Bangkok Post
Walking beside the forgotten
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Years after her visits to remote villages, schools and rehabilitation projects, the memories left by Her Royal Highness Princess Bajrakitiyabha Narendiradebyavati continue to shape lives across Thailand.
Key facts
- Years after her visits to remote villages, schools and rehabilitation projects, the memories left by Her Royal Highness Princess Bajrakitiyabha Narendiradebyavati continue to shape lives across Thailand.
- Hundreds of kilometres from Bangkok in Kanchanaburi province, one teacher still recalls the day the princess chose to walk alongside villagers through rugged mountain terrain rather than take an easier route.
- When the princess first visited the area in 2019 through community development projects supported by the Phubodin Foundation, she immediately began asking questions.
- In 2019, during one of the princess's visits to the school, a two-year-old boy named Copter ran excitedly towards the royal helicopter
- Naen Laowakul, commander of Trat Provincial Prison, said the princess first visited the facility in 2010 and returned four times over the following decade.
- An exhibition hall, a learning centre and the Inspire by Princess coffee shop -- named by the princess during her most recent visit in 2019 -- continue to provide training for participants preparing to rejoin society.
Summary
Hundreds of kilometres from Bangkok in Kanchanaburi province, one teacher still recalls the day the princess chose to walk alongside villagers through rugged mountain terrain rather than take an easier route.
For nearly two decades, Praiwan Yapan, widely known as Khru Mod, has taught children at Ban Kong Mong Ta School in Sangkhla Buri district near the Myanmar border.