Strong Communities Make a Better World
July 4th marks the beginning of our 13th year of building sustainable community development in Phrao and our local surrounding area. We had such a successful 12th year in spite of all the pandemic impacts we have all felt. We … Continued
Agroforestry Project Update It’s time to start adding biochar in the soil. We put biochar around the newly planted trees to keep water, moisture, and nutrients for trees. Learn more about our Agroforestry Project.
June 4, 2021 Biochar Training Embraced in Malawi and Kenya This is our third year of training in Malawi and Kenya through the grass-roots network of trainers started by Sister Miriam Paulette in Malawi. There is a steady flow of … Continued
May 23, 2021 Not a Typical Year Thailand typically has 3 seasons: Winter (Nov – Feb), Summer (Mar – June), and Monsoon Rainy Season (July – Oct). Our summer has been very hot this year. Local weather conditions influenced by … Continued
May 23, 2021 Friendly Trees Protect the Earth and Feed Farmers When we started working in the Mae Chaem District, our focus was to stop the burning of the huge piles of corn waste so that we could stop the … Continued
It is wonderful how people have responded to awareness of how bad plastic is for our environment. One of the biggest achievements has been the reduction in the use of plastic bags, and other one-time use plastic products that are … Continued
May 3, 2021 Moving forward – in School and Online Chiang Mai is back in pandemic lockdown as of May 1, but school plans and tuitions are still moving forward. Our high school and university students are finishing up their … Continued
April 7, 2021 Our children are looking forward to the year-end “summer” break”. It’s hot and the skies are dark with smoke from crop burning and forest fires. The children were all wearing masks because of the smoke before COVID made them … Continued
March 6, 2021 Steady Progress With your gifts to date and monthly commitments, we have over 70% of the first-year’s budget in place. We are moving forward. The equipment has been selected and our first teacher identified, The English curriculum is being tested with a … Continued
We can not even begin to describe our deepest gratitude for your support with the purchase of our school bus! All we can say is Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! We can now transport all of of children safely … Continued
Small farmers around the globe produce a significant amount of gases that add to the problem of global warming. It is an important problem in the complexity of factors that feed climate change. The good news is this problem has … Continued
When we started Warm Heart in 2008, we were unsure about a lot of things, but one thing we knew with certainty was that children deserve all the love, kindness, and opportunities that this world has to offer. That belief … Continued
We would love to buy a brand-new school bus to tote our 45 kids back and forth to school! But our plans are more realistic. December 1st is Giving Tuesday. We are launching our School Bus fundraising campaign on this … Continued
We have 5 new children at Warm Heart that need Sponsors! A Sponsor is someone who makes a commitment to a child to help cover costs for an opportunity to get an education. Education for these kids is a life-changer. … Continued
We were absolutely delighted when City Life Magazine published an article about our Peace Now art contest! We feel the benefits of this activity for the children are multilevel. Fun exposure to Art Creative outlet Encouragement to explore and improve … Continued
This year has brought unprecedented challenges, demonstrations of extraordinary strength, moments of jarring failures, a realization of the things we take for granted, and – perhaps most importantly – a showing of the resilience of the human spirit. As people … Continued
The Virus It’s all we can talk about this “Covid 19” – and no wonder. What started just a short while ago in China has swept across the world. Countries are closing their doors. From Asia to Wall St., markets … Continued
Dear Friends, As we reach the end of 2019, Warm Heart wants to thank you for your overwhelming support and to report to you about what your dollars have accomplished. You have changed the world. Honest. All four of the … Continued
Investing in their futures The good news is that our children are striving and achieving! The bad news is our need for Higher Education funds is growing! But that is bad news we can live with as long as we … Continued
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to teach English as a Second Language in a foreign country? We interviewed one of our returning volunteers about what his experience has been like teaching here in Thailand. What is … Continued
True, Styrofoam bricks are wonderful, but you shouldn’t get hung up on bricks. The real magic is in the foam cement itself. There are many things you can do with the stuff. Let’s start by reviewing the winning virtues of … Continued
Warm Heart has a wonderful problem, but a problem nonetheless. Our girls are too successful! Instead of dropping out after 6th grade and getting pregnant at 16, our girls are all going on to college. The cost is killing us! Middle school costs an … Continued
You are simply amazing! Thank you! On November 27th, GivingTuesday, we launched our Giving Season campaign through GlobalGiving. We had 3 goals, and we reached all 3 in the first 24 hours! Goal 1 – Raise $7,500 so we could finally … Continued
Young Smart Farmer is a program to help set a role model for a new generation of farmers who want to upgrade Thai agriculture. Recently the Thai government has made it a big priority to provide local organic foods to … Continued
Smile! What is a smile worth? There is no Tooth Fairy in rural Northern Thailand to make sure that kids grow up with healthy teeth. Where Warm Heart works, the only dental care available is extraction. Children get cavities. … Continued
The collection also included many beautiful loose beads. We will use the proceeds from the sales of the jewelry to support our microenterprise programs and the loose beads will be incorporated into new designs. We love the jewelry and hope … Continued
That’s right, Warm Heart is looking for your spare change, and we have the perfect program to collect it! The Roundup App makes it easy way to help us.Check out our new way to make donating your change to Warm … Continued
10th Anniversary Warm Heart celebrated our 10th Anniversary on July 4th, 2018 with a big party! We would like to thank Franck Legale for hosting our event at The Edge. We had great live music from local bands throughout … Continued
10 Year Retrospect We are so grateful to all of our supporters, with your help we have been able to establish the following programs over the past 10 years: Our Children’s Homes – we are able to provide a … Continued
