By Orathai Thaweesin | Executive Director
CDCC ANNUAL REPORT 2022
Concordia Welfare and Education Foundation - Thailand (CWEFT) is registered as Thai foundation in 1988 purposing to assist people who have social problems especially orphan or helpless woman. We also work with other organizations for public benefit.
Board of Directors 2022
1. Mrs. Heidi Tannarat Chairperson
2. Mr. Wichai Potchongkhan Vice Chairperson
3. Miss Paweena Khamwisaeng Board Member
4. Miss Nissara Khumsingwong Board Member
5. Miss Kamonrat Watcharin Board Member
6. Miss Vannaphorn Thongves Board Member and Treasurer
7. Miss Kruawan Tiengtom Board Member and Secretary
1.1 Day Care Center
Target: Children in community or in harmful environment which leads to abandonment or violation, high-risk and vulnerable children whose family has low or unstable income and has severe family problem.
Mission: Provide pre-school education for needy children, age 2-5 years oldso that they will be ready for elementary school according to the compulsory education. Four developments are promoted; body, mind, emotion and intellect.Nutrition is also included.
Operation: Monday to Friday, 7.00 – 18.00.
During Covid-19 crisis, CDCC was closed from April 16 to October 30, 2022 according to the state announcement. When the situation is better, CDCC has been regularly operated since November 2022. Throughout 8 months, 40 children are served.
1.2 Saturday Class & Tutoring
Target:Children age 6-17 years old who are poor or have delayed development of learning.
Mission: Tutor main subjects; Mathematics, English, Computer and ChristianEducation. A special activity will be set up once a month e.g., sport, art, cooking. Training is also provided under the topics of how to prevent themselves from exploitation, promote discipline, social manner and opinion showing. The students are taught to respect the rules,see the value of education and help each other instead of competing. In addition, the counseling for both children and parents is included.
For last 2 years, the program could not be run because of Covid-19 crisis and the control from government. From December 2021 until May 2022, our staff then changed the method by setting a Saturday special activity once a month which was still under Covid prevention measures. The activity enabled the children to meet their friends, encourage each other, do creative activity to relieve their stress and loneliness. We coordinated with teachers and students from KPIS International to continually set up activities. Moreover, we applied World Help’s activities to our students e.g., learning vocabulary about fondness and future dream, writing letter to sponsor. We talked, watched movie and listened to music at CDCC. The activity would be circulated group by group according to their class level. When Covid-19 situation is better, the program has been operated as usual since June 2022. There are totally 78 children participate – 22 from special activity program, 56 from Saturday class.
Help’s activities to our students e.g., learning vocabulary about fondness and future dream, writing letter to sponsor. We talked, watched movie and listened to music at CDCC. The activity would be circulated group by group according to their class level. When Covid-19 situation is better, the program has been operated as usual since June 2022. There are totally 78 children participate – 22 from special activity program, 56 from Saturday class.
1.4 The Community Elderly ProjectTarget:Covid-19 killed more than 15 elderlies. Hence, we aim to help the elderly in community who has chronically ill or no relative, has economic problems and family problems, and cannot go out during the pandemic.
Mission: Bring meal box, medicine and medical supplies to the elderly. We sometimes visited the elderly with some volunteers and interested persons who came with rice, dried food and some necessitiesto relieve their troubles, create morale and encouragement. There were 78 elderlies got help.
1.5 Need-based Scholarship Project
Target: The children or family who were infected by Covid-19 so the parents could not go to work, lost income, expense is more than earning so they incurred debts.
Mission: Relieve parents’ burden by spending scholarship on student uniform and necessary educational equipment so that the children can go back to school as usual. The scholarship is 1,500 THB/family. There are totally 72 persons supported.
1.6 Playground Renovation Project
Target: Children who come to CDCC can have outdoor space to play during daytime and strengthen their outward development.
Mission: Coordinate with NIST International School and World Help for fundraising to purchase new playground equipment, level the ground, lay artificial turf and install awning as the previous ones are broken, old, rusty and used more than 30 years.
1.7 Human Resources Development Project
Target: All CDCC staff.
Mission: Each staff participated in the below trainings to obtain new knowledge, update and refresh their proficiency.
ConclusionThere are totally 885 persons (from 216 households) served by CDCC. Total spent budget THB 1,822,139.30.
Project to support people affected by Covid-19
Covid-19 spread all over area including Bangna express way community and nearby. The impacts are as below;
Children: 100% of children in CDCC program (97 persons) and their families were infected. Some tested positive more than 3 times. Their school records were worse dramatically because they could not maximize their online studying as they lacked the required equipment such as internet and their parents were incapable to support them. As the children did not go to school, they had no friend, so loneliness occurred. There was also no space in their community for them to run or play. Hence, the numbers of sick children were increased. They were stressful as they were teased about their bad school record. Therefore, the suicide rate of Thai student was higher.
Family: Family’s member passed away or parents lost jobs, plus the higher living, made 9 children in our program move back to their hometown as their parents had to find new career. The children also had to find a new school. Some children stopped their studying for a year as their families had inadequate income.
CDCC:According to the state announcement to control Covid-19, CDCC was sometimes closed. However, our team kept working. They went out, visited and helped children and families who were sick, doing home isolation or lost job. We also assisted the elderly in Bangna community area who was chronically ill or handicapped.
2.1 We distribution of meal box, drinking water, survival bag, medicine and medical support 17 communities.
2.2. Seedling Care Project to generate income for the community
CDCC received assistance from Magnolia Quality DevelopmentCorporation Co., Ltd to mutually manage Seedling Care project with community committee to select the family in trouble to take care the seedling for further planting in housing estate. Backyard gardentogether with soil were also given to community people to plant for their food. This project helped and relieved problems for 50 families who lost job and got Covid-19. It generated 15,000 THB per family for 3 months – April to June 2022. Project value was THB 750,000.
Conclusion This project can help 7,566 people from 17 communities who were affected by Covid-19. 54,919 meal boxes and 3,650 survival bags were distributed throughout 210 days. Project value was THB 1,276,236.
Thank you so much for every hands that lend hand to help those in needs and support CDCC so we can continue to serve.
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