Smiles on Wings seeks to promote local self-reliance over the long term, empowering those youth who dream of becoming healthcare providers and educators to gain access to the higher education that enables and insures long-term continuation of healthcare and education in their towns.
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Smiles on Wings funds three scholarship programs:
-New Beginnings Scholarship
-Dream Scholarship
-Helping Hands Scholarship

New Beginnings Scholarship

Through a generous grant from Dining for Women, the New Beginnings Scholarship provides funds for five young Karen tribal women from impoverished villages in northern Thailand to attend four or five-year university programs to attain Bachelor’s degrees in healthcare and education.

New Beginnings Scholars

Sriprai Sakhulnaulsri

 School:  Phayao University
Major: Education & Chemistry
​Hometown: Maehao

Sangthong Sodsaichampa

School: Chulalongkorn Rajawitayalai University, Chiangmai
Major: Education & History
​Hometown: Sob Moei​

Muthita Srempraiwan

School: Lampang Rajabhat University
Major: Education & English
​Hometown: Maegongpae

Chuleeporn Srisopawiman

School: Chulalongkorn Rajawitayalai University, Chiangmai
Major: Education & Social Studies
​Hometown: Sob Moei

Dream Scholarship

Funded by Smiles on Wings' scholarship fund, the Dream Scholarship promotes women's empowerment by providing full scholarships for young women to attend college in addition to leadership development and mentoring.

Dream Scholars

Pacharaporn Chaiyasoot

 School:  Chiang Mai Rajabhat University, Maehongsorn
Major: Community Health
​Hometown: Maegongpae

Amporn Promchaisri

School: Chiang Mai Rajabhat University
Major: Early Childhood Education
​Hometown: Khonpaung​

Cholada Samajitamporn

School: Northern University
Major: Early Childhood Education
​Hometown: Maelid

Kornkamol Tharawanapituk

School: Chiang Mai Rajabhat University, Maehongsorn
Major: Community Health
​Hometown: Sirimongkol

Helping Hands Scholarship

The Helping Hands Scholarship currently supports young children in grade school in Maesariang. These children will be supported from elementary school through high school. This scholarship helps to sow the seeds of education in young children to improve their educational success an the future. It is even possible that these youth will become out next generation of college scholars. 

Our Graduates

Congratulations to each of our graduates. It is inspiring what each of these young women have accomplished and continue to do in their communities.

Renu
Dream Scholar

In January 2012, Renu graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Community Health. She has returned to the village and is now serving as a Community Health Officer in the Karen Tribal village of Sob Moei where she grew up, providing mid-level healthcare for her village.

Sumalee
​Dream Scholar

Sumalee, who is from the Maelid village in the Maesariang District, graduated in 2014 and is now working as a Nurse Practitioner at a hospital in Kuhn Yuam.​

​Savitri
Dream Scholar

Savitri graduated in 2011 with an Associate's degree in Early Childhood Education.  She is currently teaching kindergarten in her hometown of Sob Moei and pursuing a Bachelor's degree.

Chalita
​Dream Scholar

Chalita, who is from Sob Moei village, graduated in 2016 with a Bachelor's degree in Community Health. She is now serving as a Community Health Officer at a local hospital in Mae Hong Son. She also works with Smiles on Wings as a mentor to our current scholarship recipients.​

​Janjira Thoednaphai
​New Beginnings Scholar

In March 2018, Janjira graduated with her Bachelor's degree in Community Health from Chiangmai Rajapat University, Maehongsorn. Janjira's hometown is Maesariang in Mae Hong Son province. Janjira has returned to her community and now works as a health officer in Mae Hong Son province.