Monthly report - May

FSWL Monthly report – May


This month we have written several reports about the schools and the changing system. Now we will update what is happening in the schools and their teachers after the holidays.

The government schools are up and running again.

Huay Pu – Pratoom found herself another job and will no longer work for FS. Jantana has 20 children in her class. There are more children who would like to come to school from the nearby Lahu village but they can’t pay for their uniforms, school books and contribution to the lunch at school. Another reason for not attending is that some children have to work with their parents.

Huay Nam Yen – Nui left for Bangkok and Sawannee is her replacement. She has 30 children in her class.

Huay Luwang – Pikun has this school year 110 students. She gets help from a lady but she will soon go on pregnancy leave. Yohn from Huay Wy will start as a second teacher here in June. All this children are Palong, Lahu, Lisu and Shan.

Son Char – Kung started also the 14th of May again and has this year 40 students in her class.

The evening schools continued during the holiday but there are a few changes:


Huay Wy – Yohn finished this month her evening school classes and will start this coming month in Huay Luwang. This is a natural change since more and more children are attending the government school Huay Luwang. Now they will have two teachers for 110 students and Yohn gets to teach them the whole day instead of 2 hours.

Pachu Lahu – Boom is continuing as before with over 25 children on the books. After a good meeting with her and the chief of the village we got to know her better which is great.

Me Pa Py – Suri has just over 20 children attending her evening school.

Huay Ma Yom – We had a meeting with the chief and all the mothers and children a few weeks ago which went well. Dee is working hard on getting the neediest children in her class and especially the young ones so they can get help to get to the right level to attend the government school.

Mueng Choum – Ban has 33 children in her class. The location has changed but only a few hundred meters away. The owner from the old place changed his mind about FS using an open shed/ carport. Luckily other people from across the road stepped right up to find a new place for the school.

Huay Chonu – Poy worked the whole holiday because the children were eager to continue their schooling. All is well here.

Chor de Lern – Mam’s school has stopped as of the 31st of May. Mam is expecting a child so she wanted to stop teaching because she also works during the day at the orange farm. Most children are now attending the government school so everybody is ok.

Nong Tao – There are 25 children attending the school of Aer. We just had a meeting with Aer, Pui, the chief and the parents of the children about the importance of education. In the village there are both Black Lahu and Red Lahu which sometimes causes problems. The teacher Aer is Red Lahu and because of that the Black Lahu students don’t want to come. We hope that the chief can get the parents and children to work together for their own future.


We are looking forward to having Sue and Brennan the photographer here in June. Another good month ahead!


Kind regards,

Jildou and Ben