Community Learning Center

"I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service.
I acted and behold, service was joy."
-Rabindranath Tagore

Our Community Learning Center is located in the village of Wiakhadi, approximately 20 kilometers from San gklaburi, provides trainings, workshops, seminars and resources for villagers in our local area and to the larger international community and is also the main learning center for the children in our care of the Children's Home. Currently we have chosen to focus on four areas of living and learning:

Youth Empowerment
Holistic Learning
Sustainable Living
Art & Traditional Crafts
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YOUTH EMPOWERMENT 1. Service Learning trips for Karen, Karang and Mon children 2. International Cultural Immersion Programs 3. Walkabout Independent Learning Program 4. Weekend workshops & camps for local youth 5. Open space for local youth 6. Karen dance and singing	HOLISTIC LEARNING 1. Teacher Education Training 2. Training for Young Mothers 3. Alternative Education Film Festival 4. Conference & gatherings supporting alternative ed 5. Library & Mobile Library Project 6. Karen Museum & Cultural Learning Center
SUSTAINABLE LIVING 1. Living & Learning in Community (3 month internship) 2. Trainings in Sustainable Living Skills 3. Permaculture Certification Courses (PDC) 4. Earthen Building Trainings 5.Organic Agriculture 6. Appropriate Technology	ART & TRADITIONAL CRAFTS 1. Traditional weaving, spinning & natural dye 2. Flowers from Real Leaves 3. Documentary film making & Claymation 4.Illustration of children's books 5. Film & Photography for local hilltribe children

At Whispering Seed, we believe that people learn best by experiencing the world through all of their senses, whether it be by stomping in the mud making bricks, planting trees,splashing in the river, reading a book under a tree or contemplating the world in quiet meditation. Experiential learning is the basis of all of the activities that take place here at the farm. We encourage people to come relax, play and enjoy the world around them while together we learn about the environmental and humanitarian challenges and struggles facing local hilltribe groups and refugees from Burma, exploring new models for living together on the Earth.

Games with children from Moo Baan Dek, Children's Village School

We provide a safe space for local children in the village to come, learn, play, swim, laugh or simply be quiet and enjoy time alone.

Bird watching with Children Love Bird Club

Our Community Learning Center is a place for sharing, learning and teaching. We believe all of us are teachers and all of us are learners, no matter what our age.
The Center is a place for people to come together and share
their skills, talents and passions.
It is a safe place for local children to be free to be children and
explore the world around them.

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