Dhammajarinee Witthaya School
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The Dhammajarinee Witthaya School is a free Buddhist boarding school, serving orphaned, impoverished, and other disadvantaged girls who would otherwise have no opportunity for a quality education.Since the school's founding by Buddhist nuns in 1993, enrollment has expanded to about 1000 students - kindergarten to grade 12.
Poverty, human trafficking, and child prostitution are serious problems in Thailand. This wonderful school gives girls the opportunity of 12 years of free education and protection from exploitation, early pregnancy and lifelong struggle. In addition the school provides an extraordinarily effective approach to holistic education, for these at-risk girls. Girls' education is widely regarded as a very powerful leverage point for breaking the cycle of poverty and solving socio-economic problems. Dhammajarinee Witthaya School is not only changing the destiny of girls fortunate enough to attend, it also changes the destiny of the entire country of Thailand. |