Best Project Executers Award from NCDO and Wilde Ganzen Foundations, The Netherlands for Stichting Samsara
3 October 2009 Stichting Samsara received the Best Project Executers Award from two well known Foundations,Wilde Ganzen and NCDO in the Netherlands. Samsara received this award for their project to construct six dormitories at six mountain schools for hill tribe children. The jury praised the cooperation and the strong relationship between Samsara and the local communities. The project is sustainable and has a very well established exit strategy.
Samsara received the award, including a cheque of 2500 euro October 3 2009 during the annual Wilde Ganzen Day where 600 volunteers were present to discuss development aid.
By constructing those six dormitories at six mountain school, many children will go to school because they finally will have a good and safe place to sleep. The school is often more than a day walk from their villages.
Samsara spent the 2500 euro award on the construction of a dormitory for teachers. Better accommodation for teachers means that more teachers are wiling to teach at those remote schools.
Samsara Foundation recognized for outstanding work to help the underprivileged
Khunying Gasama Wotawan Na Ayuttaya presents the award to Annelie Hendriks and Ratana Keunkaew for their outstanding work.
On 14 December 2007, Khunying Gasama Wotawan Na Ayuttaya, Secretary General of the Office of Basic Education Commission, Ministry of Education presented a Plaques of Honour to Annelie Hendriks and Ratana Keunkaew of The Samsara Foundation. The awards are in recognition of the work of Samsara Foundation in the 3 districts of Mae Lanoi, Mae Sariang and Sop Moei. In the last 4 years the foundation has built 31 dormitories, 17 canteens, 4 libraries, 14 toilet buildings and 8 water-collecting tanks. It has helped 65 poor mountain schools in
the North of Thailand by providing furniture and educational equipment including school books. Without the assistance of the Foundation many children in these areas would be unable to go to school, because the children live too far away and especially during the wet season, daily travel is almost impossible. Samsara is also raising funds for scholarships to enable hill tribe children to get higher education.
The same award was again presented in December 2009 to Annelie Hendriks and Ratana Keunkaew.