chosen from several technical courses, going from accountant to car mechanics at two different technical schools. If they finalize this additional two years education they will have access to leading functions in regional industry. This will not only help them as an individual but also help them support their families and communities. Besides the computers, Fund Isaan will follow up closely on their performance and will grant them financial support to pay for their education when required.

Fund Isaan has been active since 2007 and has a wide variety of activities in the Isaan region. Isaan is the poorest region in Thailand. Approximately 75% of the population is officially classified as poor. 

Fund Isaan installs computer classes in rural schools (13 schools so far, approximately 20 computers per school, supporting IT education for over 7.500 students and their communities). Furthermore they send volunteers from all over the world to teach English classes, their volunteers are active in more than seven schools in the region. Finally we provide scholarships and laptops to students (approx. 60 students so far). Recently, Fund Isaan opened a permanent office in Prasat, Surin, this will allow us to continue and expand our activities at an increased pace. 

Ambassador

The local YouBrdige ambassador will be working closely together with Fund Isaan & YouBridge. The ambassador gives regular feedback to the YouBridge community. The ambassador will be the face of the project and the school community he or she is representing. We have opted to appoint two ambassadors, one for Prasat Technical School and one for Sangkha Technical School. Together with our Fund Isaan representative in the region, they will be reporting on the activities he or she and his or her colleagues, beneficiaries of this project are participating in. This alone will give him or her a personal sense of responsibility which is, under Thai culture, exceptional.

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