Children in traditional highland dress sit together in a hall in Mae Chaem

Community Empowerment

About Community Empowerment

Good health also depends on school and a steady income. On our trips to Mae Chaem, MedLink members teach classes and practical skills, and we help highland families sell what they make.

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Learning Sessions

MedLink members teach Physics and English to children in remote Mae Chaem communities. The sessions run alongside the trips we make with volunteer medical teams and Banphaeo Hospital.

Since 2025
[Number of children] children

Teaching Physics and English at Saint Joseph Mae Chaem School, February 2025

Vocational Skills: Bakery

We introduced bakery classes so young people learn a practical skill they can use to earn money.

Since 2025
[Number of participants] participants

Children in green uniforms fill small moulds with dessert mix at a long table with a volunteer — A dessert-making class, February 2025

Volunteers stand behind tables covered with trays of finished cupcakes on a school stage — The finished cupcakes and desserts, February 2025

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Highland Products

Highland families in Mae Chaem make goods such as hand-sewn shirts. MedLink promotes and sells these products so the families earn extra income.

Since 2025

Highland weaving and hand-woven goods, 2025

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Essentials Drives

We collect and deliver basic supplies to children and families in highland communities: toys and card games, snacks, health supplies, dry food, and other everyday essentials.

2024 and 2026
[Number of families] families

Donating supplies to a village in Mae Chaem, February 2026

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Water Resources & Public Health Project

MedLink members take part in a project to improve access to clean water and public health awareness in highland communities.

In 2025, members raised funds for the Doi Water Reservoir Project. That February, they visited a highland village in Mae Chaem with the volunteer team to see its water source and the new water tank.