May 12Anton’s Story: The Start of the Code the Future and OpenSkills ProjectHi! I’m Anton, a 23 year old programmer from Sweden and I have been volunteering at OpenmindProjects since August 2022. This is my story. Code the Future started out with me applying for volunteering with OpenmindProjects. I found their website after, to my big surprise, many hours of researching and…Programming Education4 min readProgramming Education4 min read
Feb 8Volunteering as a Family: A Reciprocal Give and ReceiveThis new year began with great enthusiasm towards our Openmind Projects and gratitude for the extraordinary fortune to have shared unforgettable moments with amazing volunteers. Thank you to all of you! Today we want to share the story of the Frederickson family, who decided to spend a few weeks of…Parenting4 min readParenting4 min read
Dec 27, 2022Karlijn’s Half Marathon Surpasses Expectations: Help Us Fund Internships for Students with Disabilities and Create Brighter Futures!🎉 Our fundraising campaign is just being kickstarted, and we’re proud to announce that our great volunteer, Karlijn from the Netherlands, ran a fundraising half marathon (21.1 KM), surpassing by far her own expectations! This helped raised funds to support internships for students with physical disabilities, helping them acquire IT…2 min read2 min read
Dec 14, 2022MEET our current volunteers: Anton, Imme & Matas!Since we are happy to be able to welcome them back after a long COVID-19 period, this week is entirely focused on our volunteers! Earlier this week, we already published a story about the Chang family (click here!), who was with us in November. They decided to come to Nong…6 min read6 min read
Dec 11, 2022Volunteering as a Family: Experiences of The Chang Family!We are pleased that since the summer, we have been able to accept an increasing number of volunteers. This is especially true now that we have resumed projects across Thailand! But over the past few weeks, we had the good fortune to have not just one, but four fantastic volunteers…5 min read5 min read
Dec 3, 2022International Day of Persons with Disabilities and Help Us Restarting!Today, December 3rd, is International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Now that we are well on our way in the process of recovering from the pandemic, one of our important projects is working with disabled students at a school in Nong Khai. This is important because disabled people in Thailand…4 min read4 min read
Nov 29, 2022Meet Rebecca, our first volunteer back in Krabi!Mui, who lives Krabi, put in a lot of effort on both new and old projects during the Thai school holidays in October in order to (re)start teaching there; read more about these projects here. Now, a first volunteer spent two weeks of teaching in the South of Thailand. We…4 min read4 min read
Nov 21, 2022Update: School of Disabled StudentsIn previous blogs, we mentioned a project that has been running since this summer in our previous newsletter: teaching IT and English skills at the school for disabled students! Now that the new school year has started, we update you on the new curriculum! Program Before the school holidays, online…2 min read2 min read
Nov 13, 2022MEET volunteer Matas!Happy World Kindness Day! It is a day to express acts of kindness and spread this! In this light, we would like you to MEET Matas, who will be coming to Nong Khai in a few weeks to volunteer! Welcome Matas, we are excited to meet you! “Hello my name…4 min read4 min read
Nov 6, 2022My experiences at OpenMind Projects!In September, I started my internship at OpenMind Projects in Nong Khai. When I applied a few months ago, there was still some doubt about whether I would do an online or onsite internship because Thailand was still closed to tourists and other incoming people. After a long period of…5 min read5 min read
