Environment Fund for Youth Development
Background
Thai Fund Foundation has been given budget support from The Siam Commercial Foundation (SCBF) for the project on Environment Fund for Youth Development covering a three-year period (April 01, 2012 – March 31, 2015). The project emphasizes on using potential of members from different sectors to jointly create an Environment Fund for Youth Development in order to build a complete, strong and sustainable mechanisms to promote continuous environmental restoration and preservation activities among youth in the community. The project brings awareness and understanding of current environmental problems which leads to establishing correct methods restore, preserve, and utilize natural resources. Today’s youth grows up to become tomorrow’s adult who has responsibilities to oneself, his family and the society he lives in, thus it is essential to develop young generations of the community to become responsible adults with necessary knowledge and skills so that they play major roles in developing their own advanced and sustainable communities.
During the three-year progress, Thai Fund Foundation, SCBF, and Environmental Network who have worked closely together expected that the Environment Fund for Youth Development will become widely known and accepted among youth and the general public, and is able to operate effectively and gained several budget support from potential donors in the long run.