Openmind Projects- Volunteering Abroad

Openmind Projects- Volunteering Abroad

OpenmindProjects (OMP), located in Nong Khai Province, Thailand is a developmental aid organisation focused helping communities in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Nepal by the creation and management of ground roots projects in the areas of e-learning, education and environment. The main focus of the organisation is using information and communication technologies (ICT) to educate individuals in schools, orphanages, national parks and villages. Projects rely on volunteers to facilitate change within these communities.

OMP was founded in 2001 by Swedish management consultant Sven Mauleon and Gaweechat Joompaula The first and local volunteer in the pioneering IT in Isan. Self-taught, a computer wizard from a rice farmer family. In 2001 Gaweechat began helping orphans to use computers and designed our first website. Since then OMP has supported some 60 schools, orphanages, national parks and villages in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Nepal. OpenmindProjects acts as a private aid organization, bringing essential knowledge about computers, English and conservation to developing countries in the Mid Asiatic Region.