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Child Impact successfully connects its system with Kid for Kids, producing and publishing new content continuously
The Taxonomy system and AI-powered content extraction and writing mechanism, jointly designed by ChangeFusion and Kid for Kids, are now live. Child Impact synthesises issues concerning children from Kid for Kids into new articles and publishes them regularly on the platform.
Publication of the first-year Sea Guardians Impact Report 2024-2025
TSWA and ChangeFusion have officially published a summary report on the first year, covering 15 communities, 24,987 rai and 6 MOUs, with endorsements from independent marine scientists.
Social impact assessment: all 10 innovations provide returns that justify the investment
The projected 1-year benefit-cost ratio (B/C Ratio) assessment of all 10 top innovations found a B/C value above 1 for every innovation.
Showcase, funding award ceremony and announcement of scale-up funding results
The event was held at Ch. Karnchang Public Company Limited. A total of 43 people from 8 partner organisations attended. Plaques and certificates were presented to 10 teams, and 3 teams were announced as recipients of scale-up funding.
Child Impact completes Health Talk activity support system, linking member database to reduce duplicate data entry
ChangeFusion and San Phalang Di have completed the system on the Child Impact website for registering for Health Talk activities, taking post-activity tests and issuing certificates. The system retrieves information from the member database to reduce duplicate data entry and lets both participants and administrators track information directly through the system.
Survey results from the first 6-7 months of community economic enterprises: Supplementary income has started coming in, but it is still supplementary, not the main income
A survey in May B.E. 2569 of economic enterprises in 3 provinces found that income from new activities still made up a much smaller share than income from fishing, but helped increase savings and bring some younger people back to their communities.
Individual database system in Child Impact completed as planned, supporting Bureau 4’s annual planning
Child Impact developed a database of individuals participating in Bureau 4 partner projects, with more than 3,000 records. The work included cleaning the data, displaying it on a map, and creating and editing records. It was completed on schedule for use in Bureau 4’s annual work planning, and a fundraising approach through the Taejai website was also proposed to support the project’s sustainability.
Ban Pak Kong Tawan Ok, Lampang: Hotspots fall to just 9 after joining the PES mechanism
Satellite data confirms that the community forest in Ban Pak Kong Tawan Ok, Lampang Province, saw a significant reduction in hotspots, to just 9, after the community joined the PES mechanism in B.E. 2569.
Early childhood partners join forces to use followkids to connect child data to Child Impact
Bureau 4 and early childhood partners (S.K.S., ESTA, SOPA and Suan [Toemtem]) met to plan a mechanism for connecting early childhood development data to Child Impact. They agreed to use followkids as the main tool for collecting DSPM data. Data on more than 9,268 children from followkids is now visible on the dashboard.
14 years, 123 Champions, 1.4 million lives: BC4C’s impact at a glance
An overview of the programme’s cumulative impact across 14 cohorts, from B.E. 2554 to B.E. 2568, covering both incubation and acceleration programmes
Inviting the private sector to co-design a sustainable PES mechanism: a workshop with Raya Heritage, Kao Mai Lanna and Hillkoff
The Project held a workshop to hear from businesses affected by PM2.5 pollution and gather ideas on forms of collaboration that could make the PES mechanism sustainable in the long term.
Good news from Mae Sa Noi: no burned areas throughout the B.E. 2568 dry season
Drone images confirm that no burn scars occurred in Ban Mae Sa Noi Community Forest this year, as the community begins regenerative tourism and greenhouse farming enterprises
"Our Shop, United": Three Ao Thong communities join forces to establish a fishing gear cooperative, cutting costs by 5-10%
Ban Sra Bua, Nai Thung and Na Thap visited a model cooperative in Pattani before setting up their own shared fishing gear shop in Ban Nai Thung, reducing fishers’ expenses in its first quarter
Announcement of the 10 Best Grassroots Innovations, Year 5
Selected from 28 entries that underwent field visits, the 10 finalist teams will receive initial funding and enter the incubation process.
From solo boat guides to a community kayak cooperative: Ban Thale Nok expands island tours with income reinvested in conservation
A group of 10 fishers who used to take tourists to the islands independently came together to form a cooperative and jointly manage kayak activities after receiving funding from the Sea Guardians project.
Alumni returns accelerate growth: as Toolmorrow and a-chieve take a leap forward
Self-reported revenue data from 15 alumni of the growth acceleration programme (B.E. 2566-2568) show an overall positive growth trend, with some recording particularly sharp growth.
9 of 10 community forests in Mae Chaem have been registered
Covering more than 18,500 rai; Ban Sam Sop is still going through the process
Department of Marine and Coastal Resources adopts 19 LMMA assessment criteria for development into a national standard
The 19 LMMA assessment criteria developed by TSWA from field experience have been endorsed by the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources as a basis for developing a national LMMA certification standard.
Year one closes with 6 MOUs covering 58 agencies across all 4 provinces
The project closed its first year by signing 6 memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with government agencies in 4 provinces, piloting 3 different collaboration models tailored to local contexts.
"2 communities, 2 systems, 1 MOU": Talo Sai and Lom Pun show that cooperation does not have to be centralised
Two communities in Satun Province with overlapping conservation areas chose to maintain separate management systems but coordinate through a single MOU, resolving conflict over overlapping areas.