ROTARY CLUB OF BANGKOK
Klong Lad Krabang School
Monday 2 November 2026 · Needs assessment visit
From concert hall to classroom
Seeing where the music money goes
On Monday 2 November, our President, Dr Jean-Pierre Verbiest, led a team of Rotarians and Rotaractors to Klong Lad Krabang School to see first-hand where the money raised at Moonlight & Melodies will go. Thanks to the concert and our partners, around 566,000 THB is now in place, passing our 500,000 THB target, and the work is about to begin.
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~200
students
7
Rotarians on site
3
priority projects
566k
THB raised
What we found
The school is run by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration and teaches around 200 students. It has seen no substantial investment in recent years, and the recent flooding across Bangkok and much of Thailand hit it hard.
Walking the buildings with the teachers, the team saw the problems first-hand. The student bathrooms lack basic hygiene and privacy. There is no working room for first aid. And floodwater destroyed the electrical wiring in the computer room, the school's only IT facility, leaving all 12 workstations unusable.
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Our three priorities
Following the visit, our Community Service Committee has agreed three projects.
1. Renovate the students' toilets
Clean, private bathrooms with the basic hygiene every child should expect.
2. Re-install the medical room
A proper space where teachers can give first aid.
3. Rewire the computer room
Repairing the flood-damaged electrics to bring the school's only IT room back into use.
Quotations are being collected from several contractors, and work will start as soon as possible. We will share progress as the renovations take shape.
Where the money came from
Moonlight & Melodies, our charity concert with the Bangkok Charity Orchestra at Aksra Theatre on 4 October, was the heart of the fundraising. As of 7 November 2026, the total stands at around 566,000 THB.
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232,019 THB
Moonlight & Melodies concert with the Bangkok Charity Orchestra
108,000 THB
Rotary Club of Bangkok fundraiser
about 126,000 THB
Rotary Club of Palo Alto (USD 3,800)
100,000 THB
Bangkok Charity Orchestra
The Palo Alto gift is converted at an approximate rate, so the total is rounded.
Thank you
Thank you to everyone who came to the concert, bought a ticket or donated, and to Rotarian Khun Chulayuth Lochotinan and the Bangkok Charity Orchestra for both the music and their own 100,000 THB gift. A special thank you to our friends at the Rotary Club of Palo Alto for their support from across the Pacific.
Thank you also to the team who joined our President on the visit: Past Presidents Santi Chatterje, Maleeratna Plumchitchom, Mark Butters and Nico Reschke, Rotarians Tan Lochotinan and Koranid Poomviset, and our guest Khun Manatsada Phetprasert from Capco.
Still time to give
Donations stay open until 31 December 2026
Every donation goes to the renovation of Klong Lad Krabang School and its students.
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