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Developing tomorrow's innovators

Developing tomorrow's innovators

Dow Thailand Group prioritizes child and youth development to guide them in becoming talented
innovators in the future. Dow's programs support fundamentals such as hygiene, brain development,
and education of English language and Science.

Dow English experience program
Dow Thailand Group recognizes the
importance of using English to broaden global
knowledge for young people, enabling careers and
providing the foundation necessary for accessing
knowledge in various sciences for Thai youth. In
2020, Dow organized an online English training
program to prepare students from Map Ta Phut
Technical College in Rayong province for the English
Proficiency Test (TOEIC), to prepare for applying for a
job in the future. The online classroom also extended
to teachers in charge of English courses. 15 teachers
and 58 students participated.

DOW-EF Development for Successful development centers, kindergartens, hospitals and
Youth & Rayong Happiness sub-district health promoting hospitals—a total of
This project aimed at promoting good living 300 locations.
skills for children in the local communities through ● Providing training for change agents and EF
the development of brain functions that enable facilitator teams; increasing the numbers of change
people to regulate their emotions, think critically agents to more than 900 and EF facilitators to more
and make the right decisions. This affects thinking than 40.
habits, learning, problem solving, and working well ● Developing activities promoting EF in the
with others. The brain function for successful living communities by organizing EF activities for more
or Executive Functions (EF) controls human's IQ and than 10,000 children and parents.
EQ. A child's brain can develop EF most effectively ● Producing 200 episodes of
from zero to six years of age. Dow-EF activities in an online documentary published
2020 included: on YouTube to promote EF-based
● Establishing the EF Learning Center in child development for parents, and
Scan to watch Dow-EF
Rayong Province, which is the country's first fully for people to learn at no cost. documentary
integrated EF learning center.
● Developing materials and tools such as fairy
tales and game boxes to enhance EF.
● Enhancing the working mechanism
and network. There were 2 board meetings, 4
subcommittee meetings, and extension of EF
knowledge to departments such as child

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