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Nearly 350 SET scholarship students took part in the 2007 SET for Society Program, giving them the opportunity to show how much they care about other disadvantaged people in their own society. And they do care.

That caring attitude is seen in the comforting way a student puts her arm around an old lady’s shoulders as she talks sadly of the children that she never sees; it’s in the way a young lad listens with genuine interest as a man old enough to be his great-grandfather rambles on about events that happened 50 years before the boy was born, and it’s reflected in the delighted laughter of handicapped children as our students entertain them with games, songs and dance.

Our older students at two universities also show how much they care. They work twelve hours a day for 7-10 days in blistering heat to build lunch canteens for children at rural primary schools, in projects designed not only to show how much they care but also to challenge their endurance and ability to work together as a team. They are justifiably proud of what they achieve - and SET is proud of them.

Rural Schools’ Renovation Program

Rajabhat University Nakhon Sawan

The 2007 project to build a canteen, a toilet block and to undertake other renovation work at a rural primary school was our students’ most ambitious project so far. The project was so labor-intensive that the work force had to be increased from the usual 50 students to 90. The students were split into two teams, each working for one week and each with its own responsibilities. With construction and administration experience carried over from one year to the next, the projects become more professional every time.

Naresuan University Phitsanulok

In their second SET for Society project, students at Naresuan University were more ambitious than in their first. In 2007, they built a useful combined canteen/activities hall which will be a great improvement to the facilities of the tiny project school.

One-day social visits

All SET’s students are from disadvantaged backgrounds. The aim of the one-day visits is to help them develop a greater understanding of the problems of other disadvantaged people in their society and to give them a sense of responsibility towards them. Although the visits are of short duration, the students and the residents of the various institutions seem to greatly benefit. Some long-term friendships have even been formed, with students making their own independent visits and ‘adopting’ particular old folk, orphans or handicapped children.

In June, 40 students from Nakhon Sawan Vocational College spent the day helping to care for residents at an old people’s home. 

In August, 100 students from Nakhon Sawan Technical College visited an AIDS hospice in Lopburi Province.

In September, 40 students from Nakhon Sawan High School spent the day entertaining children at a school for the mentally handicapped in Nakhon Sawan.

Orphans’ outing

Children resident at Saengsawan Orphanage in Nakhon Sawan are well cared for and happy but they don’t have much excitement in their lives. That changes for one day each year when SET’s senior high school students take the children on a special outing. On previous trips the children have stayed at an elephant training camp or enjoyed a day sightseeing in Bangkok. The 2007 visit to the seaside was greatly anticipated by the children, since none had ever seen the sea before. The visit was so successful it is hoped to repeat it in the 2008 SET for Society Program.

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