WELL-BEING
GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP
Students Work for a More Cube Care has improved the lives of 900 villagers in Thailand, but its efforts don’t stop there… After learning about the disparity in healthcare between rural and urban areas in Thailand during her Geography class, Karnsiree (Ling-Ling) Chen (Year 13) was inspired to take action. “The case studies we learned about opened my eyes to global issues and, as students who have opportunities within a good educational system, I thought that we should do our best to give back in any way possible,” she said. Cube Care was established by a team of five individuals with a shared goal to provide specialised medical care for isolated village communities and forest rangers. What started as a Creativity Activity Service (CAS) project has grown to include 60 members and is now a CAT club. The founding members are: Karnsiree (Ling-Ling) Chen, Chayapat (Cue) Chinthammit, Tinn Habanananda, Ann Kanchanasakdichai and Pasawat (Tang-Tae) Sakulpanich.
Improving Lives
Ling-Ling connected with a Colonel and his team of Thai Army soldiers to find villages in need of specialised medical care. “I wanted to make sure the project would correspond directly to the community’s needs, which was achieved through constant liaison with the village representatives.” Last year they provided water filters to Baan Nam Phu Village in Kanchanaburi, which lacked electricity and struggled with limestone-contaminated water. Cube Care raised THB 40,000 for a water filter by selling baked goods at Farmer’s Markets and recruiting sponsors. “We designed a sustainable, gravitypowered water filter,” explains Ling-Ling. 14
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