Training   Finished Products       Home> Awards> Winners 2008 > Nomination: BPW Bangkok-Thailand   Project: Give Women a Second Chance"   Nominated Project     BPW Club / Federation Name   Business and Professional Women’s Associations of Thailand, Bangkok-Prisoners Country   Thailand Duration of Project (Beginning year – Ending year)   "Give Women a second Chance" Project Helping Women in Women Correctional Institutes since 2004-present Partnerships (Optional) National Outstanding Mother Associations, Bangkok, Thailand Zonta Bangkok 1 & Zonta Bangkok 5 Women Correctional Institutes, Thailand (a governmental agency) Women’s Doctor Association in Thailand Rotary Pathumwan Club For new up coming partners will includes Soroptimist International Club of Bangkok and FIDAPA Foundation - BPW Italy Description of Activities (maximum 1500 words. Attach detail if required)   Introduction Young BPW – BKK provide various vocational and educational training to less fortunate women in Central Women Correctional Institutes since 2004 – present. The idea is to give these women second chances to be a good citizen, have new skills to earn their living, and when they finished their terms, they will not go back to sell drugs and become burden to the society again. Activities 1. Training So far we have already trained 808 women prisoners and trained over 50 government officials at the Women Correctional Institutes. The training courses are, for example, making artificial flowers from fish scales and from clay, cooking classes, making soft cookies, learn fruit & vegetable carving, marketing, foot spa massage, make-up classes to improve personality, making basic embroidery necklace, making souvenir from handkerchief, etc. 17 April 2004 trained 80 women prisoners in Thonburi Women Correctional Institutes. 21 August 2004 trained 210 women prisoners in Thonburi Women Correctional Institutes. 23 November 2004 donate 10 second handed computers to both Thonburi and Central Women Correctional Institutes. Donor are from Standard Chartered Bank, Thailand. 26 March 2005 trained 150 women prisoners in Central Women Correctional Institutes. 12 November 2006 trained 368 women prisoners and 36 government staffs in Central Women Correctional Institutes. H1 2008 Plan to train over 300 women prisoners in Central Women Correctional Institutes. With this knowledge, these prisoners managed to earn extra income while still in prison. So when they finished their terms in prison, this money will be seed funding for them to start their own small businesses. BPW provides certificates for all who passed the training too. Aside from training we also donate necessity goods to them too, i.e. sanitary napkins, toothpaste, toothbrush, bra, panties, etc. We also donate over 10,000 books since the starting of the project, and 12 second handed computers to the women correctional institutes so far. All donation are worth approximately USD 25,000.- 2. Find Free Booth to sell goods made by Women Prisoners for Central Women Correctional Institutes This is to help finding markets to sell goods for them to make a complete helping cycle. Examples of activities: 27 April – 6 May 2007 Find Free Booth (worth USD 900) offered at Merchant and Franchaise Fair “Sue Laew Ruey # 3” (Fight to be Rich #3) at Impact Muangthong Thani, Bangkok, Thailand. They managed to sell goods approx. USD 2,500.00 19 – 22 July 2007 Free Booth (worth USD 900) offered at Ladies Secrets 2007 Fair at Impact Muangthong Thani, Bangkok, Thailand. They managed to sell goods approx. USD 2,000.00 28 Nov 07 Free Booth offered by BPW Thailand Outstanding Business and Professional Women Award, at Dusit Thani Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand. They managed to sell goods approx. USD 1,200.00 Throughout the 2006-present, Young BPW have encourage BPW Bangkok and BPW Thailand to purchase goods from the Women Correctional Institutes such as Artificial Flowers from Fish Scales, etc. when we have various functions, and encourage members to also do the same. Moreover, we try to promote this product when we travel to oversea whenever is possible. 3. Cervical and Breast Cancer check up This is activity jointly organized with the Women’s Doctor Association in Thailand with the prime objective to provide health service for 2,058 women prisoners: 358 women prisoners in Thonburi Women Correctional Institution on 30 September 2006. 1,700 women prisoners in Central Women Correctional Institution on 12 November 2006. Impact / Different made Expected results and the different made by the BPW (Bangkok, Thailand) are as follows: To give women prisoners a chance to learn new skills which can make them earn seeding money during their terms in the jail. To give women prisoners to have enough skill to develop their career after finishing their terms. To check up for cervical and breast cancer for women prisoners. Impact on Target Group of Women (Optional)   Others, specified -prisoners- Number of Women being help   808 at the present and will be more and more by the years to come Involvement of Young BPW   Yes. Supportive Evidence (photographs, news clipping, web posting, etc).   See below     Nominate by     President of BPW Affiliate Or Executive Board member Or Past International Presidents Ms. Panida Chobvanicha, President Mrs.Naphaphen Vejjajiva as Project Leader BPW Club or Federation   Business and Professional Women’s Associations of Thailand, Bangkok Country: Thailand Date submitted: 18 February 2008 Email: panida@kwanruen.com Telephone Number: -         Home | BPW International Newsletters | BPW Business Pages | BPW Roster Online | BPW Online | Projects | Calendar | Site Map BPW International International Federation of Business and Professional Women Contact : member.services@bpw-international.org Copyright © BPW International. All rights reserved.