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Community |
Minor Founder's Day |
| We live in a society where: |
| • Thousands of children and young people end up in |
| foster care through no fault of their own. |
| • Necessary non-profit services become unviable or barely survive |
| because they do not have the money or resources to implement |
| the best practice that would sustain them into the future. |
These are issues that cannot be solved by any one person, |
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| organisation or government initiative. But, working in partnership with other like-minded people |
| and organisations, we can help to make possible the changes we wish to see in our communities. |
| Our community partners are effective, responsive, and committed to delivering positive results |
| in their sectors. |
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| Capacity building is about helping people to help themselves. The focus is on child |
| education and programs that build the capacity for individuals who need the help most, in |
| communities throughout Thailand |
| "If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people" |
| Chinese proverb |
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| Minor’s focus for some years has been on shoring up the futures of disadvantaged young Thais |
| across the country. |
| The cost of this alienation of young people from our society, however you choose to |
| measure it, is too high. |
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| Community involvement |
| Economists around the world have striven to attach a dollar value to the volunteering |
| efforts of thousands of people, across nations, the answers are always in the billions. |
| But as any volunteer will tell you, volunteering is not about the money. |
| As Minor employees say, it’s about building and giving back to your community. |
| They talk about how their volunteer work has brought them a general sense of connection and |
| well-being that has stood them in good stead in their lives. |
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| Minor promotes community involvement for the same reasons: we believe |
| that working together to address social and environmental issues is the cornerstone of a strong |
| society. We may do business in a market; but we live in a community. |
