Arif & Kauser Essaji
Volunteer Trainers and Contacts.
Pharinya Auttho, James
Alumni and Thailand Project Manager for Youth Development Program
Shireen Weston
Volunteer Trainers and Contacts.
Thitichaya Boonsom
South Thailand Project Manager
Kem & Dee
Alumni and Laos Project Coordinator for Youth Development Program
Eh Pho Nuch
Volunteer Coordinator for Karen-Burmese Refugee and Migrant Project
Gorawan Joompaula
Admin & Schools Coordinator
Jony Douangkeo
Alumni and Laos Project Coordinator for rural school program
Hak Hork
Alumni & Project Coordinator for Cambodia
Jim Brown
Volunteer Trainers and Contacts.
Christian Heyer
IT Advisor and Volunteer contact
Anastasia Panchenko
Volunteer Trainers and IT Advisor
Founders Messages
Message from our Cofounders
East meets West
Sven Mauleon, from rich Sweden, and Gaweechat Joompaula, from a poor Thai village, are the co-founders who set out to find ways to use IT to help the poor.
Sven focuses on development and brings extensive international experience to OpenmindProjects. Read About Sven in leading Swedish newspaper, Goteborgs Posten.
Gaweechat is the operating and IT manager, self-taught and always eager to learn more, with new innovative ideas, a true role model to his local people!
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. Let people take responsibility for their learning.’
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