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THE LITTLE HANDS (MUE LEK LEK) PROJECT Tessaban 3 Samakkeewittayakarn School THAILAND Project Proposal Prepared for: IATSS FORUM Prepared by: Team S.E.A.R (Seven Energy Attitude Results) Mr. Ahmad Ridha Bin Abdul Razak (Malaysia) Ms. Aisyah Novanarima (Indonesia) Ms. Lahpai Nang Htang (Myanmar) Ms. Lay Hoyhouy (Cambodia) Mr. Le Manh Cuong (Vietnam) Ms. Phimmavong Chandavieng (Laos) Ms. Upanisakorn Tipanun (Thailand) July 7, 2018

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THE LITTLE HANDS (MUE LEK LEK)

PROJECT

Tessaban 3 Samakkeewittayakarn School

THAILAND

Project Proposal Prepared for: IATSS FORUM

Prepared by: Team S.E.A.R (Seven Energy Attitude Results)

✴ Mr. Ahmad Ridha Bin Abdul Razak (Malaysia)

✴ Ms. Aisyah Novanarima (Indonesia)

✴ Ms. Lahpai Nang Htang (Myanmar)

✴ Ms. Lay Hoyhouy (Cambodia)

✴ Mr. Le Manh Cuong (Vietnam)

✴ Ms. Phimmavong Chandavieng (Laos)

✴ Ms. Upanisakorn Tipanun (Thailand)

July 7, 2018

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Table of Contents

1. Executive Summary 2

2. Team Introduction 4

3. Introduction 5

3.1. Overview of Group Study Process 5

3.2. Definition of Sustainable Community 5

3.3. S.E.A.R Sustainable Community Model 5

4. Background Information 7

4.1. Overall background information about Thailand 7

4.2. Current Waste Management Situation in Thailand 8

4.3. Site Location 11

4.4. Overview Information of Selected School 11

4.5. Challenges 14

5. Project’s Goal, Objectives and Concept 14

6. Project’s Purpose and Activities 15

7. Project Purpose 16

8. Project Activities 16

8.1. Implementation schedule 17

9. Budgeting 17

10. Conclusion 18

References 20

Annex II: Operation Plan 24

Annex III: Core Team Biography 27

Annex IV: S.E.A.R Team Sustainable Community Model 28

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1. Executive Summary

Waste management and environment protection are increasingly critical issues in Thailand

nowadays. The Government of Thailand adopted Nation Waste Management Master Plan (2016-2021)

with detailed “Thailand Zero Waste 2016-2017” Action Plan to reduce waste. However, the impact of

the policy across various segments and locations, including at schools, has gone unnoticeable. While

there are various reasons that can be attributed to ineffective implementation of waste reduction policy

at schools in Thailand, some of the key factors are family habits, lack of space to segregate, ineffective

tools and methods to educate children and raise awareness about good waste management practices.

The Little Hand Project aims to contribute to waste management and environment protection in

Thailand by actively participating in the implementation of Thailand Waste Management Master Plan

(2006 - 2021) and Waste Reduction and Recycling Action Plan (2017 - 2018) on the local level. The

Little Hands will introduce a comprehensive model with engaging activities to instill the mindset of

protecting the environment among Tessaban 3 Samakkeewittyakarn School students. Essentially, in long

term, this initiative will operate as a replicable mechanism to change mindset of not only children in

local schools but also the whole social circle around children (school teachers and staff members,

parents, friends, etc...) throughout Thailand about protecting environment via practicing experiential

waste recycling activities.

The main concept of the Little Hands Project is to raise awareness and good waste management

practices aligning with 3Rs (Reduce - Reuse - Recycle) to multi-level programs via bottom up approach,

towards building a sustainable community. This project embraces public involvement to bridge the gap

of practicing waste management in schools and at home. In this Project, children will be the focal point

to promote environmental-oriented citizenship.

The Little Hands will be carried out in four main phases. In the first phase, The Little Hands will

start with 20 Grade 3 of Tessaban 3 Samakkeewittyakarn School, and most activities at the school will

be integrated to students home. In the second phase, more activities will run at the school, besides

community activities.

From the third phase onward, The Little Hands will collaborate with local government for higher

level of public engagement such as 3R Campaign, Bell Mark-inspired incentive system, local Waste

Management Day and so on. In the final phase, collaboration with national government will be initiated

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for an incentive system for shoppers to reuse shopping bags, host national Waste Management Day’s

activities as part of International Earth Day, as well as launching Local Government Award for waste

management initiatives.

By putting children as the focal point in the process of creating environment-oriented mindset,

The Little Hands intends to grow as a national movement in an effort to improve waste management and

environment protection in Thailand within the next five years. Despite challenges within the

implementation of the national waste management policy across different segments and locations, the

project is an attempt to encourage schools to conform to the national policy with the help of strong

Parent Teacher Association’s social ties and good relationship between local governments and schools

in Thailand.

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2. Team Introduction

Team S.E.A.R or Seven Energy

Attitude Results consist of 7 energetic

members from 7 countries (Cambodia,

Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand

and Vietnam). Each member of the team comes

from a diverse background ranging from

Education, Business Development, Finance,

Communication, Social Services and

Agriculture. The summary of team member’s

biography are as follows:

Name Country Profession

Ms. Upanisakorn Tipanun Thailand Soil Scientist

Ms. Phimmavong Chandavieng Laos Social Worker

Ms. Lahpai Nang Htang Myanmar Teacher

Ms. Lay Hoy Houy Cambodia Business Development

Ms. Aisyah Novanarima Indonesia Public Relations

Mr. Ahmad Ridha Bin Abdul Razak Malaysia Architect

Mr. Le Manh Cuong Vietnam State Auditor

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3. Introduction

3.1. Overview of Group Study Process

Team S.E.A.R adopted back casting approach to develop group projects by going through six

main steps as follows:

(1) Developing concept of an ideal sustainable community.

(2) Analyzing the gap between the ideal community and current situation in each of group

member’s community.

(3) Generating ideas and solutions to fill that gap.

(4) Selecting project based on certain criterion.

(5) Refining the selected project.

(6) Making a concrete action plan to carry out the project.

3.2. Definition of Sustainable Community

During group study sessions, Team S.E.A.R developed a concept of an ideal sustainable

community that represent group’s consensus view, which is defined as follows:

Sustainable community

“Sustainable community is a community that is capable of balancing economic,

environmental and societal activities to enhance the continuity and longevity of its citizen without

compromising the livelihood of the next generations. The sustainable community has the mentality

and necessary infrastructure to adapt with current and future innovation and challenges.”

3.3. S.E.A.R Sustainable Community Model

Team S.E.A.R aggregated key concepts from every seminar lecture and field trip to develop

S.E.A.R Sustainable Community as an ideal sustainable community model. Team S.E.A.R’s ideal model

consists of three main components: Sustainable Mentality, Sustainable Infrastructure and Sustainable

Livelihood: (See Diagram in Annex 3)

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Sustainable Mentality

A sustainable community is perceived to ideally promote a sense of belonging (through

community interaction and solidarity), culture and tradition preservation, volunteerism and community

initiatives, risk mitigation, social inclusivity, vision and innovations among its citizen.

Sustainable Infrastructure

A sustainable community is also perceived to ideally ensure sustainable tangible and intangible

infrastructure for the citizen. In respect to tangible infrastructure, a sustainable community should be

equipped with strong mobility, transportation and telecommunication connectivity. This community

adopts sustainable approach in the construction of buildings, utilities, services, green (public and

private) spaces, green (renewable and clean) energy. This community also adopts 3Rs (Reduce – Reuse

– Recycle) side to side with its waste management system.

Speaking of intangible infrastructure, the community should enable teachers and students to

continuously improve and take up new skills.

Sustainable Livelihood

In order to embrace sustainable livelihood for the citizen, the community should ensure

democracy and political stability, common ownership, legitimate human rights and freedom of speech

for all citizens, making sure that voices from all segment of the society, particularly minority groups are

equally being heard.

Across 3 main components of the S.E.A.R Sustainable model, the community should empower

its citizen through active collaborative participation from all stakeholders including, but not limited to

Citizen, Public (NGOs, NPOs and institutions alike) and Government.

The last but not the least, S.E.A.R Sustainable Community model requires resilience disaster risk

reduction (DRR) capacity to counter natural disasters and man-made threats.

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4. Background Information

4.1. Overall background information about Thailand

The Kingdom of Thailand is a Southeast Asian country with a total land size of 513,115 sq.km.

Thailand is surrounded by four neighboring countries such as Lao PDR, Cambodia, Myanmar and

Malaysia. The capital of Thailand is Bangkok.

Map of Thailand

Figure 1 Map of Thailand

According to the latest statistics from The World Population Review in 2018, Thailand has over

69 million (Female 51.21% VS Male 48.73%) inhabitants spreading across six regions: the Northeast,

the North, the Central West and, East Region, and the South. The population of age 0-14 years covers

nearly 17% of whole population. The Population Pyramid of Thailand is shown below:

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Figure 2 Population Pyramid of Thailand 2018 (separated by age)

Thailand’s education system is subject to the responsibility of four government agencies: the

Ministry of Education (MOE), the Ministry of University Affairs (MUA), the Ministry of Interior

(MOI), and the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM). Public and private schools in Thailand conform

government’s guidelines in terms of education scope and content. There are three levels of formal

education:

Primary education (from grade 1 - 6);

Lower secondary education (grade 7 - 9), and

Upper secondary education (grade 10 – 12).

4.2. Current Waste Management Situation in Thailand

Despite the fact that Internations Organization’s top expat destination survey in 2015 places

Thailand on number 7 for its beautiful landscape and resources, good food and hospitality, it is on

number 55 out of 157 countries around the world (Bertelsmann Stiftung and Sustainable Development

Solutions Network 2017) in terms of SDG index of 2017.

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Pollution remains a main issue for Thailand government. According to The New Public 2015, in

terms of water pollution, Thailand ranked number 9 among top ocean polluters in the world. This

ranking estimated size of waste, particularly plastic, thrown in the ocean every year. Then, United

National Ocean Conference claims Thailand contributes to 50,000 tons of solid waste in the sea each

year (UNOC 2018). In addition, based on 2017 statistic of The Waste Incineration Research Center, the

amount solid waste production in Thailand was more than 27 million tons per year. There was 9.57

million tons (35%) of waste that was properly disposed and about 5.81 million tons (21%) waste reused

(The Waste Incineration Research Center 2017).

Solid waste in Thailand typically consists of organic waste 46%, paper and cardboard 17%,

plastic 10%, glass 5%, metal 4% and other 18% (Source: “Reduce” None-Waste Segregation in

Thailand, https://www.slideshare.net/NoonNatacha/waste-separation-66415660)

Figure 3: Solid Waste in Thailand 2016

In relation to SDG Goal 12 (“responsible consumption and production is most common

challenge among ASEAN Countries”), Thai government needs to address inefficient municipal solid

waste management and improper waste water treatment. Root causes of this issues, particularly

inefficient waste management, are as follow:

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Source: “Reduce” None-Waste Segregation in Thailand

Furthermore, the negative impact of unsegregated waste are elaborated in the table:

Environment People

Water pollution: solid waste can lead to

Leachate / wastewater, Surface water and

underground water contamination. This can

affect ecosystems in the water and ocean.

Nuisance and Health risk and its impacts. It

can spread diseases by different vectors

Soil pollution: It can limit land utilization and

damages the ecology. Dangerous chemicals in

soil could harm human, animal and plants.

Air pollution: waste odor in the air pollutes

surrounding areas.

(Source: Supat Wangwongwatana 2009; Thaniya Kaosol 2009)

To solve the problem, Thai government has established some relevant national frameworks,

including the 20-Year Pollution Management Strategy, Pollution Management Plan 2017-2021, and

Master Plan on Waste Management 2016-2021. These policies and plans are created to promote 3Rs

(Reduce/ Reuse and Recycle), raise awareness in public space, encourage the establishment of central

solid waste disposal facilities with appropriate technology and enforce law.

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Moreover, Thai government, in collaboration with various organizations and related

stakeholders, took initiative by creating and implementing many projects and activities, such as

community and industrial 3Rs waste management, plastic waste management, E-Waste management,

Household Hazardous Waste, etc (PCD 2016).

The Little Hands has the potential contribution towards policy implementation. Based on our gap

analysis, creative solutions to promote waste management need to be adopted.

4.3. Site Location

The selected site for project is located in Ubon Ratchathani (‘Ubon’), one of northeastern

provinces of Thailand and the country's easternmost. Ubon is the one of the largest provinces (total area

15.744 Km2) in Thailand.

Figure 4 Map of Ubon Ratchatani

Ubon Ratchathani is located in the area called Khorat Basin, with elevation level of about 120-

140 meters above sea level (395-460 feet). A sloping plateau to the east, the river is the border with the

province of Laos is the Chi River flows into the joints with the river which flows through the province

from west to east and then flows into the Mekong River.

4.4. Overview Information of Selected School

Tessaban 3 Samakkeewittayakarn School is located in the province’s capital under the

Department of Local Administration, Ministry of Interior (Thailand). The school provides basic

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education in kindergarten, elementary school, lower and upper secondary schools. Total number of

students in the elementary school is 151 students.

Levels Students

Boys Girls Total

1st grade 21 11 32

2nd grade 12 13 25

3rd grade 11 9 20

4th grade 15 10 25

5th grade 12 12 24

6th grade 13 12 25

Total 151

Figure 5 Current situation at school

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To adopt National Waste Management Master Plan 2016-2021 of Pollution Control Department

(PCD), many schools in Ubon Ratchatani had small campaigns to encourage waste reduction. However,

the tools are considered ineffective. Only verbal teaching and sign boards were used to promote waste

management in school. For an effective waste separation for recycle purpose, schools could establish

proper disposal methods and different type of garbage (combustible, incombustible, bottle and cans,

oversized garbage). However, very few of elementary school in Ubon Ratchatani has such a proper

facilities and friendly environment atmosphere. The current situations reflect the low awareness on

waste management in Thai Schools especially in provincial area.

Available Resources

The school students Local government PTA

Tessaban 3 Samakkeewittayakarn School

The students and teachers would like to warmly welcome community outsiders.

Local Government

Actively cooperates with the national government and work closely with the school.

Parent-Teacher Association

Strong social ties between parents and teachers.

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4.5. Challenges

At school, kids are educated and allowed to segregate the waste. However, learning is not

implemented at home due to several reasons. One of the reasons seems to be family habit. It is assumed

that low awareness on waste pollution issue comes from the fact that parents do not to have the habit of

the waste segregation.

To create a complete circle of learning for kids, execution team aims to bridging the gap of waste

management practice at school and home.

5. Project’s Goal, Objectives and Concept

- Goal: The Little Hands aims to contribute to waste management and environment protection in

Thailand by actively participating in the implementation of Thailand Waste Management Master Plan

(2006 - 2021) and Waste Reduction and Recycling Action Plan (2017 - 2018) on the local level.

- Objectives:

+ Short-term objective: Building a mindset of protecting the environment among Tessaban 3

Samakkeewittayakarn school students through fun waste recycling activities.

+ Long-term objective: Operating an initiative that has replicable mechanism to change mindset of not

only children in local schools but also the whole social circle around children (school teachers, parents,

friends, etc…) throughout Thailand about protecting environment through practicing fun waste recycling

activities.

- Concept: The main idea of The Little Hands Project is to raise awareness and good practices aligning

with 3R (Reduce - Reuse - Recycle) to multilevel programs via bottom up approach, towards building a

sustainable community.

Essentially, in this project, children will be the focal point to promote environmental oriented

citizenship.

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6. Project’s Purpose and Activities

As a contribution to waste management and environment protection in Thailand, The Little

Hands seeks to support the implementation of Thailand Waste Management Master Plan (2006 - 2021)

and Waste Reduction and Recycling Action Plan (2017 - 2018) on the local level. The overall goal will

be met by these following target indicators:

● Zero incombustible material removal activities

● A decrease in waste separation and collection cost

● A 100-percent proper household waste collected and disposed

● Reduction up to 50% in waste separation and collection time

For these purposes, the execution team will need to collaborate with Ministry of Natural Resources

and Environment Thailand, National Statistical Office of Thailand, Pollution Control Department of

Thailand, incineration companies, landfill operators and consulting firms.

In the long run, The Little Hands will also encourage other local government organizations to have

their own waste separation system.

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7. Project Purpose

The Little Hands project’s purpose is to encourage Reuse, Reduce and Recycle practice with a

bottom-up approach towards building a sustainable community.

The project’s visioned sustainable community has Reuse, Reduce and Recycle practice in place

when there is a growing dependence on color-coded bins in public places and on public spaces, a

growing habit of using/taking as much as needed, growing dependence on reusable bags and reduced

amount of leftover food. At Tessaban 3 Samakkeewittayakarn School, amount of leftover food is

monitored before, during and after lunch time.

8. Project Activities

Activities will directly and indirectly reflect the expected outcome. The Little Hands’ experiential

learning activities take participation from the community, local government and national government

within short and long time frame. At Tessaban 3 Samakkeewittayakarn School, activities include, but

not limited to:

● Garbage scavenger hunt

● Tailored-to-children publications (e.g. infographics and comics)

● Field trips and hands-on experience

● Gamified waste competition

● Awareness talk

● Craftmaking workshop

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8.1. Implementation schedule

9. Budgeting

- Cost structure: In order to implement this project, Team S.E.A.R estimates there will be various costs

that will need to be covered in year 1, including (but not limited to):

1. Marketing costs

2. Telecommunication

3. Transportation

4. Salaries

5. Logistics

6. Printing

7. Gifts for children (from donation, in-kind sponsors)- Core team’s head-count

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- Revenue Model and Potential Fundraising Channels:

With the operation model of (specific project), the Execution Team believe that fund can be generated

through various channels, including (but not limited to):

1. SMS/texting fund-raising

2. Corporate and individual sponsorship

3. Donation (from PTA, social circles

4. Crowd-funding

5. Government and NGO’s grants

Year-1 Budgeting

The necessary budget required to launch and operate The Little Hands in the first year is

estimated at $2.243, majority of which will come from IATSS initial $2.000 along with additional

donation and small crowd-funding from family, friends and social circle. (See detailed in table below)

Budget Estimation - Year 1

Expense Items Est. Expenses

Food and beverage (52 weekly meetings x 10$/meeting) $520

Office supplies and Printing ($15/month x 12 months) $180

Activities equipment $350

Transportation costs (gas, parking, etc…$70/month x 12 months) $840

Gifts for children (20 students x $3/student) $60

Contingency $293

Total expenses $2,243

10. Conclusion

S.E.A.R Team’s sustainable community is a community that is capable of balancing economic,

environmental and societal activities to enhance the continuity and longevity of its citizen without

compromising the livelihood of the next generations. The sustainable community has the mentality and

necessary infrastructure to adapt with current and future innovation and challenges.

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According to SDG Index and Dashboards Report 2017, developing countries like Cambodia,

Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam are having certain difficulties balancing between

economic activities, environmental and societal activities.

The Little Hands addresses current waste management and environment protection issues in

Thailand nowadays. According to S.E.A.R Team’s survey and United Nations Social Development

Network (UNSDN) data, this is also a critical issue that countries like Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia,

Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam are facing (SDG#12 - Responsible consumption and production). With

this Project execution, S.E.A.R team seeks to contribute to waste management and environment

protection in Thailand by actively participating in the implementation of Thailand Waste Management

Master Plan (2006 - 2021) and Waste Reduction and Recycling Action Plan (2017 - 2018) on the local

level.

The Little Hands puts children as the focal point in the process of changing society’s mindset,

behavior about waste management and environment protection. With proper execution and adequate

supports, it is Execution Team’s vision to nurture and grow the Little Hands Project into a national

movement in an effort to improve waste management and environment protection in Thailand within the

next 5 years.

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UNESCO PERSPECTIVE, adapted from http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0024/002457/245735E.pdf,

accessed 4 July 2018

16. United National Ocean Conference, adapted from

https://ocean conference.un.org/commitments/?id=18208, accessed 4 July 2018

17. Reduce None-Waste Segregation in Thailand, adapted from,

https://www.slideshare.net/NoonNatacha/waste-separation-66415660, accessed 4 July 2018

18. Twitter: https://twitter.com/vladobotsvadze/status/726158356705062912, accessed 4 July 2018

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Annex I: Project Design Matrix

Indicators Means of Verification

Objectives

● Full implementation of Thailand

Waste Management Master Plan

(2006 - 2021)

● Full implementation of Waste

Reduction and Recycling Action

Plan (2017 - 2018)

● Zero incombustible

material removal activity

● Decrease in waste

separation and collection

cost

● Time reduction up to 50%

in waste separation and

collection

● 100% household waste

collected and disposed

properly

● As many as 50% of local

government organizations

in Thailand have systems

for waste separation

● McKinsey Center for

Business and

Environment

● Pollution Control

Department of

Thailand

● Incinerator companies

● Landfill companies

● Ministry of Natural

Resources and

Environment Thailand

● National Statistical

Office of Thailand

Project Purpose

To raise awareness and good practices

that aligns to 3R to multilevel program

via bottom up approach towards building

a sustainable community.

● A growing dependence on

color-coded bins in public

places and on public

spaces

● A growing habit of

using/taking as much as

needed

● A growing dependence on

reusable bags

● Reduced amount of

leftover food

● Supermarkets

● Home solution stores

● School

● Department stores

● Convenience stores

Activities

1.1 Alumni meeting

1.2 Get proposal done

1.3 Call for volunteer

1.4 Legal task

2.1 Official Engagement with school and

local entity

2.2 Phase 1 PR activity

2.3 Revise proposal if needed

3.1 Engagement with teacher

3.2 Train the teacher

● Number of proposals filed and reviewed according to

target recipients

● Number of volunteers applied

● Number of informed local and national entities about

The Little Hands

● Number of community members informed about The

Little Hands

● Number of households in participating communities

with no prior knowledge of waste segregation

● Number of teachers supported The Little Hands

● Number of teachers understand about waste segregation

● Number of publications distributed

● Number of scavenger hunt participants

● Number of field trip participants

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4.1 Publication infographic and comic

4.2 Scavenger hunt

4.3 Field trips

4.4 Hands-on experience

4.5 Awareness talk and role-play

4.6 Craft making workshop

5.1 Home waste management checklist

5.2 Community waste eco-market

5.3 Introduce Eco Club

5.4 Extracurricular on environment

studies

6.1 School Visit for KPI checking

6.2 Family Visit for KPI checking

7.1 Evaluation the impact

7.2 Student behavior change

7.3 Family activities change

7.4 Modify the model according to the

real situation

7.5 Create the manual

7.6 Train the teacher

● Number of manuals created and distributed

● Number of teachers trained

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Annex II: Operation Plan

In order to execute the Little Hands, the operational plan must be plan design to suit the flexibility of the

team S.E.A.R. in other country, program coordinator, IATSS Alumni, The school and related potential

sponsors. Below is our operational plan to execute the programs.

Key Activities Person in charge Regularity

Team Set up

Initial discussion between

group members

Via Skype, Facebook, WhatsApp and other similar

platforms

2 weeks

Preparation of proposal

for TIFA approval

Discuss on the formatting and delegation of work

· Proposal report – Ms Hoy Huoy

· Graphics- Mr Ridha

· Estimate – Mr John and PeAr

· Proof reading- Miss Aisyah

· Enhance content – Ms Nang and Meenoy

2 weeks

Finalisation of report · Proof reading by everyone

· Finalize report by Aisyah and Pear

7 days

Submission of proposal for

IATSS Project Grant

Will be represented by Program Coordinator Team

S.E.A.R. representative – Ms. Upanisakorn Tipanun

1 day

Presentation to TIFA Will be represented by Program Coordinator Team

S.E.A.R. representative – Ms. Upanisakorn Tipanun

1 day

Submission of proposal for

potential sponsors or

partners

Will be represented by Program Coordinator Team

S.E.A.R. representative – Ms. Upanisakorn Tipanun

1 day

Obtain sponsorship Ms. Upanisakorn Tipanun to monitor 1 day

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External Approach

Meeting with Selected

School representative

Ms. Upanisakorn Tipanun and TIFA Representative to

get need statement and feed back.

1 day

Proposal Submission Discuss with team to complete the proposal base on

need statement.

2 weeks

Proposal Approval Ms. Upanisakorn Tipanun to follow-up and obtain

approval from the School.

1 month

Pre –Execution

Engagement with teacher Ms. Upanisakorn Tipanun and TIFA team 1 day

Train the Trainers Ms. Upanisakorn Tipanun and TIFA Team 1 day

Execution ( Micro/ macro)

Publication On ground- Ms. Upanisakorn Tipanun and TIFA team

Online platform- TEAM S.E.A.R.

2 weeks

Planning the Seminar Day Ms. Upanisakorn Tipanun and TIFA Team with

representative Tessaban 3 Samakkeewittayakarn

School

2 weeks

Execution day Ms. Upanisakorn Tipanun and TIFA Team with

representative Tessaban 3 Samakkeewittayakarn

School

2 days

Post Execution / KPI

Data gathering of survey Ms. Upanisakorn Tipanun and TIFA Team 2 months

Analysis and advise Team S.E.A.R.

1 month

Re-execute Plan

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Initial discussion between

group members

Via Skype, Facebook, WhatsApp and other similar

platforms. Fort night

Planning for improve

program and proposal

Team S.E.A.R. 1 month

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Annex III: Core Team Biography

S.E.A.R. TEAM MEMBER Motto

Name: Mr. Ahmad Ridha Bin Abdul Razak

Nickname: Ridha

Country: Malaysia

Profession: Architect, Urban Planner, Interior

Designer, Arbitrator, Adjudicator, Community

Planner & Trainer

Live Life to the Fullest

Name: Mr. Le Manh Cuong

Nick name : John

Country: Vietnam

Profession: Auditor - Deputy Head - State Audit

Office Of Vietnam

Live to Learn & Love

Name: Ms. Upanisakorn Tipanun

Nick name : Pear

Country: Thailand

Profession: Scientist, Civil servant Land

Development Department

Love for all

Name: Ms. Phimmavong Chandavieng

Nick name : Meenoy

Country: Laos

Profession: Coordination assistant, Vientiane

Women and Youth Center for Health and

Develpment

Be positive always

Name: Ms. Lahpai Nang Htang

Nick name : Nang

Country: Myanmar

Profession: vice president (Academic), Maija

Yang Institute of Education

Preparation for perfect life

Name: Ms. Lay Hoy Houy

Nick name : Hoy

Country: Cambodia

Profession: Head Self-Employed , LHK

Construction Equipment Rental

Tripple T: Trust, Train and Try

- Trust yourself that you can do it

- Train yourself so you can do it

- Try your best

Name: Ms. Aisyah

Novanarima

Nick name : Aisyah

Country: Indonesia

Profession: Public Relations to Ministry Of

Communications And Information

Technology, Republic Of Indonesia

If you can’t be the best, always be

better.

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Annex IV: S.E.A.R Team Sustainable Community Model

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Annex V: Gap Analysis

GAP ANALYSIS

Pros

GP Survey

1.SDG 8 Decent work and economic growth

2.SDG 10 Reduce inequalities

3.SDG 2 Zero Hunger

UNSDN

1.SDG 1 No Poverty

2.SDG 13 Climate Action

Cons

GP Survey

1.SDG 12 Responsible consumption and

production is most common challenge

among ASEAN Countries

2.SDG 11 Sustainable cities and

communities

3.SDG 7 Affordable and clean energy

●UNSDN

1.SDG 2 Zero Hunger

SDG 3 Good Health and well being