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Chiang Dao Community Program

Classroom in the Community Projects
Studying dalaang and pakyaw identity, in history, performance, food,
belief systems, handicraft, ecologies as part of community building and
sustainability-based programs in Pang Daeng and Ban On villages in
Chiang Dao district

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Children's Days
A monthly highlight in Chiang Dao as 250 primary and kindergarten kids

take over the Makhampom Living Theatre Space in a day of creative chaos,
starting with performances by Makhampom, the youth theatre troupes, and
other visiting performers, and followed by hands-on art sites, where the kids
try their hand at traditional toy making, clay sculpture, puppetry, face paint,
drawing, kite building, even hula hoop and hip hop

Youth Theatre Troupes
Building up the youth theatre troupes in Chiang Dao, from the children's
group in Tung Luk village and their dynamic performances of their village
history, to the hilltribe groups of Pang Daeng and Ban On and their mix
of theatre, storytelling, and traditional artforms, to the much travelled
Chiang Dao youth theatre

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Bookbike Mobile Libraries
A library bus wouldnt make it up some of the hills to the remote schools
so we are building 3 motorbike sidecar creations, as mobile libraries to
travel the hills around Chiang Dao to provide remote schools with access
to good books, with volunteers putting on performance, readings, storytelling
and other activities to support the mobile library

The Bookworm Reading Project
Activities in 9 schools introducing Makhampom’s work through storytelling
and a creating reading project Community PlaygroundsBuilding
community playgrounds in Tung Luk village and Makhampom
Centre as a collaboration of Australian volunteers, Makhampom,
and the local community

Makhampom Living Theatre, Chiang Dao
The centre at Chiang Dao is now constantly buzzing with activity. With
the theatre, guesthouse, and living area complete, the recent developments
have been with the creation of a playground and the harvesting of our
first rice crop. The centre is busy with a mix of activities with the local
community, international collaborations and study tours, and hosting
groups from around Thailand and overseas for visits. Jon, Richard,
Janita, Tanya, Muay, and Kwan (with baby) live on site with the staff
(Puey, Champee, Boy & Jiew with their little boy, Poo) living in town.
Volunteers, Willow and Marcus from Australia, live in town and work
on the refugee program, and will be joined by Lian Low and Georgie
Davill later in the year.

The exciting things happening are the Children’s Days, which are
wonderful chaos, the Tung Luk Children’s Theatre Group and youth
theatre troupes in town and local villages, alongside theatre and
education activities with the schools and Chiang Dao community,
the rice-farming, Study Tours and Theatre Lab programs, the
playground making, and the stream of visitors coming through
Chiang Dao.