30 years of experience and success

EDF has been working tirelessly for more than 30 years to ultimately break the cycle of poverty, and ensure that less fortunate children in remote areas of Thailand receive a quality education and more opportunities for success. Watch the video below to see the highlights of the first 25 years.

EDF's work supports and aligns with Thai Government Education Policies

According to Kantapon Sangkhapreecha (Ton) (a Project Development Officer) from EDF, EDF works in partnership with both the Primary Education Service Area Office (PESAO) and the Secondary Education Service Area Office (SESAO), which are both government agencies under the Thailand Ministry of Education (MoE). Both government agencies help EDF find suitable students for scholarships, and to target schools for projects. Moreover, the work of EDF usually support and align with the Thai government education policies.

For example, Ton (2017), outlined that when the Thailand government rolled out the "Health Promotion" scheme, EDF developed projects that support schools to fulfil the new government policies, such as providing students with healthy lunch menus. Another example is the recent government policy to reduce the class time and increase the activities hour. EDF has implemented projects that encourage students to do activities outside of the classroom such as agriculture and playground , in order to respond in the same direction as the government.

(K. Sangkhapreecha, personal communication, November 30, 2017)

Outcomes are measured - aiming for self-reliance

Kantapon Sangkhapreecha (Ton) (a Project Development Officer) from EDF also outlined that EDF measures their effectiveness based on the outcome of the students. For scholarship students, EDF use the students future path as the indicator. For example, they look at the ratio of students that dropout in the rural school before and after we grant them scholarships. If students dropout has decreased, EDF deems the program to be effective.

Another indicator is the student's future choice. EDF records their student's career choice after they graduate, and again, a positive trend would be students continuing their study in the higher education.

Projects are also measured based on the goals, objectives and outcomes that are outlined in the initial project proposal. For example, in the 'healthy lunch menu' project, EDF aimed to change students' consumption habit were they would eat more fruits and vegetables and less deep fried food. EDF then monitored students' consumption months later to see if their behaviour had changed.

Projects are also measured on the sustainability of the project. EDF promotes sustainability, and hope that every school under the EDF project can become self-reliance in the future. If the school managed to continue the project after the financial support from EDF has stopped, EDF deem the school and the project to be successful.

(K. Sangkhapreecha, personal communication, November 30, 2017)

EDF won "NGO of the Year" in "Thailand NGO Awards 2012"

EDF is also international

In 1996, EDF International Foundation was officially registered as a Non Profit Charity with the Ministry of Interior of Thailand, and has 5 Educational Non Profit Organisations: EDF-Thailand (since 1987), EDF-Laos (Since 1997), EDF-Cambodia (Since 2007), EDF-Vietnam (Since 2012) and EDF-Myanmar (Since 2012) that have the same goal to provide educational opportunities to disadvantaged children to help them break out of the poverty cycle.

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