Openmind Training Center
A physical learning hub for young people in the community, flexible enough to host programmes shaped by local needs and opportunities. This is where collaboration starts and where learners keep coming back.
Opening doors through education
20+ years in 3 countries teaching, mentoring, and building skills with 37,000+ youth across Southeast Asia.
Our Mission:
Our aim is to help close the digital and educational divide for disadvantaged youth in rural Southeast Asia. We envision a future of equal opportunity, where every young person, no matter their background, has the hope and confidence to realise their dreams.
Award and Recognition:
Our Story
OpenmindProjects is a nonprofit charity founded in Thailand in 2002. We started with IT learning for the underprivileged in 2001 and have since expanded to help disadvantaged people throughout Southeast Asia. We are supported by a local and global network of staff, trainees, volunteers, friends, and alumni. Our focus is on helping poor children through schools, camps, and a Training Center. The Covid pandemic disrupted our work, leading us to launch online training programs. We are now working to restart our pre-Covid projects and welcome volunteers. As a nonprofit charity, we rely on donations to continue our mission.
How volunteers support our mission
How We Create Opportunity
One home base. Immersive camps. Field work with schools and communities. Continued learning on OpenSkills. Four ways we open doors for young people across Southeast Asia.
At our center Learning, collaboration and growth under one roof
In communities Experiential learning where young people already are
Active Learning Camps
Immersive experiences where young people strengthen life skills, creativity, teamwork and thinking through real-world challenges, delivered in the communities themselves.
In communities & schools Local partnerships that scale opportunity
Field Projects
Community-based initiatives that expand access to education, digital skills and opportunity, working alongside schools and local partners so impact can grow beyond a single programme.
Anywhere, anytime Shared learning that continues beyond the programme
OpenSkills
After the Training Center, Active Learning Camps or Field Projects, learning continues on OpenSkills — our shared learning platform for continued self-growth, keeping participants connected to mentors, peers and practical tools so one opportunity can grow into many more.
Explore OpenSkillsApply
Four simple steps from interest to impact. Watch how previous volunteers got started, then apply to join the next cohort.
- 1 Choose your program: onsite, online, or internship
- 2 Tell us about your skills and interests
- 3 We match you with the right project
- 4 Start making an impact
Francesco Palmieri Lupia: Teaching & Solar Energy
Get Inspired
Hear directly from volunteers, alumni, and the communities we serve.
Francesco Palmieri Lupia: Teaching & Solar Energy
IT Volunteer: Teach Coding
A True Story: Alumni James
Day 2 of the Active Learning Camp
Couple Volunteer Abroad: Chris & Jacqueline
Laura Colantonio: Crafting Stories
Ready to make an impact?
Since 2001, OpenmindProjects has delivered 200+ Active Learning Camps and supported 6,000+ young learners across Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Nepal.
Volunteer at our Training Center, lead a camp in a rural community, or help fund field projects that keep education going year-round.
