Getting to know the founder and managing director

Teacher Fa, Ms. Suwannee Asawaharuetai, is a therapist and founder of the Friends Community Camphill Initiative Thailand.

Early in her career, Suwannee was an executive at a financial institution.

She worked in training and capacity building for personnel within the organization. When she had a youngest son with special needs, she became interested in and seriously studied the development of the mind through the anthroposophical approach, both in education and medicine. Suwannee worked with parents and caregivers of children with special needs and adults, designing learning curricula that addressed both caregiver development and established the Friends Community Camphill Initiative. The 6 Steps Life Learning class is another curriculum designed for working with caregivers and the general public, integrating knowledge from anthroposophy and other psychological disciplines she has studied.

About her Son, and our managing director, Mr. Korakot

Teacher Son, Mr. Korakot Teerasawad, an anthroposophical movement practitioner and classroom manager of FRIENDs Community

Korakot's journey began during university when

he experienced internal conflict over what he really want in life. He

spent several years of self-discovery until he discovered anthroposophies, a path that offers a picture of an ideal humanity - whom he wanted to be – a valuable, meaningful human being with potential and a balance that wasn't too extreme. Through his work with anthroposophies, he encountered movement as a tool. He studied and practiced this tool until he understood how this would work with the soul and body which help balancing his own inner world and that of others. Currently, in addition to being a classroom manager for the community, Korakot teaches a movement called Soul Movement in the 6 Steps Life Learning class and other classes within the community, as well as offering classes on movement based on anthroposophies to for those who appreciate their self-improvement.