When Samsara looks at requests for funding projects in the area of Mae Sariang, the foundation always determines a list of priorities. It considers the support of poor schools in remote mountainous areas more important than schools in the more well off and bigger villages and towns in the valley. It also considers clean drinking water, clean canteens and dormitories as a priority.
Nevertheless there are sometimes exceptions to the rule. Ban Liam is a poor village with an active head teacher. She had already arranged clean water and a canteen. A dormitory was not necessary; because the children live in villages close enough to go back home every day.
The school in Ban Liam asked for a library that could also be used as a place where pupils could do homework. They also wanted a corner of it equipped with a bed and some medicines to use as a medical post for children.
Because the school lacked sufficient teaching materials for its pupils, Samsara decided to grant the request. At the time, several children needed to share one book. Having books available for everyone in a library would allow children to use them whenever they wanted.
Every school library in Thailand is entitled to receive a free copy of the three leading national newspapers and this proves to be popular with the villagers. By permitting them to read the papers in the evening hours, the head teacher of Ban Liam hoped that villagers would feel closer to the school community.
All in all, reasons enough for Samsara to grant the request