Ping is the amazing little girl that lives on our property. She has been with us since the very beginning along with her mother Kae. Living at Panya has given Ping the opportunity to grow up speaking English and Thai (she is amazing in both), and amazing opportunities to learn from a wide variety of people many skills and ways of beings. One thing Ping and Kae do not get by living at Panya is much of an opportunity to save money for the future.

This is why one of our wonderful volunteers decided to set up this way of giving toward Ping’s education. Please read on.

The Panya Project and our neighbors Pun Pun Educational Center and You Sabai Home are hosting a number of exciting events this year, including Permacuture Design Courses, Internships, natural building courses and a sustainability tour around Thailand. We are actively building our ecovillage, and would love to have you join in the experiential learning that is going on here.

Check out what is available!

This is a quick historic documentary of the project, catching you up with how the project came to be.

A secret document. . . meetings in unspecified locations . . . transfers of unknown amounts of money over international borders. . . the convergence of a very interesting group of characters, indeed. . .

and the rest was history!

The Panya Project hosts schools from around the world for anything from one days to two weeks on site. Students get the opportunity to explore some of the issues around sustainability and temporarily join in a community that strives to live in a way that greatly reduces the ecological footprint on the planet. Students can participate in any number of activities currently taking place on site, including organic gardening, natural building, group building activities, swimming at a nearby lake and contributing to the ongoing discussions about global warming, consumption, pollution, globalization and living an inspired life. Most importantly students get to interact with a number of people that live on the farm and gain inspiration and understanding of an alternative way of living life.

Panya works to accomodate schools, both in terms of curriculum and cost, so that all of our objectives can be met at a cost that is reasonable to each school.

The Panya Project is open and excited to have volunteers at most times during the year. The main exception being when we have courses on.

We are primarily looking for people who are interested in devoting at least two weeks to working with our project. We believe that this gives both the project and the volunteer a better experience.

So if you are interested, read the article below and find out when would be good.

We do also have a weekly tour on Tuesdays, so if you only want to visit for the day or just stay a night or two, that could work out.

Looking forward to seeing you!

Directions to The Panya Project by public transport from Chiang Mai, driving yourself, and coming from Pai.

Its quite a journey to get here, and that is just the beginning!

If you have any questions, concerns, advice, or would like to register for one of our courses, please don’t hesitate to contact us!

Also, we are always very receptive to care packages including home-made fudge, rare seeds, and inspired artwork.

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This is the best way to get in contact with the people at the project. Please allow a few days for a responce.

For course registration, questions about visiting schools programs and general inquiry:

panyaproject@gmail.com

For Thai language inquiries contact:

Kae Sodthamna: pa-kae@hotmail.com

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087-181-8821 (in Thailand)

+66-87-181-8821 (international)

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Please send ecstatic poetry, high-quality chocolate, your favorite seeds, or any other correspondence to:

The Panya Project

PO Box 5

Mae Taeng

Chiang Mai, 50150

Thailand