Since 2002 ACF places significant emphasis on early childhood education, understanding the critical role it plays in a child’s development. Children from single parent and low-income families, or who are cared for by grandparents, migrant families and families with drug and alcohol issues, benefit from the free care and education provided at the Cornerstone Learning Center.

Since 2007 ACF has managed a boarding house which provides children with a safe home environment. Children are cared for by a Thai house parent couple who ensure their daily program includes going to school, having access to healthy food, and provides emotional support, guidance and structure which is lacking in the children’s own family situations.

The majority of the children need urgent dental care when they arrive at CLC. ACF ensures that all children attending Cornerstone Learning Center have a dental check-up every 6 months by collaborating with the Patong Hospital Dental Department.

A mentorship program with a focus on leadership and skills development. The majority of the children attending our activities do not have a well-structured family life. Neither do they have access to, or are they encouraged and supported in trying out new opportunities to develop new skills or to build and increase their confidence in their own abilities.

A boarding house managed by a Thai house parent couple who provides a safe family environment, emotional support, guidance and structure which is lacking in the children’s own family situation. Pre-, primary and high school children live together in the Safe House.

Children from disadvantaged families have many different needs which can not be addressed in the local Thai school system. ACF wants to address these needs from our own primary school from where we will teach children in English, have smaller numbers of students in classrooms and be able to provide more personal attention by following the ‘School of Tomorrow’ (ACE) primary school curriculum.

Since 2002 ACF places significant emphasis on early childhood education, understanding the critical role it plays in a child’s development. Children from single parent and low-income families, or who are cared for by grandparents, migrant families and families with drug and alcohol issues, benefit from the free care and education provided at the Cornerstone Learning Center.

The Scholarship Program started in response to the Tsunami of 2004. ACF responded to the needs of families affected by the catastrophe by sponsoring children with uniforms, books and everything else they needed to go back to a normal school routine. The Scholarship program has supported more than 700 children with long and short term scholarships during the past 20 years.