2025 Year-End Achievements
Our Year of Progress
This year, Warm Heart strengthened education pathways, child wellbeing, and community resilience — while expanding climate-smart farming and safety programs in Thailand and across Africa.
Below are highlights from each core program, with measurable results and a look toward what comes next.
Below are highlights from each core program, with measurable results and a look toward what comes next.
Biochar & Climate-Smart Livelihoods
“With your support, over 4,000 farming families gained an affordable way to rebuild their soil, increase harvests, and turn waste into climate solutions.”
Expanding farmer training and micro-enterprise opportunities across East Africa and AsiaAs fertilizer prices continued to rise, as demand for affordable, regenerative soil solutions grew sharply. In response, Warm Heart expanded its farmer training and biochar initiatives across multiple regions.
Expanding farmer training and micro-enterprise opportunities across East Africa and AsiaAs fertilizer prices continued to rise, as demand for affordable, regenerative soil solutions grew sharply. In response, Warm Heart expanded its farmer training and biochar initiatives across multiple regions.
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- Aom, Michael, and the Warm Heart team served as trainers at the ECHO Asia Agriculture & Community Development Conference, sharing practical smallholder biochar methods with participants from across Asia and Africa.
- New villages were reached through partnerships with local organizations, including a strengthened collaboration with CADECOM Malawi, which now integrates Warm Heart trainers into its community outreach.
- CADECOM began building TLUD biochar stoves locally, increasing village-level capacity to produce biochar from multiple feedstocks.
- In Kenya, Malawi, and Thailand, experienced farmers explored value-added biochar applications — including compost, soil amendments, chicken bedding, and Black Soldier Fly integration — supporting the transition toward small-business development.
- Baseline and follow-up farmer surveys were prepared and piloted to improve data quality for future carbon and livelihood reporting.
Biochar knowledge and production spread through dozens of development organizations, with increasing alignment around monitoring, field trials, and farmer-led adoption.
Bottom line: Donor support helped thousands of rural families access a sustainable, low-cost way to improve soil health, increase yields, and create new income pathways — while contributing to long-term carbon removal.
Education & Children’s Home
“Because of you, children had a safe home, a strong education, and life-saving water skills — giving more than 1,000 students the confidence to learn and dream bigger.”
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A year of growth, academic progress, and joyful learning
Warm Heart’s Children’s Home continued to provide a stable, nurturing environment where children could learn, thrive, and plan for their futures. |
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- Students completed another successful school year, including mid-terms, year-end exams, and university exploration trips. Two seniors attended open house days at Chiang Mai University and other national universities.
- Evenings at the Children’s Home were filled with brain-building games, teamwork challenges, and social-skills activities, designed by staff to strengthen focus, confidence, and collaboration.
- Regular visits from the Book Worm Foundation's Rang Mai Library encouraged a love of reading through weekly book selections and structured literacy games.
- We welcomed special groups — including visiting Japanese high school students — who joined children in weekend activities.
- After-school teachers and a volunteer engineering student from France provided homework support six days a week, strengthening progress in Thai, math, and science.
- Our high school graduates continued advancing into university programs and nursing placements, opening long-term opportunities for themselves and their communities.
Children’s Water Safety & Drowning Prevention
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Through our continued partnership with the Chiang Mai International Rotary Club (CMIRC), Warm Heart expanded its life-saving water safety program.
300 fourth-grade students from 15 schools in Phrao were trained in swimming and water safety this year, bringing the total number of children reached to over 1,000. |
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- We welcomed Eve Fraser, Director of Oz Swim Aquatics and founder of The Global Aquatic Project (Australia). Three years ago, Eve trained three of our now-regular instructors; this year, she returned to train six new teachers toward international certification and provide advanced professional development for the three certified instructors.
- Training included modules on working with neurodiverse children, making the program more inclusive for students often excluded from physical activities such as swimming.
Bottom line: Donor support ensured a stable, enriching home environment where children could learn, grow, and dream of brighter futures — while gaining life-saving skills that protect them beyond the classroom.
Project Access: Elderly & Disabled
“Your generosity reached elders where it matters most — delivering care, safety, and dignity through home visits and emergency preparedness in remote communities.”
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Strengthening community resilience and support for vulnerable elders
Warm Heart’s Access to Care program continued to focus on dignity, safety, and connection for elderly and disabled community members in remote hill-tribe areas. |
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- Soda, together with volunteers, children, and staff, completed nearly 1000 home visits, delivering food, hygiene supplies, and companionship — often the only regular contact for isolated elders.
- In June, visiting GPSA volunteers helped organize a Fall Prevention Health Fair in the Maepang sub-district. Approximately 80 participants, including elders, caregivers, and village health volunteers, took part in chair exercises, resistance-band training, and safe techniques for assisting someone after a fall.
- The reading-glasses station remained a highlight, with nearly our entire supply distributed. We have since partnered with a supplier offering discounted pricing for our next 100 pairs, expanding future access.
- Warm Heart’s emergency response team conducted village assessments and coordinated with sub-district officials in three remote mountain areas. Although extended rains delayed implementation, plans are now finalized to train 50 community members in first aid, evacuation, and disaster preparedness — improving safety for more than 500 residents.
- Warm Heart partnered with McCormick Hospital to prepare CPR training tools and guidance.
- Joint home visits with Long Khot Sub-District officials helped ensure ongoing safety checks and care for elderly and disabled residents.
- Partner support — including The Brothers Trust — enabled legal aid for stateless and refugee students at the Children’s Home and brought us halfway toward replacing our essential 4×4 truck, critical for reaching remote villages.
Bottom line: Donors helped expand emergency readiness, caregiver support, and access to essential health services for some of the most vulnerable elders and people with disabilities in the communities we serve.
Looking Ahead
In the coming year, Warm Heart will:
Your continued partnership makes this work possible.
- Expand farmer-led biochar enterprises and strengthen monitoring for carbon and income outcomes
- Continue to build a safety net for the growing elderly population
- Deepen academic and vocational pathways for all our students
- Complete emergency preparedness trainings in remote mountain communities
- Replace our aging 4x4 truck to ensure reliable access to hard-to-reach villages
Your continued partnership makes this work possible.
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