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Democratic school in Thailand :    Moo Baan Dek

Address:  Latya-Srisawat Road, Muang, Kanchanaburi 71190, Thailand

Contact:   Rajani Dhongchai

Email:    mbd@ffc.or.th

Telephone:    6634 515106

Website:    www.ffc.or.th/mbd

Number of Students:    150 Age range 3 - 20

Languages:    Thai

Principles:    Moo Baan Dek is a living community in an area of forest and cultivable land. It helps children from the most difficult backgrounds. They learn from nature, a warm , loving atmosphere and plentiful understanding and freedom. Neill's ideas are enriched with Buddhist elements.

Democratic school in Thailand :    The Whispering Seed

Address:  PO Box 30, Sanglkalburi, Kanchanaburi Province 71240. Thailand

Contact:   Jim Connor

Email:    whisperingseed@gmail.com

Telephone:    (66) 81 910 8071

Website:    www.whisperingseed.org

Number of Students:    8 and growing Age range infant to adult

Languages:    English, Thai, Burmese, Karen

Principles:    A community Living and Learning Center and Children's Home for refugge and hill-tribe children who have been orphaned and abused along the Thai-Burmese border, focusing on Holisting Learning, Teacher Training, Permaculture, Earthen Building, Traditional Crafts and Indigenous Knowledge .