The return to a "new normalcy" may be in sight. More and more vaccines are coming into Thailand, finally, and the professionals of their robust public health network can finally do their jobs after the politicians have gotten out of the way of vaccine procurement and manufacture. All the public health network needed were vaccine supplies and it didn't take them long to swing into full gear. All of our club members who have wanted to receive Covid-19 vaccines have been vaccinated and most have returned to Thailand.
Chiang Mai International Rotary Club is poised to resume its childrens safety, health and education projects as soon as the schools reopen. It looks like November 1st is the target date for Chiang Mai province. Fortunately, there is little vaccine hesitancy here and mask-wearing has never been a political issue.
We're planning to return to in-person meetings on November 2nd. The future looks good.
Meanwhile, settle down in the cool fall air with your favorite beverage to read our latest bulletin, below. As always, it's a little better if you click on the title of the story, where you will be taken to a webpage with a full-page view of the story. Enjoy!
How can we make the Chiang Mai International Rotary Club’s reach even stronger? I think a good way to approach this question is to first embrace the notion that only with more members, and more participants can we serve more, and change more lives. We’re not a small Rotary club at 27 members (the average club size is 36), but now that we’re gearing up towards returning to in-person meetings and getting back into the community, I’d like to challenge each and every one of you to think about introducing someone to the club this year. As Paul Harris said: “The foundation upon which Rotary is built is friendship; on no less firm foundation could it have stood.” September was a good month for the Chiang Mai International Rotary Club (CMIRC) and hopefully also for those we aim to help.
Thankfully, we raised an additional 10,000 Baht for the Mae Tao Clinic (MTC) during the final month of our fundraising appeal.
Sergeant-at-Arms Bill Pierce and others continued making supply drops at the Burma Children Medical Fund’s B.K. Kee Patient House. Secretary Nick Dale raised 3,000 Baht for his Teddy Bear Appeal. This Initiative aims to lift the spirits of lonely patients who are undergoing medical treatment without family members present and often at treatment facilities located outside of their home country.
Food Initiative Champions Bill and Nicha Trempus continued their ongoing efforts to support the CMIRC’s Food Initiative by delivering even more urgently needed food staples to the North Gate Jazz Co-op’s Food Bank. Nicha frequently appeared live on Facebook to demonstrate all the work that goes into preparing the survival packets of essential cooking oils, fish sauce, seasoning powder, rice, cans of fish, milk, and noodles. Sadly, we received an announcement shortly after their last delivery that this particular food bank has now closed, but they have found out-of-work residents in migrant labor camps in need of assistance.
In other news, thanks to the continuing efforts of Charter President Roger Lindley, Treasurer Nancy Lindley, Bill Pierce, and Bill Trempus, the Chiang Mai International Rotary Club Foundation is continuing to move forward as planned and nearing its official formation.
At present, Thailand is reporting that 23% of its population is now fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Since the majority of our club and the entire staff working at the Royal Peninsula Hotel has already or is scheduled to be fully vaccinated by the end of this month, we are hoping to return to in-person meetings on November 2, 2021. Naturally, face masks and social distancing will still be required. While the hotel restaurant will be open for dinner before our meetings to those that are vaccinated (we are a dinner club after all), the meeting room itself will be limited to bottled water only. We will establish a Safe Zone for any current members who are unvaccinated. However, all future guests and speakers will be required to provide proof of vaccination prior to their attendance. In addition, in-person participation in all service projects and initiatives moving forward will also require participants to be fully vaccinated. More information on this to come.
I look forward to meeting with you face to face again.
Here we go again! The Chiang Mai International Rotary Club is launching its 2021 Children’s Winter Clothing Appeal. We collect warm winter clothes, shoes and blankets, and donate them to indigenous and migrant children and families living in the hills of Northern Thailand.
The mountainous areas can be surprisingly cold from November through January. Temperatures can drop down close to the freezing point. This can prove especially tough for those unable to afford proper clothing.
What we need:
Warm coats, jackets
Pullover, sweatshirts, cardigans
Long-sleeve shirts and T-shirts
Long pants, leggings, and jeans
Scarves
Caps
Gloves
Socks (for school too), warm tights
Closed-toe shoes, sneakers, formal school shoes
Blankets
If your kids have outgrown their winter clothes, then you can take them to one of the donation drop-off points in Chiang Mai between October 15 – December 1, 2021.
Donation drop-off points:
Rimping - Meechok Plaza/Promenada/Nawarat Bridge/ Nim City/Mae Hia/Kad Farang /Maya
Chiang Mai International School (CMIS)
Unity Concord International School (UCIS)
Lanna International School (LIST) – Airport & North Hill
Chiang Mai University Demonstration School (Satit CMU)
Makro Hang Dong
Makro Superhighway
HomePro Hang Dong
HomePro Sansai @ Rimping
Because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we would like to place an increased emphasis on cleanliness of the donations this year. We would like to ask you to wash the clothes, if necessary, and pack them in plastic bags before dropping them off. Always wear a mask and use a hand sanitizer before and after drop-offs.
If you are returning to Chiang Mai from overseas, we would greatly appreciate it if you brought some winter clothes with you. Do not forget to ask your friends to donate, too. These winter items will make a massive difference to vulnerable people.
Please note that we are unable to do individual collections. If you wish to donate, you can do so at one of the many drop-off locations conveniently spread throughout the town. If you do not have your own transportation, we would like to recommend using a ride-hail service like Grab or Bolt.
We hope that together with the generous help of yours and our volunteers, we will be able to help those in desperate need of warmth. For more information on this project, visit www.cmirotary.org/winter-clothing-school-supplies-app.
On September 5th, the patients, caregivers, and staff were able to enjoy a long overdue birthday party at the Burma Children Medical Fund B.K.Kee Patient House. Thanks to several Rotarians who purchased gifts, fellow Rotarian Nick, his partner Pink and Honorary member Elsie Choy, we were able to deliver food, presents and party favors. We stayed just long enough to deliver the supplies and sing a couple rounds of Happy Birthday to commemorate the occasion. Before leaving, we asked staff member Klao to send photos and he certainly captured the joyful spirit of the day. Enjoy the photos and again, thank you so much for all of those who volunteered to purchase gifts.
On November 5th we will have another party for several of the patients and caregivers who have October birthdays. In addition, we will bring some small prizes for Bingo game rewards on our next supply drop. Our other upcoming event is the annual Christmas Party. Please stay tuned for further information. We will announce a date and how members can participate in the very near future.
Nursing student intern David, supported by a CMIRC scholarship, continues to teach the residents and caregivers basic literacy skills each week and it is quite evident that his presence is making a positive impact. We have also received word that during September he has started providing some health education to the house residents which is very welcome news.
Currently, we are still not making regular visits to the house, only supply drops. A special shout out to Rotarian Raphael for joining us this past Sunday for our drop-off and for purchasing a large variety of soups for the patients and caregivers! As soon as the situation improves, and we are instructed that visits may resume, I’ll be sure to let members know.
In the meantime, if you’d like to assist in the Teddy Bear drive for patients at Mae Tao Clinic, CP Roger has located some bears at Central Festival Mall. Large bears were spotted at Moshi Moshi and smaller ones were seen at Miniso. Both stores are located on the 4th floor. You can read more about the Teddy Bear appeal in Nick’s story.
Have you looked at your calender today? I did and was shocked; we are in October 2021! Christmas and other religious festivals, New Year Eve are ahead of us. 31 October marks the closing of CMIRC's appeal for Teddies for patients. So please don’t dilly about, we have packing to do at B K Kee House. I have included a photo of patients with carrier bags they have painted. All the donated Teddies are individually packed into these special bags at B.K.Kee Patient House. This gives them such excitement and joy a wonderful opportunity to show off their artistic skills.
Below is the Facebook link to our packing back in February which seems like yesterday.
Please bear in mind, from a safety aspect, these are predominately going to children. In sending to CMIRC for customs valuation it’s a gift or of nominal value.
Our postal address:
CMIRC P.O. Box 76, Phrasingh Post Office,
Chiang Mai, 50200 Thailand
If you would like to donate money please use the following bank details:
Bank Transfer to Bangkok Bank Name of account: Mrs. Nancy Long Lindley and Mr. John Keatley Schorr Account Number: 531-090222-5
Your kindness can make such a difference to a lonely child or even an adult having medical care far away from their loved ones.
Here is a video of B.K.Kee House patients and caregivers packing Teddy Trekkers for shipment to patients in Mae Sot:
Sadly, the North Gate Jazz Coop will not continue to be a food distribution point any longer due to cost. However, Nicha and I met with the Human Rights and Development Foundation (HRDF) to discuss helping out-of-work residents in migrant camps which were some of the groups the North Gate Jazz Coop were assisting. We have contributed to camps in Hang Dong and Chiang Dao in Chiang Mai province.
CMIRC has been purchasing goods to assemble food bags for donation. We have a shopping list of rice, noodles, oil, canned fish, fish oil, milk and sanitary napkins. We are coordinating with HRDF to deliver the assembled bags for distribution to the migrant camps. During the month of September we donated 200 bags of food and supplies valued at 43,326 THB.
We were also able secure 7,000 THB in additional government funds by spending a total of 60,000 thb at Makro during September. Some of those items have been held back for inclusion in our October food bags. CMIRC has allocated 20,000 baht/month (100 food/supply bags) from the club's general fund for the Food Initiative, and individual donations from club members and friends have permitted us to make additional donations as we did in September and to take advantage of the nice 7,000 THB contribution from the government. Thank you all who have contributed! Sadly, the need continues.
Unfortunately, due to the continued resurgence of Covid-19 in Thailand, we will have to delay our screenings until schools reopen and a sufficient number of our CMIRC volunteer screeners have been vaccinated. We look forward to screening all 3rd and 5th graders at the eleven municipal schools and the Wat Suan Dok School this fall (we hope in November), in partnership with Optician Khun One at Chom Jun Optic, the Rotary Club of Chiang Mai Wattana, and, if pediatric ophthalmological surgery is needed, the Rotary Club of Chiang Mai North.
We are tentatively planning school vision screening volunteer training for the first week of November. We are certain that the schools will only allow fully vaccinated volunteers to screen children in the schools. So, if you are interested, have time to volunteer for 3 to 4 hours during 1 or 2 school days/week, and you will be fully vaccinated by November 1, please contact Project Champion John Schorr at johnkschorr@gmail.com. Members of CMIRC have priority, but in the past, we have also used Rotarians from other clubs, Rotaractors, and friends of Rotary. We would like all 2021-2022 volunteers to come to the training session, even those who volunteered last year.
Once again, we’d like to take this opportunity to recognize the generous support of our partners, sponsors and donors, so here is a list of these generous organizations, beginning with the Rotary Club of Spokane 21 whose donation of $2,500 this year will fund about 80% of our program !! THANK YOU ROTARY CLUB of SPOKANE 21!!!
The total program budget for next year is estimated at about $3,000 US dollars, so we are still about $500 dollars short. If you wish to learn how you can help, please contact Project Champion John Schorr at johnkschorr@gmail.com or tel.: 66 (0)8 5030 2143, US Skype # 386 490-8100
Unfortunately, due to the continued resurgence of Covid-19 in Thailand, municipal schools were closed for the month of September, and it looks like they will be closed to in-class learning in the month of October as well. Since our Children’s Water Safety and Drowning Prevention Program is school based in Chiang Mai and in Phrao, we have had to suspend our programs until schools reopen. We look forward to being back in our swimming pools with the 4th-graders hopefully in November. Our teachers and our pools are ready to go, so we are optimistic we can still complete the program for all of our 4th-graders in Chiang Mai, Phrao, and the Banya Migrant Learning Centre during the 2021-2022 school year!
For those who want to hear first-hand how to start and maintain a children’s water safety and drowning prevention program, join me when I give a Zoom presentation on Tuesday, October 26th at around 7pm at the Rotary Club Royal Hua Hin (RCRHH) weekly meeting entitled:
“Drowning is the Leading Cause of Child Deaths in Thailand: What Can Rotary Clubs Do?”
Description: The Chiang Mai International Rotary Club’s Children’s Water Safety and Drowning Prevention Program has taught water safety and survival swimming to thousands of 4th-graders in Chiang Mai, Phrao, and the Banya Migrant Learning Centre in Phuket over the last six years. We have also partnered with the Rotary Club of Patong Beach to expand the program in Phuket. This talk will describe how other Rotary Clubs and NGO’s can join this effort to save children’s lives. Let me know if you are interested ( johnkschorr@gmail.com ) and I will send the Zoom sign-on information as soon as I receive it from the RCRHH. Our friends at RCRHH have said all are welcome.
We’d like to take this opportunity to recognize the generous support of our partners, sponsors and donors, so here is a list of these generous organizations!! This year we want to especially thank them for their patience as we have faced so many delays.
CMIRC Children’s Water Safety and Drowning Prevention Team and Sponsors:
Note: This information is taken from an update, with some editorial changes, dated September 27, 2021, on the website of Mae Tao Clinic:https://maetaoclinic.org/mae-tao-clinic-covid-19-situation-update-9-september-27th-2021/Support of Mao Tao Clinic, (MTC) in Mae Sot, Tak Province next to the border with Myanmar/Burma, was one of the first projects of Chiang Mai International Rotary Club (CMIRC). This Community-based Organization serves a population of approximately 200,000 people who shelter along both sides of the border, providing primary health care and other social services to this marginalized population.
Both Thailand and Burma are currently experiencing severe epidemics of COVID-19, driven especially by new variants including the highly transmissible delta variant. Tak Province of Thailand, bordering Burma, is currently seeing relatively high numbers of cases daily. The current wave of COVID-19 in Mae Sot began in late June.
In order to quickly respond to the crisis, on June 28th, the Mae Tao Clinic became an official field hospital for the Mae Sot public health system, providing care infected individuals deemed low risk for developing complications or severe disease. Fortunately, the number of Covid-19 patients under their care has steadily declined in the past month. While MTC staff members are responsible for providing daily care, they work in partnership with medical staff of the Mae Sot Hospital and other Thai public health entities, closely monitoring patients for evidence of clinical deterioration and facilitating timely referrals if necessary. Since the beginning of the current wave in Mae Sot, the Mae Tao Clinic has served approximately 660 patients with COVID-19 who were referred from Mae Sot Hospital, are staff from MTC and partner organizations or are residents of the surrounding communities.
Amazingly, despite the increased strain on the staff at MTC, they realized the need for non-COVID-19 related services for their client population, particularly for maternal and child health services. In August MTC resumed care for expectant migrant women, many of whom would otherwise face multiple challenges in accessing essential maternal and child healthcare. In addition, in order that interruptions to essential child preventive health care be minimized, immunizations for women and children were resumed in August. This is an important development since children born at MTC receive a Thai birth certificate, entitling them to education and health care in Thailand, important rights that would otherwise be denied to stateless people.
In September, MTC resumed adult outpatient services and was designated as a Covid-19 vaccination site for the migrant community.
The document goes on to list the types of items needed for those who wish to donate goods, bank accounts, and who to contact for additional information.
To provide perspective, in general, in Thailand once someone tests positive for Covid, even if they do not have symptoms, they are required to quarantine in a "field hospital" set up to manage patients who have low to medium symptoms. This is to prevent them from returning to their homes, usually crowded multi-generational households where they can infect the elderly. This explains why the "household contact" category had such a high infection rate; presumably it has a high proportion of older people.
However, the Thai government does not routinely provide much support such as food, toiletries, bedding, etc to field hospitals, especially those serving minorities, migrants and aliens. Thus Mae Tao Clinic very much needs assistance at this time.
Recently, the Board of CMIRC voted to contribute 50,000 baht from the General Fund of the club to MTC and CMIRC members and friends have contributed 75,000. Thus, 125,000 baht has already been sent to MTC.
At this time CMIRC is closing its Mae Tao Clinic Covid-19 Fundraising Appeal, but supporters are welcome to contribute directly to MTC. Details on how to contribute, either within Thailand or from abroad, are found on MTC's website: https://maetaoclinic.org/how-to-help/donate/
How would you summarize the effects of COVID-19 (coronavirus) on poverty?
We (World Bank) estimate that between 88 million and 115 million additional people will be pushed into extreme poverty in 2020, bringing the total to between 703 and 729 million living on less than $1.90 a day. The extreme poverty rate will be 9.1 to 9.4 percent, taking us back three years to 2017 levels. An additional increase of between 23 million and 35 million in 2021 could bring the total number of new poor to between 110 million and 150 million.
How can anyone, anywhere live on $1.90 a day? Why set the bar so low?
Also known as the extreme poverty line, the $1.90-a-day line is based on national poverty lines in fifteen of the world’s poorest countries, reflecting the resources required to meet a person’s minimum nutritional, clothing, and shelter needs in those countries. The World Bank Group and the international community adhere to it to keep the most urgent focus on helping the world’s poorest citizens and to maintain a stable measure of global progress across countries.
While it is important to have a common extreme poverty measurement that can be compared internationally, there are other benchmarks. Countries have their own national poverty lines that consider the context and preferences of each society, and we work with countries to build their capacity to measure poverty accurately and consistently.
The World Bank Group tracks several other poverty lines, including $3.20 a day – corresponding to conditions in lower-middle-income countries – and $5.50 a day for upper-middle-income countries. We have also introduced a Multidimensional Poverty Measure, which includes access to education and basic utilities; and a Societal Poverty Line, based on the typical level of consumption or income in each country, which increases in value as a country grows richer.
Tracking multiple poverty lines shows us that even as progress has been made in reducing extreme poverty, hundreds of millions of people continue to live in challenging circumstances and remain vulnerable to falling back into abject conditions. This is a human tragedy that COVID-19 is making worse. Extreme poverty is a global challenge we would like the International Poverty Line to continue to draw attention to, even as we acknowledge the significant progress in recent decades in reducing the number of people living below this line.
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CMIRC members were not able to have their regular every other Sunday morning visits to the patients and their families at Burma Children Medical Fund B.K. Kee Patient House here in Chiang Mai where members socialize, play games, bring food and engage in craft projects with the patients and their families during August because the Patient House was closed to visitors during the upsurge in Covid-19 cases in Chiang Mai.
The first and third Fridays of the month Chiang Mai Expats Club breakfasts, where we promote CMIRC and swap "Change for Children" owl banks, were cancelled due for May to the upsurge in the Covid-19 cases in Chiang Mai. A special birthday celebration delivery was dropped off consisting of birthday presents, food and birthday cake for those having birthdays.
The first and third Fridays of the month Chiang Mai Expats Club breakfasts, where we promote CMIRC and swap "Change for Children" owl banks, were cancelled due to the Covid-19 cases in Chiang Mai.
Tuesday, September 7 a regular club meeting of the month was held on ZOOM. The program was presented to be scheduled to be presented by by Bridgitte Agocs, Programs Associate of the Burma Children Medical Fund (BCMF) but due to scheduling miscommunication was delayed to our 9@9 meeting.
Thursday, September 9, at 9 PM we had our 9@9 ZOOM meeting to stay in touch with our club members wherever they may be in the world.
Tuesday, September 21, a regular club meeting was held on ZOOM. The program was presented by presented by AG Dr. Saran Chantalay on "Situation and Access to Education of Thai Children".
Tuesday, September 28, the CMIRC Board Meeting on ZOOM.
The needed protection measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have caused the cancellation of many events. Others are being conducted online and others have been postponed. Below is a list of events and their status, as we currently understand them. Please remember the situation is extremely fluid and things change daily. Some of our scheduled speakers may be willing to participate in online meetings. The latest news for CMIRC events is at: https://cmirotary.org/events/calendar
Here are just a few of the important dates for members of Chiang Mai International Rotary Club (CMIRC). These are opportunities to meet some of us and to meet other Rotarians from around the world!
Every other Sunday visits by club members to Burma Children Medical Fund's (BCMF) B. K. Kee Patient House to socialize, play games, do crafts with the patients and their families has been put on hold due to Covid-19 restrictions. Interested for the future? Contact Rotarian Bill Pierce.
5 October 2021 Colin Jarvis's Birthday
5 October 2021 CMIRC Club Meeting Meeting, 7 pm., with social time at 6:30 pm via ZOOM. Dr. Nongyao Nawarat (right) & Aj. Wanida Lertvorapreecha "Need to Bridge Digital Divide, Reduce Online Educational Inequality in Chiang Mai Municipal Schools"Access to the meeting is meeting ID and password controlled. If interested in attending this meeting please contact secretary@cmirotary.org.
7 October 2021 Nick Dales's Birthday
9 October 2021 CMIRC "9 at 9" 9 pm Thai time. A ZOOM social meeting for members in and out of Thailand. Contact president@cmirotary.org
19 October 2021 CMIRC Club Meeting Meeting, 7 pm., with social time at 6:30 pm via ZOOM. Guest Speaker is: ADG Jason Lim (left) on "Addressing the impact of poverty on Thai children: Rotary economic & community development projects". Access to the meeting is meeting ID and password controlled. If interested in attending this meeting please contact secretary@cmirotary.org.
26 October 2021 7 pm John Schorr speaking via Zoom at Rotary Club of Royal Hua Hin on "Drowning is the Leading Cause of Child Deaths in Thailand: What Can Rotary Clubs Do?” contact johnkschorr@gmail.com if you'd like to join that evening.
4 – 8 June 2022 - Rotary International Convention, Houston, Texas, USA
Rotary is not free; we give our hearts, we give our time and to some extent we give our money. Most of our heart, most of our time and most of our money goes to support our children’s projects. Yet we have operational expenses, for example, our website with its powerful tools such as this bulletin. We ask that you consider our sponsors for your needs.
The Lila Thai Massage Ex-Inmate Employment and Skill Development Center was established in 2014 by "Naowarat Thanasrisutharat" to help and support women being released from prison. The ladies receive a massage training course from certified massage instructors (ex-inmates who work for Lila Thai Massage); these programs are endorsed by and meet the requirements of the Chiang Mai Public Health Department. This project reduces the women conviction rates in Chiang Mai and helps to solve the societal problems that perpetuate the situation, bringing about our long-cherished dream for a better community. The quality of massage at Lila Thai Massage is consistently superb.
Royal Peninsula Hotel is an excellent international standard hotel located in the heart of Chiang Mai. They have 150 guest rooms with all amenities including free wi-fi. There is ample onsite, covered parking. The outdoor swimming pool and Jacuzzi are available to guests. There is both an indoor restaurant, featuring Thai cuisine and outdoor beer garden next to the swimming pool. The Royal Peninsula Hotel has two conference and banquet rooms, well decorated, with good acoustics. The staff at Royal Peninsula are very accommodating. The Chiang Mai International Rotary Club meets at the Royal Peninsula at 7:00 PM on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month, with many members and guests gathering about an hour before the meeting in the hotel's restaurant for fellowship and an optional meal, ordering from the restaurant's menu of reasonably-priced Thai food.
Our sponsors donate money that supports our operational expenses, freeing funds for the projects we love. Please give them your support.
The return to a "new normalcy" may be in sight. More and more vaccines are coming into Thailand, finally, and the professionals of their robust public health network can finally do their jobs after the politicians have gotten out of the way of vaccine procurement and manufacture. All the public health network needed were vaccine supplies and it didn't take them long to swing into full gear. All of our club members who have wanted to receive Covid-19 vaccines have been vaccinated and most have returned to Thailand.
How can we make the 
Sergeant-at-Arms Bill Pierce and others continued making supply drops at the 
Here we go again! The Chiang Mai International Rotary Club is launching its 2021 Children’s Winter Clothing Appeal. We collect warm winter clothes, shoes and blankets, and donate them to indigenous and migrant children and families living in the hills of Northern Thailand.
On September 5th, the patients, caregivers, and staff were able to enjoy a long overdue birthday party at the 
CMIRC has been purchasing goods to assemble food bags for donation. We have a shopping list of rice, noodles, oil, canned fish, fish oil, milk and sanitary napkins. We are coordinating with HRDF to deliver the assembled bags for distribution to the migrant camps. During the month of September we donated 200 bags of food and supplies valued at 43,326 THB.
Both Thailand and Burma are currently experiencing severe epidemics of COVID-19, driven especially by new variants including the highly transmissible delta variant. Tak Province of Thailand, bordering Burma, is currently seeing relatively high numbers of cases daily. The current wave of COVID-19 in Mae Sot began in late June.
How would you summarize the effects of COVID-19 (coronavirus) on poverty?
Tuesday, September 7 a regular club meeting of the month was held on ZOOM. The program was presented to be scheduled to be presented by by Bridgitte Agocs, Programs Associate of the
5 October 2021 CMIRC Club Meeting Meeting, 7 pm., with social time at 6:30 pm via ZOOM. Dr. Nongyao Nawarat (right) & Aj. Wanida Lertvorapreecha "Need to Bridge Digital Divide, Reduce Online Educational Inequality in Chiang Mai Municipal Schools" Access to the meeting is meeting ID and password controlled. If interested in attending this meeting please contact 
19 October 2021 CMIRC Club Meeting Meeting, 7 pm., with social time at 6:30 pm via ZOOM. Guest Speaker is: ADG Jason Lim (left) on "Addressing the impact of poverty on Thai children: Rotary economic & community development projects". 
