Community Training Centers

Learning to make Italian style woven leather purses at Step Ahead Pattaya.

Khao Lak: opened just five months post-tsunami, this center would not have been possible without the on-going support of hundreds of volunteers.

Today, over 2,000 community members have participated in a variety of training programs and the center has the top reputation for international language study including English, German & Thai for non-Thai speakers.

Pattaya: while never facing a tsunami, this city weathers daily waves of sexual exploitation. By providing women the chance to develop their computer and language skills, their employment opportunities and their future significantly improves.

John & Kim Quinley try out life in a Sea Gypsy village at the Eco-tourism homestay in Tap Da Wan village, Khao Lak, Southern Thailand.