In Thailand, the hot season and school summer holidays are traditionally from mid-March to mid-May.
This year’s hot season was one of the hottest every experienced throughout Thailand, including the southern region. Children from families with middle to high income families often have the chance to travel or attend tuition classes during the summer holiday, whereas children from low-income families often are left at home to their own devices as parents and families need to work.

SEEDS consultants run summer football camps for children and youth from such families, with the main aim to provide fun sport activities during the summer holidays. The one-month camp was made available for free due to our partnership with a local stadium owner who wanted to help the children and youth in his community. During the camp we were able to implement value-based coaching for the children and youth we worked with. Most of the children and youth that joined in the camp were from low-income families and although challenging at times, it was a privilege to invest in the lives of these kids during the camp. One highlight was how positively the children and parents responded to the camp as they continued to ask us “this was so fun, when will it run again?”