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Arif & Kauser Essaji
Volunteer Trainers and Contacts.
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Pharinya Auttho, James
Alumni and Thailand Project Manager for Youth Development Program
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Shireen Weston
Volunteer Trainers and Contacts.
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Thitichaya Boonsom
South Thailand Project Manager
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Kem & Dee
Alumni and Laos Project Coordinator for Youth Development Program
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Eh Pho Nuch
Volunteer Coordinator for Karen-Burmese Refugee and Migrant Project
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Gorawan Joompaula
Admin & Schools Coordinator
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Jony Douangkeo
Alumni and Laos Project Coordinator for rural school program
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Hak Hork
Alumni & Project Coordinator for Cambodia
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Jim Brown
Volunteer Trainers and Contacts.
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Christian Heyer
IT Advisor and Volunteer contact
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Anastasia Panchenko
Volunteer Trainers and IT Advisor
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Founders
Message from our Cofounders
East meets West
Sven Mauleon, from Sweden, and Gaweechat Joompaula, from Thailand are the co-founders who once set out to find ways to use IT to help the poor.
Sven brings extensive international experience. Read about Sven in a Swedish newspaper.
Gaweechat brings local knowledge and a great understanding of local needs.
Sven: ‘I had an idea to bridge knowledge divides. Now we bridge culture divides too!’
Gaweechat: ‘I grew up without electricity. Then I got a chance to learn to use computers to help other people. I believe in learning by doing.’