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Foreward
It has been a huge privilege to host the Round Square
International Conference 2010. It is something that we have
dreamed of for many years. We truly believed that there would
be a meeting of minds with enormous potential to benefit
delegates, hosts and the wider community.
Whilst our staff and parents have contributed greatly in
the preparations, the conference was led by students and
our community partners. These are the two groups with
the greatest vision for the Service Pillar of our IDEALS.
Our Student Steering committee has been active for
nearly two years in the conference planning. It is they
who chose the theme “We Walk Together”, and they that
felt strongly that the conference should have a lasting and
positive legacy for both delegates and our community
partners. They looked forward to introducing our visitors
to some of the many role models
in our community, people and
organizations who serve others
with no thought of personal
gain. In turn, our community
was hugely excited to welcome
our Round Square friends from
around the world.

This was the first international conference to be held
in Thailand, a country famed for the friendliness and
hospitality of its people, delicious food, rich culture
and beautiful landscapes. We hoped that our delegates
would each bring something special, bond with our
local community and leave a legacy of friendship and
empowerment.
I would like to make particular thanks to Paul Crouch
for the vision and energy he has brought as Conference
Director. Many of the community partnerships we benefit
from here and during the pre-conference projects are the
result of a decade of developing service learning and the
inspiration he has derived from Round Square.
At the conclusion of the conference, all at the Regent’s
School felt a sense of sadness that this once in a lifetime
experience had come to an end. We had to say good
bye to so many friends from around the Round Square
world, some of whom we may not see again. However our
community partners we will see again, it is in them that we
see the real legacy of the conference, the determination
to keep exploring our own limits, learn from each other
and try in our own small way to make the world the better
place. The same is true for our students, over 200 of
whom were involved in hosting the conference. They have
all grown in outlook, maturity and leadership, and have
left us in awe of the capability and power of young people.
We therefore realize that for us the conference will never
be over. It has become a foundation, indeed a spring board
for the IDEALS to flourish in our school and community.
The conference is not the end, it is a beginning.
Mike Walton
Principal

To work with the poor is we walk side by side… we are one… we are a partnership… we have
a promise to keep. If we can walk together hand in hand then I am not leading you or I am not
behind going after you… we’re walking hand in hand. We can separate and go our own ways
too… but the real thing is that we are equal.
Father Joe Maier
Apply the following test: recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man (or woman) whom
you may have seen, and ask yourself if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to
him. Will he gain anything by it? Will it restore him to a control over his own life and destiny?
Mahatma Gandhi
Are you part of the problem or part of the solution?

Conference Theme
We dream together We learn together We smile together We succeed together We fight together We believe
together We grow together We live sustainably together We love together We change together We explore together
We inspire together We are together We cry together We fall together We give hope together We improve
together We shine together We survive together We thrive together We breathe together We care together We
dance together We
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help together We start together listen together progress together justify together share together
We stay together talk together understand together build together express together We teach together
We give dream together learn together smile together succeed together fight together
We believe together grow together live sustainably together love together change together We
explore
Together
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We improve together We shine together We survive together We thrive together We breathe together We care
together We dance together We die together We eat together We embrace together We feel together We return
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share together We stay together We talk together We understand together We build together We express together
We teach together We give We dream together We learn together We smile together We succeed together
We fight together We believe together We grow together We live sustainably together We love together We
change together We explore together We inspire together We are together We cry together We fall together We
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together We cry together We fall together We give hope together We improve together We shine together We
survive together We thrive together We breathe together We care together We dance together We die together
We eat together We embrace together We feel together We return together We help together We start together
We listen together We progress together We justify together We share together We stay together We talk together
We understand together We build together We express together We teach together We give We give hope
together We improve together We shine together We survive together We thrive together We breathe together
We care together We dance together We die together We eat together We embrace together We feel together We
return together We help together We start together We listen together We progress together We justify together
We share together We stay together We talk together We understand together We build together We express together
We teach together We talk together We understand together We build together We express together We
teach together We give We give hope together We improve together We shine together We survive together We
thrive together We breathe together We care together We dance together We die together We eat together We
embrace together We feel together We return together We help together We start together We listen together
We progress together We justify together We share together We stay together We talk together We understand
As we decided on the main theme: We walk together, we
soon realised that there are more actions related to this
main theme. So we came up with 40 other sub-themes
that we thought would enhance our understanding of the
main theme. The 40 sub-themes are each allocated to one
of the barazza groups that will be taking place during the
conference and each barazza group will try and approach
the main theme in relation to the sub-theme they are
assigned to. For example, from the sub-theme “We dream
together” the ‘dream’ can mean to have shared goals or
objectives. To achieve such a goal, we walk together and
take each step together to accomplish the goals we set.
Like this, there are many different interpretations of the
main theme and it shows how the world does not revolve
around one key factor, but is closely inter-related with
many other factors. There is no measurement for which
is more essential than the other, but we tried to convey
in the word ‘together’ the fact that by encompassing
these various factors we can truly seek improvement and
understanding of the world around us.
RS 2010 Student Steering Committee

pre-conference
Projects
Human
Development Foundation, Mercy
Centre Farm
Delegates from Gordonstoun (Scotland), Abbotsholme
(England), and Tiger Kloof (South Africa) were led by
Khun Prawina Sompong from the Mercy Centre and Miss
Evelyn Anderson from the Regent’s School. The delegates
provided practical help and worked hard to level land for
the construction of a badly needed football pitch, plant a
herb garden and rice paddy and to create a sustainable fish
farm.
Baan Maelid School, Mae Hong Son
The school provides education for children from the Karen
Hill tribes. Delegates spent a week at the school building
concrete water tanks and teaching English to the children.
‘By the time we had to leave, all were tearful and wishing
our time had not expired. Overall, this experience will
forever be engraved in our minds and heart as one of the
most eye-opening, profound and impacting adventures
ever, We cannot wait to go back’. (Sierra Sanchez –
Regent’s school student)
Cambodia Tabatha organization
‘We Walk Together’ is the theme of the 2010 International
Round Square Conference being hosted by The Regent’s School
Pattaya and last week this is exactly what many of the delegates
from Round Square Schools around the globe achieved during
pre-conference projects across the country and further afield.
These inspirational and sustainable projects were designed
to provide practical help to communities and charities whilst
enhancing the learning experience and cultural immersion
of the visiting delegates and Regent’s students. Students were
taken out of their comfort zones and had the opportunity to
really make a sustained difference.
This project was led by The Ivanhoe Grammar School,
based in Melbourne, Australia. They have worked with
the Tabatha organisation in Siem Reap in northern
Cambodia for a number of years now and have made
strong connections with the Khmer people in this area.
The delegates aim was to help with a house building
project, this was physically hard and demanding work but
a rewarding and humbling experience. Particularly moving
was when the families moved into their new homes.
The students also taught English in some of the schools
that Ivanhoe Grammar has worked with for several years.
This was a ‘thoroughly amazing experience’ to quote one
of the girls. The young Cambodian students were quick
to learn and our students discovered that being a teacher
is not as easy as they first thought. It was a great chance
to learn a lot about daily life for these students and their
teachers. ‘The whole trip allowed us to reflect on how
every little contribution we make can make a difference.
The students came away from the experience feeling very
grateful for the privileges they have back home, but also
with an interest and commitment to doing more service
and volunteer work in the future’. (Miss Clare Allen –
Ivanhoe Grammar School)

Croston House Children’s Home, Lamphun
Is a home near Chiang Mai for neglected children. Student
delegates and teachers from the Regent’s school and
Radford college made an incredible team and successfully
completed a number of projects to improve the conditions
and future for the 20 children at Croston House. The aim
was to set up sustainable farming projects that could be
maintained and developed over time. Delegates were
led in the construction of a sustainable mushroom farm
which would provide food and a source of income for the
home. Fruit trees and a herb garden were donated and
planted and two pigs, aptly named Regents and Radford
were installed into their new pen. A pool was also dug
for frog farming and the children took great delight in
relocating the 400 frogs to their new home! The children
now all have mosquito nets and each child was given a set
of coat-hangers for their clothes. Friendships were formed
whilst weaving, painting pendants and folding paper
cranes together.
Tioman Turtles, Malaysia
Students and staff from the Regent’s school were joined
on Tioman Island, Malaysia by staff and students from
Birklehof School, Germany and Daly College, India. The
main purpose for the trip was to visit the Juara Turtle
Project to learn about the plight of Green and Hawksbill
turtles in the area and to protect turtle eggs laid on the
beaches of the island. Ensuring that as many baby turtles as
possible hatch and make it out to sea. All students assisted
with the project in various ways, from cleaning the tank
for resident turtle Jo (a blind turtle who has become an
ambassador for the species) to emptying nests that have
hatched to determine why some eggs do not hatch. All of
the students have returned from this trip with a greater
respect for the marine environment and its inhabitants,
having learnt a great deal about the importance of
biodiversity and experienced first hand many of the local
species.
IDEALS Centre on Koh Chang
One of the projects was hosted at the schools IDEALS
Centre on Koh Chang. The delegates spent a rewarding
week teaching English at the primary school in Salak Khok
fishing village and experienced first hand the challenges of
working in a traditional Thai Temple School. Despite only
being in their teens, the young delegates really put their
best efforts into planning rewarding and enjoyable lessons
for the school children.
The Primary teachers of Salak Khok School were presented
with a donation from the Round square delegates to help
them source new resources for the school. To show their
appreciation, the children of Salak Khok School put on a
Traditional Thai music and dance show for the delegates.
It was a wonderful and unforgettable experience for all
and for many of the delegates this was the first time they
had experienced the warm hospitality and fascinating
culture of the Thai people.
Laem Tong International Community
Resource Centre, Koh Phi Phi
Seven international schools joined 21 students from
The Regent’s School to work on the Community Centre
for the Sea Gypsy Village at Laem Thong on Koh Phi
Phi. The project involved continued construction of
the community centre, teaching the students English
in the connecting school, organising a clean up of the
local beach, and talking to the Sea Gypsy elders to
discuss issues that they are currently facing. The students
worked from 9am until 4pm each day, learning new skills,
building and digging. This is part of continued support by
Round Square schools from around the world following
the Tsunami. Each student learnt a lot about the local
community and Thailand, but also about themselves too.

Welcome
Speeches
(Sunday 10th October 2010 – Opening Ceremony)
Welcome to Delegates many of whom have travelled so
far, I hope for most of our student delegates you feel the
conference is already a week old, I’ve heard fantastic things
about your work and experiences on the pre-conference
service projects.
Welcome to representatives of our wonderful community
partners ….. Yin dee don rub puen kong rau jark chum
chon tang tang. Pom roosuk pen giat yang ying tee took con
sammart mar roo-um ngam die. These are organistaions
that our own students have worked with for many years.
Do take the opportunity to look at the exhibition they
have displayed for us in the exhibition hall.
Welcome to other members of our own school community,
past and present, and other friends, we hope you will all
enjoy a wonderful week together.
We are so excited to be hosting the 2010 International
RS Conf. Whilst we joined the RS family in 2001 and
hosted a regional conf in 2005, it was 3 years ago at Daly
College that we first talked of the possibility of hosting a
full international conference.
Inspired by the themes of previous conferences from
which our students have learned so much – we decided on
a community based theme to reflect the S of IDEALS and
the curriculum that we deliver for our own students…..
We are blessed in this area, and indeed across Thailand,
with inspirational community partners. We learn so
much from many of the people who work and live in these
communities. I hope that those of you who have been
on pre-conf projects with our friends in Mae Hong Son,
Lampun, Ko Phi Phi, Ko Chang and Bangkok, as well as
Nepal, Cambodia and Malaysia, have started to build the
friendships that so benefit our own staff and students.
Mr. Mike Walton – Principal
It is my honour to start with a few words of welcome.
We are delighted that His Majesty King Constantine,
Queen Anne-Marie and Princess Theodora are with us.
As this is the Queen’s first Round Square conf we are
particularly honoured to have you with us. We welcome
representatives of The Prime Minister, the minister of
Foreign Affairs, Minister of Education and Tesac.
Welcome to the RS Board members, and the Board of
The Regents School Pattaya who have supported us in
getting the campus ready to such a large number of guests,
turning our sports hall into this auditorium, raising our
accommodation capacity from 200 to 600, and much
more.…..
Others will have met more local community partners on
campus yesterday. There will be plenty more opportunity
both on site and during the two service days. Many of the
people you meet may be younger than you, many will be
shy and lack the confidence to speak first. Please make it
happen, be the first to smile, to say hello, get to know your
hosts. This week will fly past, try to make every second
count.
It has been a student led conf from the start. Our student
steering committee, of 16, has been planning for over 2
years. It was they that chose the main themes and indeed
the conf logo WE WALK TOGETHER. They have
imagined, debated, negotiated and delivered. They were
joined by 100 volunteers to be Barazza leaders some as
young as Yr8, Barazzas are something we use often in our
school.
We have had many students wanting to perform or
contribute at other less expected moments, as you will
see. We are pleased that our primary students, led by the
primary student guild, have also been busy in preparing
for your arrival. The RS ethos starts in our Early Years;
they all want to be part of this.

Parents have also been active in preparation, you will meet
many of them serving the international lunch, all food
cooked by themselves, later today. Many parents have
been active in supporting the service days; others have
joined pre-conf projects.
We are also lucky to have many of our own Regents
alumni who have returned to help us, I’m sure you have
also found that there is something about the RS vision
that encourages graduates to return and become role
models to current students. We have also benefitted from
RS exchange students from SA, Australia, Germany and
Bermuda who are spending this term with us, as well as
Gap Staff from other RS schools too.
As I won’t speak to you all again, I’d like to take this
opportunity to thank our Conference director, Paul
Crouch. Much of what you experience over the next
week will reflect the 11 years of community building he
has done for our school in Pattaya, Thailand and beyond.
He is a passionate believer in the IDEALS and has worked
tirelessly with our students to make this conference the
action packed and challenging event we know it will be.
When we started the serious planning 2 years ago, we were
lucky in getting our first choice key note speakers. All are
long time friends of the school, who have worked with our
students both on campus and on projects elsewhere. They
have all lived lives of SERVICE, leading communities,
fighting poverty and injustice. All have had huge impact
locally and regionally. Added to these are many other
speakers who we feel have a powerful message that links
to our theme. We look forward to being challenged by
all of them.
We believe that learning through community partnership
is a very powerful part of a holistic education. It is not
about observation, not about charity, not about using
people. Our community partners don’t want to be looked
at, those who have difficulty do not want our sympathy,
nor are they resources to educate us. They want to meet
you; they are offering to walk with you for a few days. It is
about friendship, understanding, empathy and common
goals.
Most of the delegates here have travelled far, at great
expense financially and environmentally. Will it worth
it? I don’t mean for you, but for the people and the world
around you. It will be worth it if you learn from each
other, gain understanding of the wider global community,
experience crossing the language barrier with the power
of a smile, feel empowered to make a difference, and above
all leave a positive legacy that enriches the lives of those
you have met. So don’t hold back, there are opportunities
everywhere and friends in places you least expect to find
them.
I wish you all a wonderful week.
Amit Garg
RS210 Student Steering Committee Chair
Your Majesty King Constantine, Your Majesty Ann-Marie,
Princess Theodora, Honoured Guests, the RS Board, Dr.
Virachai and The Regent’s Board members, all Round
Square conference delegates, friends…
Good morning… My name is Amit Garg and I am an
Indian national, and I am the Chairperson of the Round
Square 2010 Conference Student Steering Committee.
Today, I will be speaking about some of the things you
might want to consider during this conference, but to
begin with, allow me to talk about our theme: “WE WALK
TOGETHER.”
The search for a good, impactful and moving
theme was a long one. It didn’t come easy, but at the end,
we found one that not only was good, but had the allure
of a maxim. The theme is in fact, the very words of one
of our Keynote Speakers, who we will be with us during
the week – Father Joe Maier. His words are ultimately
irrefutable, as they echo so much of everything we do in
life.
We walk together in every aspect. Whether it’s with
our friends, family, school, community, or even complete
strangers. It’s like a cohesive rule in the bigger picture of
our world. Every drop in the pond creates ripples, even
in the most violent waters. Of course, that’s only ever the
case if you don’t isolate those drops. It’s like the choices
we make all the time, choices that make all the difference
in the world. It is always our choice about whether or not
we want to turn our attention towards something that’s
happening now, and let it be known to others as well. We
can never make that choice for someone else, and we can’t
escape from our own. Even if it makes a small difference, it
makes a difference nonetheless. After all, every big change
is really just an amalgam of all the smaller changes that
bought this one into effect. But then, you may wonder, in
a world of more than six billion people, there has got to be
some other person who could do this job for you. But let
me ask you the following questions:
How do you know, that if you’re not doing something
about it, someone else surely is? How do you know
that somewhere, someone else will definitely make the
difference? How do you know that that person would not
give up even if there were no support? How do you know
that that person isn’t thinking and ignoring the same way

as you are? How do you know that things will eventually
get better?
You don’t. You can only hope for things to get better,
but deep down you know that the only way you can try
to make sure is by taking the initiative yourself. There’s
definitely nothing stopping you from trying.
Out of all the children not receiving an education as we
do in this world today, if you could take that one little step
into one child’s life, and do everything you can for the
better of their future – who knows, tomorrow that child
may go on to do the same for someone else or more. Even
if not, you definitely did improve somebody’s life. At least
you gave them a chance.
There are so many people that we corner into the edges
of society these days because we don’t accept their being
different. The most prominent and saddening example of
that these days is that of people living with HIV / AIDS.
There’s always the fear of becoming one of the infected.
But we all know that that fear is often based on rumours
and misconceptions. What would it take to give them a
smile and make them feel like… at least someone cares?
That’s right, the least it takes to break the barrier is a smile.
So now you may ask the question: what is the best way of
doing anything? Honestly, I only know how to try, but it
always involves holding out that helping hand without a
problem or hesitation. As long as you can make sure that
you have made a lasting relation, you’ve done something
quite great. Perhaps, what I’m trying to say is, the essence
of the theme is that you’re always there for them, beside
them, like an inexorable support, but you’re not their
dependence.
What happens these days is that everyone just raises some
fund and hands it over to some person or organization
that they think will make the difference for them in the
outside world. But what everyone forgets to think about
is: Where does that money go at the end of the day? Who
did that money help? Was it really what they wanted? Is
life for that someone going to get any better after today?
We all forget that if we’re going to change anything, we
need to be aware of every detail. Even worse still, donating
to charity has become a fashion. It sure isn’t bad, but it
sometimes loses its purpose. We sometimes try to help
the world that’s beyond our sight, when there are those
who need help in plain sight. The initiative to begin the
making the lives of those at our doorstep better loses the
limelight. The biggest difference we can make is always
within our own community. Those are the people you can
make sure you’re always there for.
So here’s my challenge for the week: are you ready to take
every opportunity that you will come across? Can you
walk together all the way along the journey? And here’s
my final word for now: the essence of this conference will
not end with the week, as time passes, it will get stronger,
and because all of us will make sure it does. All of us will
make sure that it doesn’t remain within the confines of
these walls, but that we will take it home with us and make
it a part of our lives and our own communities.
Student Steering
Amit Garg
India, Chairperson
Karina Baker
England/Thailand
Hayk Mazmanian
Armenia
Eye Pantila Tripopnakkul
Thailand
Linnea Timlin
Sweden/Canada, Secretary
Jang Ho Eric Ahn
South Korea
Claire Warner
England/Thailand
Alvin Li
Hong Kong

Committee
Jin Geun Lee
South Korea
Yeoi Shin Jung
South Korea
Eline Absillis
Belgium
Uh Sang Ahn
South Korea
Ingchuk Namgay
Bhutan
Jeffery Hansen
Philippines/Denmark
Valerie De Saegher
Netherlands
Grace Kanthida Yau
Thailand
adult
steering
committee
Chair and Conference Director: Paul Crouch
Conference Bursar: Kirsty Paiboonstanasin
Conference Secretary: Minty Kongsrivilai
Student Leadership and Barazza Coordination: Liisa
Toompuu
Technical Coordinator: Graeme Kennedy
Risk Assessment and Security: Simon Miller
Accommodation: Steve Rand
Parent Liaison: Jill Thomas
Performance: Mike Thomas
Primary and Staff Support: Pam Sephton
Thai Culture: Anyanist Gossett
Principal: Mike Walton
Committee Member: Dave Williams
Hardware committee & Campus Logistics
Khun Kwanshanok, Kirsty Paiboonstanasin, Khun Lek,
Khun Suu
Gap staff and alumni committee
Liisa Toompuu, Katrin Puutsa, Sophie Walker, Charlie
Thornberry, Bryan Abraham De Leon, Keaitumela Gabonewe
(Smiley)

Keynote Speakers
Mr Peter Dalglish
Keynote Speaker
Peter Dalglish is the founder of Street Kids
International, and is a leading authority on working
with children, street children, and war-affected
children. After graduating from Stanford University
and Dalhousie Law School, Peter Dalglish organised
an airlift of food and medical supplies from Canada
to the starving African nation. His encounter with
emaciated and destitute refugees seared him for life.
Peter Dalglish returned to Canada from Ethiopia
and informed the senior partners of his law firm that
he was giving up the profession to pursue a career
alongside some of the world’s poorest children. In
an isolated desert region along the Sudan’s border
with Chad, Peter Dalglish organized humanitarian
relief for women and children
displaced by drought and
famine. In Khartoum in 1986,
Peter Dalglish began the Sudan’s
first technical training school
for street children, funded
by Bob Geldof of Band Aid.
Pickpockets, petty thieves and
housebreakers were transformed
into carpenters, welders and
electricians; the graduates were
hired by local businesses.
In May, 1986 Peter Dalglish
set up a bicycle courier service
run entirely by street children
in Khartoum. The children
delivered mail and newspapers to
offices that they once had broken
into; along the way they learned the importance
of discipline and hard work. In recognition of his
efforts on behalf of destitute African children, in
1988 Peter Dalglish was selected by Junior Chamber
International as one of the ten outstanding young
people of the world.
Inspired by the tenacity and ingenuity of the kids
society had written off, Peter Dalglish returned to
Canada in 1987 to found Street Kids International.
Armed with $200, a borrowed office and an
American Express card, he launched an agency
that has become a global leader in designing
creative self-help projects for poor, urban children.
Between 1988 and 1990 Street Kids International in
cooperation with the National Film Board of Canada
developed Karate Kids, an animated film about HIV
prevention; today the cartoon is in distribution in
25 languages and in over 100 countries, making
it one of the largest initiatives for street children
anywhere in the world. On account of the success
of Karate Kids, in 1994 Street
Kids International received the
coveted Peter F. Drucker Award
for Non-Profit Innovation.
In 1994, Peter Dalglish was
appointed by Prime Minister
Pierre Trudeau as the first
director of Youth Service
Canada, the Government
of Canada’s civilian youth
corps. In 2002 Peter Dalglish
was appointed as the Chief
Technical Adviser for the UN’s
child labour program in Nepal.
Peter Dalglish now serves as the
Executive Director of the South
Asia Children’s Fund, which
promotes quality education for
profoundly disadvantaged children in the region.
He is a founding board Member of the Board of
Directors of Ashoka Canada, and is the recipient of
three honorary doctorate degrees, the Fellowship of
Man Award, and the Dalhousie Law School Weldon
Award for Public Service.

Mechai Viravaidya
Keynote Speaker
Mechai Viravaidya is the Founder and Chairman
of the Population and Community Development
Association (PDA), one of Thailand’s largest and
most successful private, non-profit, development
organisations. Since 1974, PDA has initiated
community-based family planning services,
innovative poverty reduction and rural education
programs, large-scale rural development and
environmental programs, as well as groundbreaking
HIV/AIDS prevention activities throughout
Thailand.
Mechai Viravaidya had a pivotal
role in Thailand’s immensely
successful family planning
program, which saw one of the
most rapid fertility declines in the
modern era. The rate of annual
population growth in Thailand
declined from over 3% in 1974
to 0.6% in 2005, and the average
number of children per family
fell from seven to under two.
Mechai Viravaidya also pioneered
and championed many of
Thailand’s social mobilization and
community development efforts
that are now taken for granted.
Although Mechai Viravaidya has
spent much of his time in the NGO sector, he has
also served in the Thai government as a Senator
and as a member of the cabinet on four occasions
and was the chief architect in building Thailand’s
comprehensive national HIV/AIDS prevention
policy and program. This initiative is widely
regarded as one of the most outstanding national
efforts by any country in combating HIV/AIDS.
By 2004, Thailand had experienced a 90% reduction
in new HIV infections. In 2005, the World Bank
reported that these preventative efforts helped save
7.7 million lives throughout the country and saved
the government over US$18 billion in treatment
costs alone. In 1999, Mechai Viravaidya was
appointed the UNAIDS Ambassador.
For his efforts in various
development endeavours,
Mechai Viravaidya has been
acclaimed with numerous
awards, recognition, and
honorary doctoral degrees
as well as the United Nations
Gold Peace Medal (1981),
the Ramon Magsaysay Award
for Public Service (1994),
one of Asiaweek’s “20 Great
Asians” (1995), the United
Nations Population Award
(1997), and one of TIME
Magazine’s “Asian Heroes”
(2006). Mechai and PDA
have been the recipients of
the Bill and Melinda Gates
Award for Global Health in 2007 and the Skoll
Awardees for Social Entrepreneurship in 2008. Each
of these prizes is accompanied by one million US
Dollars. Most recently, Mechai received the 2009
Prince Mahidol Award for Public Health.

Mrs Usanee Janngeon
Mrs. Usanee Janngeon is executive director of the
Human Development Foundation (also known as
‘Mercy Centre’). Moreover, she is widely known
among organisations around the world for her
dedicated work at the Mercy Centre over the last 17
years.
Usanee grew up in a slum community in the Ladprao
area, Bangkok. Upon completion of her primary
school, she received a scholarship
from Pestalozzi Children’s Village
Trust to study in the UK where she
then spent 14 years. In 1990, she
received her Bachelor’s degree in
Nursing Sciences (B.N.S) from St.
Thomas’ Hospital, London.
Keynote Speaker
Executive Director
Human Development Foundation
change in attitude is dramatically reflected in the fact
that as many as 70 percent of families, where one or
more members are victims of HIV/AIDS, are now
taking care of their loved ones.
After 15 years of commitment and exceptional
work, Father Joe invited Mrs Janngeon to join
the foundation’s Public Relations & Fundraising
Department as a manager, where she actively and
successfully promoted the Human
Development Foundation,
building and maintaining a
network of donors in Thailand
and around the world. Year 2006
she was appointed as executive
director of the Foundation.
Upon obtaining her degree, Mrs.
Janngeon returned to Bangkok
and started working at the Mercy
Centre as chief of Health and
Scholarship Division (SKIP).
Eight years later, she was promoted
to head of the wide Health and
Community Sanitation Project, with a focus on
combating HIV/AIDS. She started raising funds
from both private and government sectors. Her
outstanding work in combating HIV/AIDS not only
helped rehabilitate both physically and mentally
HIV/AIDS patients but also, through education,
she built immense awareness and attitudinal change
among HIV/AIDS patients and families. Today, this
Mrs Usanee Janngeon, a mother
of two, always provides all of
her colleagues with immense
constructive feedback. Her motto
is “children must have access to
education for a better future”. Also,
when referring to AIDS patients,
she advises that “everybody must have hope and so
do AIDS patients; those children who are victims of
HIV/AIDS especially deserve to have a future and
be treated as normal children”.
Mrs Usanee Janngeon hopes to continue to have
the privilege of investing her energy and efforts in
supporting the Mercy Centre for as long as possible.

Father Joe Maier, C.Ss.R.
Father Joseph Maier has lived among the poor in
Thailand and Laos since 1967. He settled in Bangkok
in the early ‘70s, where he served as the priest
to a small Catholic parish in the slaughterhouse
neighborhood of Klong Toey. In 1973, together
with Sister Maria Chantavorodom, Father Joe
started the Human Development Foundation for
his poor neighbors of all religions. Father Joe holds
advanced degrees in Theological Studies and Urban
Planning as well as an honorary doctorate in Social
Administration from Thammasat University. He still
lives in Klong Toey where his work here first began.
Timeline of Outreach and Community Services
initiated by Father Joe Maier and Sister Maria
Chantavarodom
1967 – Father Joe works as Missionary Priest in
Northeast Thailand.
1968-71 – Missionary Priest,
Northern Laos.
1971-73 – Father Joe begins 25-year
tenure as Parish Priest of Catholic
enclave in the Slaughterhouse
neighborhood of Klong Toey and,
joined by Sister Maria, opens the
Human Development Foundation
for poor neighbors of all religions.
Father Joe and Sister Maria open
their first pre-school in Klong Toey.
1974-80 – Father Joe and Sister
Maria initiate street children outreach program, an
outreach health clinic (the first ever in Bangkok’s
slums), and a shelter for street children.
Keynote Speaker
Co-founder and Chairman
Human Development Foundation
1990 - Father Joe is elected S.E. Asian Representative
of Habitat International Coalition for Housing
Rights.
1990-93 - As AIDS enters Bangkok’s slum
communities, HDF pioneers AIDS awareness and
education and begins to address the most pressing
needs of children and adults afflicted.
1994 – Father Joe and Sister Maria open Bangkok’s
first free AIDS hospice. Father Joe becomes
Founding Member of Asian Coalition for Housing
Rights.
1995-97 - HDF becomes Founding Member of Thai
Confederation of Street Children Organisations.
Father Joe and Sister Maria organise the Klong Toey
Women’s Group Savings & Loan.
1998-99 – HDF opens Bangkok’s
only Legal Aid Centre dedicated
solely for poor children. In a
memorandum of understanding
with the Ministry of Justice, Family
and Children’s Courts, HDF begins
offering a home and a place off the
streets and free from prison to
children caught up in the criminal
court system as an alternative to
incarceration in detention centers.
This MOU has been renewed and
ratified by the Ministry of Justice
in 2004. HDF organises the
Klong Toey Handicapped Group,
a community organisation uniting the physically
handicapped in seeking their rightful benefits and
gainful employment.
1980-81 – Father Joe earns a Masters Degree in Urban
Development and Slum Improvement at Asian
Institute of Technology; and HDF commences its
housing program. Hundreds of landless families –
the indigent and elderly - begin moving into homes
financed and constructed by HDF.
1982 – Father Joe establishes prison visitation
program for the Archdiocese of Bangkok and begins
20-year tenure as Prison Chaplain at Bang Kwang
and Klong Prem Yat Yao men and women’s prisons.
1982-89 – HDF housing program continues to
expand. Mercy pre-schools are operating in over 20
slum communities. HDF shelters take in hundreds
of street children.
2000 – New home for Mothers and Children
with HIV/AIDS is opened, her Royal Highness
Princess Galyani Vadhana Krom Luang Naradhiwas
Rajanagarindra graces opening ceremony.
2001-8 – All HDF programs continue to expand
under Father Joe and Sister Maria’s direction. They
open the Janusz Korcak School of S.E. Asia for
Street Children. Homes and shelters expand to
provide love and care for two hundred children.
HIV/AIDS Homecare program reaches over 600
families and individuals in the slums. HDF’s thirty
two pre-schools teach over 4,000 Bangkok slum
school children every year. Education sponsorships
are expanded, following the tsunami, to include 400
Sea Gypsy and Rubber Tapper Children.

Guest Speakers
Justin Bedard
JUMP! Foundation
Born in Lilongwei, Malawi, Justin spent his
childhood playing in the islands of Indonesia and
his formative years exploring the depth of Chinese
culture. Justin has maintained an ongoing interest
in community development and is recognized
for his commitment to youth programs around
the world. Justin has filled his life with adventure
guiding, organizational consulting, leadership
facilitation, community development and lots of
time playing in the mountains. Justin has also been
a primary creative force behind the WAB Wild
Experiential Outdoor Education Program at the
Western Academy of Beijing and is a co-founder of
the JUMP! Community Enrichment Project. Most
notably, Justin has been awarded the Canadian St.
John’s Ambulance Award of Merit; and the Dragon
Award for Courage and Service to Humanity.
www.jumpfoundation.org
Kate Gray
Kidzpositive
Kate was working as a Lecturer in the Numeracy
Centre in the Department of Mathematics at the
University of Cape Town when she volunteered
to assist in the Positive Beadwork Project. She
has taken the Positive Beadwork Project to a level
where the annual benefit to bead workers amounts
to more than ZAR 800 000 and extends to sites in
Paarl, Worcester and the Crossroads township of
Cape Town. The Regent’s School and other Round
Square Schools are proud to have been working in
partnership with Kidzpositive Beadwork and Kate
for more than seven years now.
www.kidzpositive.org
Louis Ng
ACRES
Louis is the Founder and Executive Director of
ACRES, a Singaporean society with a main aim of
fostering compassion and respect for animals. He
received his Bachelor of Science in Biology from the
National University of Singapore and his Masters of
Science in Primate Conservation from the Oxford
Brookes University. In 2007, Louis was presented
with The Outstanding Young Persons of Singapore
award. In 2002, Louis received the HSBC (Hong
Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited)
/ NYAA (National Youth Achievement Award)
Youth Environmental Award in recognition
of his outstanding contribution in the field of
environmental protection and nature conservation
in Singapore. www.acres.org.sg
Nic Dunlop
Nic is a Bangkok based photographer and author.
His work has appeared in numerous publications
world-wide, including the Guardian, The
Independent, The Daily Telegraph, The New York
Times, Newsweek, The South China Post and The
Sydney Morning Herald. He has also worked for
the Mines Advisory Group, Care, Greenpeace
International and UNICEF. In 1999 he received
an award from the John Hopkins University for
Excellence in International Journalism for exposing
the head of the Khmer Rouge secret police, comrade
Duch. Duch is currently the only Khmer Rouge in
prison awaiting trial. Nic is currently completing a
photo-led project on Burma’s dictatorship.
www.nicdunlop.com

Grant Pereira
Green Volunteers
Grant is a Force of Nature. You cannot meet him
and remain unchanged. 55 year old Grant Pereira
joined the budding Environmental in the early
70’s and 30 years later, he’s still at it. On the local
scene, he joined the Green Volunteers Network in
1999, became the first head volunteer in 2001 and
in 2003, joined the Singapore Environment Council
full time as Head of the Green Volunteers Network.
In 2000, he was awarded the Green Leaf Award by
the Ministry of Environment. On the International
scene, he is the Asian Educational Coordinator for
the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and sits on
their International Board of Advisors.
“Life is short but try and make it as broad as you can.
Don’t just sit back and moan and groan about the
environment - do something - go plant mangroves
or clean a beach. Roll up your sleeves and come join
us for a mangrove cleaning or replanting session.
There’s a great satisfaction in getting your feet wet
and hands dirty knowing that you helped in a very
small way of making Singapore (and the world) a
little bit cleaner and greener and most importantly,
never be afraid to speak the truth to power - its one
of the qualities of a true patriot.”
grant@singapore.com
Manoj Chapagain
Manoj was born in 1995 i a small village in Naubise,
a 90 minute drive from Katmandu. He has to walk
30 minutes to the nearest road to catch a bus to go
anywhere. He lives with his parents, grandmother
and two brothers of which Manoj is the youngest
brother. Manoj’s father is a rice and maize farmer
and his mother looks after the family home and
grandmother. In 2008 Manoj first met Peter Dalglish
through his brother Sudan who now works for
the South Asia Children’s Fund founded by Peter.
After doing well in his exams at a secondary school
in Katmandu Manoj was offered a full scholarship
to study at The Regent’s School Pattaya with Peter’s
full recommendation. Manoj loves basketball and
football and really hopes to be an international airline
pilot in the future.
www.southasiachildrensfund.org
Thom Henley
Thom Henley is the recipient of numerous
environmental and human rights awards. He
has been formally adopted and given names by
indigenous peoples worldwide and considers
himself a citizen of the world. The author and coauthor
of ten books on natural history, experiential
education and native cultures, Mr. Henley has been
invited to formally lecture in thirty countries of the
130 nations he has visited. In 1974, Thom Henley
launched the largest environmental campaign in
Canadian history, a successful battle to save a world
heritage site on the west coast of Canada from
clear-cut logging. He also initiated Rediscovery
International – a program that brings together
youths from all nations to discover more about
themselves, other cultures and the wonders of the
natural world. For the past ten years Mr. Henley has
been directing In Touch With Nature Education,
a program that offers international students
transformational learning adventures in countries
throughout Asia. thomhenley@gmail.com
Khun Thanaree Fungpinyopap (Nui)
When my father Thanakorn first laid eyes on me
he was quite shocked; I was born without my arms
and legs. Thankfully my father was a strong man
and he promised in his heart to love me despite my
disabilities… My father knew he couldn’t take care
of me all his life. He understood how important
it was to teach me how to become independent,
confident and happy, so that one day I could take
care of myself... Today I work at The Redemptorist
Centre in Pattaya (The Father Ray Foundation). I
really like my job being the reservations supervisor.
I also enjoy taking care of all the group guests who
come here and love spending time in the beautiful
natural surroundings of the centre. Here I have
finally found a peace in my life and can achieve all
those things which my father wished me to achieve;
independence, self-belief and hope for the future.
Things I have learned in my life; ‘Positive thinking
is everything – speak only with good words – treat
others as you wish to be treated – give and you will
receive.’
www.fr-ray.org

summaryand
Barazza
feedback
We started preparing our barazza leaders a year and a
half before the conference, when we first advertised the
positions. Over a hundred students signed up to begin
with.
We first divided our whole secondary school up to 16
large barazza groups. This allowed the barazza leaders to
ease into the process. Each group had one member of our
student steering committee and a number of other barazza
leaders. We started with one barazza session per half term.
In April, the number of groups was doubled, creating
32, each one having 2-3 barazza leaders. Throughout the
whole process, we lost some students but also got new
volunteers. In May, we started an after-school activity for
all barazza leaders training them in the different ways in
which they can use various stimuli and be good facilitators.
At the end of the school year in June, we took most of the
leaders to our outdoor education centre on Koh Chang
Island for a week of intense barazza training. We hired
Justin Beddard and the JUMP! Foundation to work with
them, and also did our own workshops on ice breakers,
facilitation, ’10 golden rules’ and other key elements of
barazza leading.
At the start of the new school year, in August 2010,
we had some more changes in the students who were
barazza leaders, and we divided the groups up to the full
40 barazza groups, ready for the conference. In the end,
each group had 2-3 leaders. We started a compulsory
barazza training activity (80 minutes) once a week after
school and had a full day of training over two weekends in
September. The week before the conference, while some
students were on pre-conference projects, we had some
more intense barazza training sessions with the remaining
barazza leaders.
Throughout the preparation time, we had regular wholeschool
barazza sessions which increased in frequency as
we got closer to the conference. Teachers were present in
most sessions, but were very much encouraged to take an
observing role.
The barazza sessions during the conference were an immense
success, largely due to our fantastic barazza leaders, their
commitment, hard work, and the training they had in the
build-up for the conference.
The students were prepared with note-taking templates to
use during speeches, as well as during the barazza sessions,
which helped them to lead the discussions and us with
feedback and conference statement write-up. Further,
they got ‘information packs’ or folders, which included
key information about the week – such as biographies of
all speakers, the conference programme, the ‘10 golden
rules of leading a barazza group’ from the Koh Chang
trip, some topics and questions to talk about in case they
get stuck, service days and conference aims as set by the
student steering committee.

The aim of all this training was on the one hand to ensure
our students were fully prepared to independently lead
and facilitate barazza groups during the conference. But on
the other hand also to make them confident leaders who
can comfortably observe and accommodate to all sorts
of discussions on all kinds of topics. Further, we wanted
them to be able to steer the conversations to meaningful
results, not just empty chatter.
service should really be done and how they can truly help
the society without creating a dependence.
Liisa Toompuu (RS2010 Student Leadership coordinator)
The feedback from the sessions clearly showed the success
of our training.
The barazza discussions during the conference were
meant to encompass everything the delegates experienced
throughout the week, not only the key note speaker of the
day. So they also included guest speaker topics, service
days, performances, pre-conference projects, conference
movies, and the rest. This was our aim from the start,
as our whole programme was full of meaningful, linked
events and activities and we wanted the delegates to
realise this connectedness.
So from the note-taking templates we gave our barazza
leaders, we were able to deduce that the main topics
that came through were education, equality, poverty and
money more generally. The general consensus seemed
to be that everyone should have an equal opportunity to
education – rich or poor, boy or girl, sick or healthy. It
was also agreed that the first step to solving any problem
is the understanding of it and spreading awareness of
it. Knowledge and education are the keys to ending
poverty and solving many other problems in the world.
The delegates however also questioned what kind of
education it is that is actually necessary and appropriate
for different groups of people and thought that perhaps
we should accommodate it to each society. Students
seemed to agree that for really making a difference, they
need to start with small steps and gradually build on those
small successes. Further, that if a lot of them take those
small steps together, i.e. truly walk together, they really
can change the world. The service days seemed to be very
powerfully inspirational experiences for the desire to truly
make a difference and contribute to the world at large,
locally and globally. They discussed what is important
in doing service, the kinds of attitudes you need and the
mindset you should have. The delegates shared that they
had learnt a lot about themselves and the world during
those two days and their pre-conference service projects.
It also made many of them re-evaluate the role that money
plays in service in comparison to simple human contact
and interaction. Finally, the delegates also indicated, that
just injecting money is not enough and discussed how

Communitiy
partners
South East Asia Children’s
Fund
Peter Dalglish
Croston House Children’s
Home
Neglected children in
Lamphun and Chiang Mai
Camillian Social Centre
HIV/ AIDS hospice and
home in Rayong
Caritas
Painted pendants to support
Burmese refugees
Women with a Mission
Supporting disabled families
in the Sattahip area
Tioman Turtles
Turtle hatching project in
Malaysia
RSIS
Round Square International
Service projects
Green Volunteers
Environmental group in
Singapore
Grant Pereira
ACRES
Animal welfare and
conservation in Singapore
Louis Ng
HM the King’s Projects
HM the King of Thailand
Fountain of Life
Children’s Centre and
Women’s Centre
Free Burma
Regent’s Pattaya Human
Rights student group
Amnesty International
Regent’s Pattaya Human
Rights student group
Goldfish PLC
Regent’s Pattaya student
business enterprise
supporting local social
projects
Heartt 2000
Pattaya HIV / AIDS clinic
and support
Pattaya Orphanage
Orphanage and School for
the Deaf
Child Protection and
Development Centre
Kidzpositive
South Africa Beaded Badges-
AIDS awareness
Kate Gray
Human Development
Foundation
Bangkok Mercy Centre and
Farm Project
Founded by Father Joe Maier
Baan Maelid School
Karen hill tribe school in Mae
Hong Son
Rayong Bakery
Working with juvenile girls in
Rayong
Tamar Centre
Working with women in
Pattaya and giving them new
job skills
Abundant Life Home
Home for children living with
HIV in Bang Saen
Mermaids Dive Centre
Coral clean-up and
conserving marine
ecosystems
Jesters Care for Kids
Local community fund
raisers and supporter of
children based projects
Baan Jing Jai
Children’s home in Pattaya
Kate’s Project
Working with the
poorest families and slum
communities in and around
Pattaya
The Population and
Community Development
Association (PDA)
Highlighting Business
for Rural Education and
Development (BREAD), and
Birds & Bees Resorts
Founded by Khun Mechai
Sunganseuhsa Piset Ket 12
Special school for children
with learning difficulties
Our Home
Quilting for abandoned
women
Ban Banglamung Social
Welfare Development
Centre for Old People’s
Home
Home for the aged
Pattaya Mercy Centre
Children’s home in Pattaya
Regent’s RS Primary
Round Square in Regent’s
Pattaya Primary School
Ecodudes
Regent’s Pattaya Environment
group
Baan Laem Tong
International Community
Resource Centre
Koh Phi Phi project
with Moken Sea Gypsy
community
Baan Koh Phi Phi School
Regent’s Pattaya Primary
School Koh Phi Phi project
Buffalo Tours
Alleviating poverty in South
East Asia
JUMP! Foundation
Youth Leadership and
empowerment
In Touch with Nature
Educational excursions
working with the
environment
Thom Henley
Koh Chang IDEALS Centre
Outdoor Education Centre
on Koh Chang
Love Wildlife Thailand
Thailand conservation and
animal welfare
The Mechai Pattana School
Buriram School for Thai
Children under the guidance
and vision of Khun Mechai
Makhampom Theatre
Foundation
A theatre research centre
north of Chiang Mai,
facilitating work in the
community
Brigmann’s Badges
Colourful badges that
support Regent’s service
projects
Pattaya Redemptorist
School for the Blind
School for people who are
visually impaired

Communitiy
workshops
Muay Thai with Father
Ray Foundation
Learn how to Thai kick box
with our community partner.
Lucy Kuyper
Derek Franklin
Dance Studio Primary
Time Capsule
Leave a lasting reminder
in the Primary School
conference time capsule.
Esme Mongare & Year 5
Auditorium side field West
Foot Massage
Visit the women from the
Fountain of Life Centre for a
traditional Thai foot massage
and buy some handmade cards.
Anne Cooke
Khun Nang
Primary Library & room 103
Primary
Tree Planting
Off set your carbon footprint
and plant a tree with regent’s
own Ecodudes
Michelle Barnes-Roberts
Tree Nursery
Baan Koh Phi Phi School
jewellery making
Making jewellery with the
students from Phi Phi Island.
Khun Meena
Secondary Library
Learn Thai with Wat Pong
School
Basic Thai lessons with students
from Pong School.
Eddy Stones
Primary 110
Takraw
Learn to play this traditional
Thai ball game and improve your
takraw skills
Khun Dam
Clock Tower East, in front of rooms
109 and 110 Secondary
Thai Cooking
Learn to cook famous Thai dish,
a Tom Ka Gai, with our Thai
parents
Khun Thon
Room 201 Primary
Baan Maelid School
Karen hill tribe
wrist bands
Traditional Karen weaving
with Baan Maelid School
Khun Meena
Helen Ball
Secondary Library
Thai Dancing
Learn a traditional Thai dance
with our community partner.
Lucy Kuyper
Derek Franklin
Dance Studio Primary
Free Burma Workshop
with the Free Burma
Group and Regent’s
English Department
The Burma problem. How can
we help? Why is it important?
Adam Pickles
Tom Rawlings
Room 207 Secondary
Krathong making
with Regents Thai
Department
Learn to make an individual
krathong using natural
resources and float it on the
pool and make a wish
Khun Anyanist
Primary 109
Conference
notebook making
Making conference
notebooks with recycled
paper and card
Mr. Smiley
Room 306 Secondary
Baan Koh Phi Phi
School jewellery
making
Making jewellery with the
students from Phi Phi Island.
Khun Meena
Secondary Library

Service
days
The Rayong Bakery
The Rayong Bakery, a joint venture between the Rayong
Child and Youth Training Center (a remand center for
young female offenders), Pattaya International Ladies
Club and Rayong Ladies Circle, was excited to be
included in the recent Regents Round Square conference
and hosted 25 delegates at their site on Monday and
Wednesday.
Delegates being shown how to make cakes at the Rayong
bakery.
Approximately 20 girls within the training center have
earned the privilege of cooking in the bakery. Under the
guidance of a Thai supervisor and a PILC representative
the girls learn many new skills which include training in
preparation of bakery goods, hygiene, presentation, and
packaging.
Regents School Pattaya has just finished hosting the 2010
Round Square International conference – where it welcomed
over 800 delegates from 23 different countries. The conference
theme, “We Walk Together,” encapsulated the aims of the
week-long event, which were to engage with local projects and
to build long lasting community partnerships.
The Regent’s School wanted to challenge every delegate to
leave their comfort zone and to make connections with both
Thai residents and delegates from around the world. This
engagement allowed the delegates to see some of the challenges
that exist in Thailand, and showed them what steps can be
taken to support our communities.
The service day projects were allocated to every delegate before
arrival at the conference. These projects were with community
partners of The Regent’s School Pattaya who have worked
with the students and staff at the school for many years. Many
of the community partners were also present throughout the
week of the conference, running both stalls and exhibitions for
the delegates.
Profits from the sale of bakery items go towards buying
ingredients, kitchen upgrading, projects at the center such
as renovating the girls’ bathroom, regular sessions with a
Thai nurse for health issues and a small percentage goes to
the girls themselves.
It was quite exciting for the bakery girls to have visitors
and make new friends from all around the world. Each
delegate introduced themselves and identified where their
home was located on the map and globe before taking a
tour of the girls’ living quarters, canteen, and bakery space.
The delegates were divided between three work spaces
- baking, basket weaving and origami, with about 1 1/2
hours spent at each station. With assistance and instruction
from residents, each delegate was sent home with a lovely
hand-made basket and colorful hanging work of origami
along with a tasty treat.
Despite the warm cooking conditions in the bakery each
group of the delegates tried their hands at many of the
bakery’s recipes. Producing some delicious brownies,
cinnamon rolls, quiches, carrot cake, coconut/pineapple
chess pie, grissini and elephant shortbread cookies that
were sold at the conference on Tuesday and Thursday.
It was very encouraging to watch so many young ladies

from such different cultures, varied languages, and
backgrounds, donning aprons and hair coverings, baking
and cooking together without any barriers, producing
such a yummy product but more important fostering the
realization that they really aren’t that different from each
other after all!
We bake together at the Rayong bakery.
Fountain of Life Children’s Center
“Our Home” Quilting
Delegates putting their sewing skills into action at the Our
Home quilting.
“Our Home” Quilting project takes care of girls who come
from all over Thailand. Some of them have not known a
home of their own. They live in a family-like atmosphere
and learn, except from quilting, social skills and participate
in all aspects of family life. They refuse to ask for money,
they earn it working hard. Each girl has her own bank
account and is encouraged to save for her future.
Our Home quilting ladies showing a delegate sewing
techniques.
Making quilts has been an ongoing experience for
Khun Tiew (the founder of “Our Home”) and the girls.
Customers have a choice in every detail of their quilt and
the quilts are of the highest standard now. The girls are
proud of their work.
The delegates of the Round Square Conference who
visited the project had an opportunity to learn the skill of
quilt making from the very beginning and participate in
the life at “Our Home”. They interacted with the girls who
were very proud to have a chance to pass their skills to the
visitors. Each visitor made, applying their newly learned
skills, their own souvenir to take home. Altogether it was
a rewarding experience for the visitors, some of whom
decided to cooperate with “Our Home” in the future.
We quilt together at Our Home.
Fountain of life children making krathongs with delegates.
This center is a place where disadvantaged children can
experience the joys of childhood in a safe, caring and
calm environment. The 2 service days were organized by
Regent’s parent Marloes de Saegher and the aim was to
bring smiles on the faces of these children by interacting
with them during workshops and a bowling event.
We smile together.
27 children of the Fountain of Life went bowling on both
days. The delegates helped them throw the heavy balls and
when they succeeded to get the pins down a bigger smile
appeared on their faces.
One of the delegates who went on Monday asked the
coordinator if he could come again on the Wednesday as
he had such a great time!
For all delegates it was a special, fun and memorable day
but more importantly it was an unforgettable day for the
children of the Fountain of Life.
We walk together with the Fountain of life children’s
center.
Sunganseuhsa Piset Ket 12
- Chonburi
Sunganseuhsa Piset Ket 12 provides care for young
people with disabilities between the ages of 2 and 25.
The numbers have grown rapidly since it was opened just
under a year ago from 12 to 43.
The school was visited by over 80 delegates on two
separate days and it was clear to see that everyone had a
great day. The activities involved making bricks, pendants,
football goals, t-shirts and a banner.
Many of the Special Needs children and young adults
were leading the delegates in the activities. It was evident
that all had an insightful day and a number of the delegates
are now planning to raise funds for the Center when they
return back to their school.

delegates realize that it was them who were changed;
these children changed the delegate’s lives. The children
welcomed them into their home and showed them the
simple fun things in life, being together. For many of the
delegates this is only the beginning of their journey with
Pattaya Orphanage.
Pattaya Orphanage
A royal visit and welcome at the Pattaya Orphanage.
In 1972, Fr. Raymond Allyn Brennan, a Catholic priest
living and working in St Nikolaus parish, Pattaya, one
morning opened his church door and there he saw a
newborn baby abandoned. Not knowing what to do, he
took care of the child, asking his friends “how to give milk
and how to change the diaper.” News about the fostering
of the child spread, resulting in more children being
brought to him whose families were in desperate need.
This resulted in the opening of the Pattaya Orphanage.
HRH Princess Theodora at the Pattaya Orphanage.
The orphanage’s aims are to provide help to orphans by
accepting to bring them up and provide a home, food
and education. When the orphanage accepts a child
the orphanage is their home until they have finished
education. If a child is capable of going onto university
education, then the orphanage supports them and is their
home until they have received their degree and have a job
and home.
The delegates’ time at the orphanage was spent playing
with the babies and toddlers. Everyone loved this time as
the children, particularly the toddlers, were jumping on
everyone wanting to play. They also spent time singing
nursery rhymes and games with the pre-school and
primary children. Everyone had such a wonderful time
being with the little children, the children were so tactile
and the delegate’s hearts were soon melted and everyone
was having lots of fun.
Lunch was had in the canteen with all the children and
many of the delegates helped giving out the food to the
children. The afternoon was spent with the male delegates
playing football in the very hot weather and everyone else
making cards to give to the children, and for the children
to give to the delegates. The cards were fantastic and
everyone went home with a memento.
All fun and games
at the Pattaya Orphanage.
On the bus on the way home everyone was very tired but
had a fantastic day with many memories and friendships
which will live on for years to come. Some of the delegates
had thought they were going to these orphans to help
them and make their day better, only afterwards did the
The Blind School
The Redemptorist School for the Blind students take
RS conference delegates for a walk with blindfolds and
walking sticks.
This school was opened by Father Ray in the late 1980’s,
moving to the current site in 1991; the school caters
for children from 3 to 20 and incorporates a vocational
Center. The children have a range of visual needs; some
being partially sighted, others being completely blind, all
children board in term time and come from all over the
country.
Delegates were given the task of learning / reading Braille.
The Service Days were organized by Regent’s teachers
Karyn Walton and Ros McConnell; however, the Blind
School very kindly did most of the work! The service
days were fun filled with delegates experiencing a number
of activities led by the students from the Blind School;
learning to read and write Braille, bead-making, mobility
and life-skills.
One head-teacher was so moved by the experience she
said, “I’m going straight home to start fund raising, it
won’t be much but I can see every little bit counts.”
One student stated, “I want to allow other children at
our school to experience being blind-folded and learning
how to move around and make drinks. Now we truly
understand how blind people adjust to their world and
become active members of their community and future
members of a workforce.”
Thanks were given to the Blind School staff who made it
all possible, particularly Head Teacher Aurora and Miki.
The biggest thanks were given to the amazing children
from the Blind School and Round Square delegates.
We walk together with the Redemptorist School for the Blind.

The Camillian Center, Rayong
A warm musical welcome for the RS delegates
to the Camillian Social Center.
The Center accommodates approximately 90 young
people plus a number of older individuals living with
the HIV virus. The Round Square service day visitors
were given an informative introductory presentation
describing the history and work of the Center by senior
volunteer, Paul Baird. This was followed by an extensive
tour of the facilities, including the palliative care ward
which accommodates up to 20 terminally-ill patients.
Coloring and playtime with the children at the Camillian
Social Center.
Mr Baird indicated that, as well as looking after the
residents, much of the work is focused on education about
the virus and ways of preventing its spread. “In general,
survival rates have been much improved by the increased
availability of anti-retroviral drugs supplied by the
government.” The Rayong Center includes dormitories,
a physical rehabilitation room, administrative offices,
lecture rooms, a library, chapel and large canteen.
There was ample opportunity for the visiting Round
Square delegates to interact with the young people with
such activities as teaching English, drawing, Christmas
card making, nail painting and card games.
After a delicious lunch, generously provided by the Center,
the delegates were taken to visit the Independent Living
Center, one of two adjacent facilities - the other being the
Garden of Eden, about 20 miles to the north of Rayong.
The aim here is to teach independent living skills to the
40 teenage residents to prepare for their later lives in the
community outside the Center.
The young people enjoyed playing football with the
delegates as well as snooker. Their resident rock band,
The Coffee Club, proudly played and all enjoyed the fun
karaoke session that followed.
Altogether it was a rewarding and fun day for all the
participants, one of whom commented that she was very
impressed with every aspect of the Camillian Center’s
activities and was committed to ensuring this information
was shared with her local school community back in
Australia.
Baan Jing Jai Children’s Home
Baan Jin Jai is a Children’s Home in Pattaya with, at times,
up to 60 children in their care. On the Service Days during
the Round Square Conference the delegates helped to
paint the two homes and the outside fences and walls of
Baan Jing Jai.
In the afternoon some of the older girls from Baan Jing Jai
became ‘teachers’ and taught the delegates how to make
bracelets like the ones they often make to sell. It is a very
time consuming art that requires an incredible amount of
skill and patience. As one delegate said, “I will never again
haggle for the price of a bracelet after all this work it takes.
I never realised how hard it could be.”
Thanks were given to Khun Piangta, the lady who runs the
great establishment and her fabulous staff and children
for sharing their days with the delegates. They worked
together, they smiled together and they learnt together.
The homes now look bright and beautiful and as Piangta
said at the end of Wednesday, “The children are so proud.”
We walk together with Baan Jing Jai Children’s Home.
Guranyawet Disabled Ladies Home
Balloon fun at the Guranyawet disabled ladies home.
The ladies home is a government run residential centre for
400 ladies age 18 upwards. The ladies have a wide range
of physical and mental disabilities and they reside at the
home due to having no family to care for them.
The service day was organised by Victoria Wells who visits
the ladies on a regular basis and is hoping to establish a
sustainable partnership with the ladies home. The ladies
rarely have visitors and seldom leave the home. The aim
of the day was to provide them with some entertainment
and to make them feel special.
The service day was fun filled with nail painting,
makeovers, karaoke and dancing. One of the ladies at the
home commented, “It’s so special to have visitors. I have
had a great day.”

Tamar Center, Pattaya
Making sweet and sour chicken at the Tamar Center.
The Tamar Center was opened in August 1999 by Project
L.I.F.E. Foundation, a registered Thai foundation, that
is also associated with Youth With A Mission (YWAM)
Thailand. The Centre aims to “Offer hope, healing and
new life to bar girls and prostitutes in Pattaya”, training the
girls in new skills, giving them a job and a place to live,
teaching them English, and counselling them if they need
it.
The Center has a hairdressing salon on Soi 6, and a building
on Third Road that holds a restaurant and bakery, a card
and jewellery making shop, computer training centre and
a small nursery. They also have an outreach programme
in the north east of Thailand, in Isaan, where they try to
tackle the problem at its source.
On both Monday and Wednesday of the Conference, 30
delegates from the Round Square Schools around the
world visited the Third Road base of the Tamar Centre.
There, they were divided into four groups, each of which
had a Thai speaking student from the Regent’s School to
help translate.
The main aim of the day was to have the students
interacting with the ladies from the centre. For that, each
group rotated between four different interactive activities.
The Tamar Center girls taught the delegates how to cook
sweet and sour chicken and make a Thai dessert. They also
spent an hour trying to make cards like the Tamar girls do.
The most emotional activity was the question-and-answer
session with four ladies from the centre. With the help
of four translators, the girls told their stories and very
openly answered all questions that the delegates had
about their lives. In exchange, the delegates also answered
questions from the Tamar ladies relating to their lives and
backgrounds. Quite a few tears were shed between the
two groups, and the delegates learnt a totally different
side to prostitution and bar life. Many never realised the
kinds of stories that could be behind this life. It was an
eye-opening experience for all participants.
At the end, two schools were so moved by their experiences
that they expressed interest at establishing long-term
connections with the centre. And of course, Tamar bakery
produce was extremely popular at the end of an emotional
day.
Father Ray Day Care Centre and Vocational
School for Disabled
One of the many activities between
the delegates and Fountain of life children.
The Fr. Ray Day Care Center provides children living in
the poorest slum areas of Pattaya a place where they will
be safe during the day whilst their parents are at work. The
Round Square delegates had great fun playing with some
of the centre’s 120 children. They made masks, played
with play dough and construction toys and then helped to
feed the children and put them to bed for their afternoon
nap.
In the afternoon the delegates visited the Vocational
school for the disabled where they learnt what it is like
to live as disabled person. The school currently educates
over 200 adults who all have a physical disability. Each
student was either given a blindfold, a wheelchair or a pair
of crutches. They then had to negotiate around the centre
and out onto Soi Yume to the local shop to experiences
exactly how difficult life as disabled person can be. The
afternoon ended with a game of wheel chair basketball
which proved to be more difficult than first expected!
We walk together with the Father Ray Vocational Center.

Kate’s Project Trust
Kate’s Project Trust works in the slum areas of Pattaya
and since its inception in 2006 by Andrew McCarroll and
Roisin Hall has helped hundreds of children attend school
and also improved living conditions for many families.
One of the entertaining activities at the Kate’s Project
Trust sports day.
Khun Meena from the Regent’s School Physical Education
Department organized a full day of sport and activities for
the children and families that Kate’s Project works with.
Round Square delegates and the local families joined
forces to compete together in the competitions and games
which ranged from the traditional musical statues and 3
legged race to the hilarious blind folded eating and ping
pong ball chop sticks race. The families and delegates
had a fun filled and action packed day which they will
remember for a long time.
The Regent’s School Pattaya is proud to be working with over
30 local community partners not only in the Pattaya area
but also across Thailand. This has been the strength of our
Round Square programme for the last 10 years and the core
of our educational philosophy of learning through service and
community partnership.
The heart of the Round Square International Conference
hosted by the Regent’s School last month was the Round
Square Pillar, community service, and the ability of our school
to be able to send out 800 delegates into the community on two
different days to work and engage with amazing individuals
and groups living and working on our doorstep.
This would not have been possible if the Regent’s staff and
students did not already have these partnerships in place
through their curriculum and extra-curricular activities
and the trust and respect that make such quality learning
experiences happen. Many thanks must go to both sides of this
partnership for their enthusiasm and commitment over the
years to community service work. We very much look forward
to strengthening and expanding our community partnerships
in the future as this must be the legacy of a conference of this
magnitude and the responsible approach to any education that
seeks to make a difference… it is only the beginning. – Paul
Crouch, Round Square Director, Regents School, Pattaya.

We
Express
together
In substitution of the Multicultural evening, the student
steering committee proposed a new idea. Rather than
coercing delegates to participate in cultural performances,
the committee members suggested giving the choice to
the delegates, whether share their talents with the others.
Executing this idea which has never before been done
in Round Square history was very risky, but this was the
beginning of an amazing night: “We Express Together”
evening.
The purpose of this event was to allow delegates to interact
with others and merge their talents. Delegates signed up
as they arrived at the school on Registration Day and as
the performance list grew, the student entertainment
committee got together to decide on the order and prepare
the equipment needed. With a limited amount of time to
prepare the organisation of the evening was a lot of hard
work and therefore everyone put in lots of effort.
There were a total of 23 performances, where the majority
was by the delegates and a small portion by the various
community partners of the Regent’s School, e.g. Pattaya
Orphanage, Baan Koh Phi Phi School and Baan Maelid
Karen School. There was one noticeable 22-minute long
medley performed by all the students of the schools in
the Indian Subcontinent, Middle East and Gulf Region.
It must also be bought to notice that students from many
different schools collaborated to perform together. Thus,
the purpose of this event was fully met.
The evening was ultimately successful, and all delegates
thoroughly enjoyed it. Echoing HM King Constantine’s
words, it was declared “the best ever.” We would like to see
this event continued and improved in future conferences,
as it has proved to be an effective alternative to antecedent
Multicultural Evenings in previous conferences.
Jin Geun Lee, Amit Garg (RS 2010 student steering
committee)

We assembled a group of people in the Round
Square office to read through all of the notes made
throughout the week’s barazza group session. The group
had previously established goals to meet regarding the
conference statement: we did not want the statement to
be pontifical or oversimplified, rather encompass all the
stimulating activities of the conference; we wanted the
statement to be based upon action that could be executed
subsequently; the statement should set a goal that is
realistic, thus is not excessively quantitative or vague.
In order to achieve these goals, we gathered the
most recurring and apparent themes that stood out in the
feedback from the three barazza group discussions and
in the various events of the conference. We recognized
that Universal Primary Education was one of the most
prominent topics of debate throughout the week, whether
it was in regards to animals, indigenous people, the
destitute, or even the individual self. There were a lot of
aspects to this, negative and positive, thus the conference
statement was created in the light that it would provide
a positive framework upon which education should be
provided and gained at every opportunity.
Walking is used as a metaphor to delineate
progress and action. Most of the feedback regarding
the conference statement has said that it has motivating
qualities that coerce all participants of the conference to
live up to what had been learnt beyond the week of the
conference.
This is not meant to be solely a simple summary of what
was discussed, but also an action statement looking to the
future. A way of taking ‘We Walk Together’ back to their
home countries, communities and schools and carrying it
with them wherever they may go.
Yeoi Shin Jung, Linnea Timlin, Amit Garg (RS 2010
student steering committee)
Conference
statement

Conference
song
We wake up to a million dreams,
Surrounding us in the air,
Waiting to be bought to reality,
we just need that first step.
and so will you take my hand,
Join the journey of a life time,
Helping each other on the way,
Step by step we’ll make a difference.
We could take on the world,
Rise through every fall,
All we need is each other,
We walk together as one.
Keep holding hands never let go,
We need that unity,
We’re all in this together now,
We gotta keep walking on this path,
and So will you take my hand,
Join the journey of a life time,
Helping each other on the way,
Step by step we’ll make a difference.
We could take on the world,
Rise through every fall,
All we need is each other,
We walk together as one.
We could take on the world,
Rise through every fall,
All we need is each other,
We walk together as one.
Leaving footsteps along the way,
trace it back to the beginning,
We’ve come such a long way,
everything has changed,
We could take on the world,
Rise through every fall,
All we need is each other,
We walk together as one.
We could take on the world,
Rise through every fall,
All we need is each other,
We walk together as one.
We could take on the world,
Rise through every fall,
All we need is each other,
We walk together as one.
We could take on the world,
Rise through every fall,
All we need is each other,
We walk together as one.
Music by Amit Garg (Year 13),
words by Student Steering Committee RS 2010

Closing
Speeches
The first is actually one of the longest walks I happened to
embark on…..I will give you the abbreviated version.. It is
the walk with my beloved wife, Queen Anne-Marie. I use
the word ‘happen’ because in my case I feel that luck had
as much to do with it as intention. And I use the adjective
‘the longest’, with great joy and relief…
It has been anything but monotonous. With each step I
am reminded of this: it is one thing to be amazed by your
partner in life, or a friend, or even your idol.
To admire one’s generosity, to be inspired by their ability
to empathize or to marvel at how one can apply wisdom
instead of simply preach it, all qualities that the Queen
possesses, is fine, but it is not walking together.
Do not stroll by watching others do amazing things. In the
past few days, we have all heard four exceptional keynote
speakers
who undoubtedly passed on their passion for their work
and causes. Keep that feeling alive, go back to it every now
and then, do not let it become another happy memory.
Live inspiration, share inspiration. Whoever inspires
you was once inspired and kept that feeling alive until
it materialized into action. As you, the students have so
eloquently put it: we inspire together.
His Majesty King Constantine
I was asked, a few months ago, to submit an introductory
text for the conference booklet. So I did and the last
paragraph reads: ‘We Walk Together. Three words, one
concept, infinite levels of meaning. Let us lead each other
to the Round Square conference in Thailand, and then
take another step from there on’.
Here we are, nearing the end of another Round Square
landmark, ready to take the next step onwards…
In bringing this particularly interesting and successful
conference to a close and having explored, with all of you,
the spectrum of these three words I must confess, I feel
I am just at the beginning. Before thanking you for your
warm Thai welcome and for the great work you have all
put into this annual meeting, I would like to share some
of the steps I have personally taken in an effort to make
sense of this year’s theme.
Specifically, I will tell you about three walks: the first is
one that still redefines me with every step that I take; the
second walk is actually one which reminded me of the
value of standing still and the third is one that continues
to teach me humbleness.
We walk with others and with the world, by necessity and
by design. But look at the people you walk with by choice.
Do they make you feel amazed at your self? Do you break
your personal boundaries with each step? Are you more
independent the closer you walk together, live together,
share a life together?
Let me tell you about a walk together that can happen to
people in my line of business….
The reason why I chose to talk of my marriage as one of
the most important walks I have taken in life – other than
the fact that the Queen is here…is that with each step, I
am amazed at myself!
Our common life, blessed as it is, has been rife with
change and turmoil, which neither of us could ever have
imagined when we first met. If somehow, I had been
shown the sequel, if I had been told what the next episodes
were holding for us, I would still be certain that walking
through it all together, we would also learn together and
succeed together. As I know we have.
It is actually during one of our short walks together..
literally..that the second example took place. As I
mentioned in my introduction, I was reminded of the
power of stillness.

Before I begin my narrative, imagine that you look out
of the window; then look out of the same window with
another person; look again with a crowd. The view will
remain the same but your perception of it, the resonant
feeling the same view will induce, will vary each time.
Since we exist and live together, this example is part of our
daily lives. We unintentionally affect the others’ view of
the world.
So, about a month ago, the Queen and I found ourselves in a
less than welcoming environment. Whilst in Athens, after
my son’s wedding, and in an effort to go from one end of
Syntagma Square (which translated, means Constitution
Square) to the other, we had to go through what most
people would consider ‘big trouble’. Hundreds of enraged
truck drivers, angry at the new austerity measures, were
threatening to enter the Parliament building. Not the
best place for a former Head of State to take an afternoon
stroll one would think… It turned out that it was in fact a
very good place to be when the afternoon stroll became a
lesson in life and a lesson I hope, for all the future leaders
in this audience.
I was questioning my decision as I was nearing the crowd,
when I heard whispering and then a cheer. Angry faces
were turning into smiles, waving hands were now shaking
ours. After days of agitation the men and women stood
still. It did not matter whether I agreed with their presence
in Constitution Square nor did it matter if they agreed with
mine. But as my wife, the protestors and I walked together
around our nation’s symbol of Democracy, talking about
things other than truck licenses, I was reminded that there
are times when one needs to express anger and there are
moments when we all must stand still. Together. All that
we had done was to give, unintentionally, the opportunity
to an angry crowd, to look ‘outside their window’ for a few
moments, with different company.
My ‘line of work’ entails walking together with the largest
variety of people: poor and wealthy, friends and foe, the
most interesting and the truly boring.. What luck! I t made
me realize at the right age that no matter how we label our
co-walker.. we cannot avoid the walk itself. You wake up
each morning without knowing who will be joining you
on your journey or what you are about to see together.
I have talked about walking with a person, (in my case
my wife), walking with a crowd; I would like to take a few
minutes to talk about walking with a nation.
all ideological and political beliefs. That was my parents’
mission for me – service to the people was my true
education, so much so, that I wanted future generations to
gain this experience. I grasped the opportunity by helping
to make Round Square a vehicle to that end.
As Head of State, I continued to explore Greece: Every
single village vibrated with echoes of our great history; the
eminence of my parents and forefathers had marked the
land with brilliance; around me I saw exceptional men
and women who had fought, starved and lost in the name
of our country.
I kept seeking these unique experiences until I felt I could
truly say, ‘now, I walk with my country.. she leads me as
much as I lead her’. We lead each other, we lead together.
The moment that I felt that my presence could
unintentionally harm my country, my family and I left.
The track changed but we were still walking it together.
And so, we survived together.
The journey - it has been longer than a walk…resembles
a sailing voyage: you may have the best intentions and
skills, but if the winds are against you, it will not be an
easy ride. Every experience that the journey has given
me, good or bad, made me humble. Those trips in my
childhood, getting to know my country, having to move
away for some time and finding the right time to return;
Greece still humbles me.
One of the keys to humbleness, as condescending as this
may sound, is not to wait for it to show itself to you. We
need to seek it, we must remind ourselves of it. We all
need to bow to something: a symbol, a God, an idea, our
history or the night-sky, whatever makes one feel small,
bow to it.
That is my understanding of walking together and that is
why I started this speech by confessing, that I feel I am just
at the beginning.
All of us who have committed ourselves to the purpose of
Round Square are eager to make it a means for the next
generation to take as many walks together as possible.
Thank you, Regents’ School for so effectively making
this a reality for yet another year and for hosting a truly
motivating and successful conference.
That is how I have always faced my duty to my country:
as a young Crown Prince, I was taught to take in all kinds
of experiences and I was encouraged to meet people from
all backgrounds, from every corner of Greece, people of

International Round Square Conference 2010 - The Regent's School, Pattaya
We Walk Together: 9th - 15th October (09.08.10)
Saturday 9th Sunday 10th Monday 11th Tuesday 12th Wednesday 13th Thursday 14th Friday 15th
ARRIVALS DAY
DEPARTURES DAY
We start together
We return together
SERVICE DAY
We smile together day
*RS Reps workshops
SERVICE DAY
We give hope together
*Heads and RS Board
workshops (am only)
All day
Registration
7:00 - 8:30
Breakfast
7:00 - 8:30
Breakfast
7:00 - 8:30
Breakfast
7:00 - 8:30
Breakfast
7:00 - 8:30
Breakfast
7:00 - 9:00
Breakfast
9:00 - 10:30
Opening ceremony
Auditorium
10.30 – 10.45
Tree Planting
8:45 - 9:00
Conference photo
Oval
We smile together
9:00 - 10:00
Keynote speaker 2
Khun Mechai
Auditorium
9:00 - 10:00
Keynote speaker 3
Khun Usanne & Father
Joe
Auditorium
All day
Optional activities /
Community projects
10:00 - 17:00
Community workshops
We explore together
11.00 – 12.00
Keynote speaker 1
Peter Dalglish
Auditorium
9.00 – 17.00
Community Service
projects
We learn together
10:30 - 12:00
Rikhas
Justin Bedard JUMP!
Students - Auditorium
Heads & Reps – Globe
Governors –
Roundhouse
9.00 – 17.00
Community Service
projects
We progress together
10:00 - 11:00
Barazza groups
We understand together
12:00 - 13:00
Barazza groups
We talk together
New school rehearsals
Auditorium
*Friends of RS meeting
Roundhouse
*RS Reps workshop
Justin Bedard
Thom Henley
Kate Gray
11.30 - 12.30
Rikhas
Brian Dawson & Ann
West
Students - Auditorium
Heads & Reps – Globe
Governors – Room 206
12:00
Lunch provided
13:00 - 14:30
International Lunch
We share together
14:30 - 15:30
AGM
Auditorium
12:00 - 14:00
Democracy Lunch
We eat together
Khun Nui
Manoj
14:00 -15:00
Nic Dunlop
Auditorium
RS Board and Heads
Kate’s Project (pm)
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
Prince Alexander Lunch
We believe together
Roundhouse
PAF art auction
11:00 - 14:00
Lunch available
Saturday 9th Sunday 10th Monday 11th Tuesday 12th Wednesday 13th Thursday 14th Friday 15th
10:00 - 17:00
Community workshops
We explore together
16:00 - 17:00
Rikhas
Regent’s RS Alumni
Students - Auditorium
Heads & Reps – Globe
Governors –
Roundhouse
15:00 - 16:30
Barazza groups
We listen together
Krathong making
*RS Board meeting
Conference room
14:00 - 15:30
Closing ceremony
We succeed together
Auditorium
Staff room & pigeon
holes
Room 208
17.00 – 18.00
Free time
We express together
rehearsals
Conference movie
Burma VJ
Globe
17.00 – 18.00
Free time
We express together
rehearsals
Conference movie
Food, INC.
Globe
*2011 presentation
15.00 – 15.30
16.30 – 18.00
Free time
We express together
rehearsals
Conference movie
The 11 th Hour
Globe
17.00 – 18.00
Free time
We express together
rehearsals
Conference movie
Med-dah
Globe
17:00 - 22:30
Nong Nooch
Loy Krathong
We shine together
Dinner / Student social
We dance together
17:00 - 18:30
Dinner
18:30 - 20:30
Welcome to Thailand
We embrace together
Auditorium
20.30 – 22.00
*Chairman’s Reception
Grand Regent’s
*2011 planning
meeting
Conference room
18:00 - 19:30
Dinner
19.30 – 20.30
Louis Ng
We survive together
Auditorium
20:30 - 21:30
Joe Louis Puppet
Theatre
Auditorium
Free time 21.00 – 22.00
Free time
*Adult de-brief
Principal’s residence
18:00 - 19:30
Sustainable Dinner
We live sustainably
together
Grant Pereira
20.00 - 21:30
Koh Phi Phi project
Thom Henley
We build together
Auditorium
21:30 - 22:00
Free time
21.30 – 22.30
*Adult de-brief
Principal’s residence
16.30 – 17.30
+*Regional meetings
18:00 - 19:00
Dinner
19:00 - 22:00
*Dinner at Cabbages &
Condoms
19:00 - 20:00
Med-dah
We feel together
Auditorium
20:00 - 22:00
Krathong making
Barazza rooms
18:00 - 19:30
Dinner
19:30 - 21:30
We express together
evening
Auditorium
21:30 - 22:00
Krathong making
Barazza rooms
21.30 – 22.30
*Adult de-brief
Principal’s residence
+*Regional meetings
Americas
Roundhouse
Europe
Room 208
Africa
Room 207
Australasian
Room 206
South Asia & Gulf
Sec. Library
* Not intended for
student delegates

Feedback
• Very good food and accommodation
• Facilities second to none for a conference of this
nature
• Fresh new ideas all the time
• Program packed with variety and learning
opportunities
• A thumb drive with beautiful photos and lots of
information
• Lots of hard work, creativity, passion,
determination and perseverance
• And a lot other WOW’s!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please circulate this to all who made it possible….and
thanks a lot again from the bottom of our hearts!!
Dear Paul
It is wonderful to hear from you and want very much to
say thank you!
Thank you to you, all of the conference team and Regents
Pattaya for allowing us to participate in the Round Square
Conference. I have attended other teacher conferences
but have never found the passion and involvement
that was present with ‘We Walk Together’. Your team’s
commitment and hard work were evident throughout the
week and made it a success for all involved. Thank you!
If there is anything else that we can do to assist Round
Square please do not hesitate to ask.
I will try to send you the pre-conference project report
with photos ASAP.
With kind regards
Graham Harper (graham@buffalotours.com)
Buffalo tours
Dear Paul, Kristy, Minty, student committee and the
whole of The Regents School community,
On behalf of the Stanford Lake College delegation, I want
to thank you all for a wonderful conference in Thailand!
We learned a lot, had a lot of fun and are energized to go
on to live the IDEALS of Round Square!
The list of things to thank you for is more or less endless,
so I’ll mention a few things:
• Super hospitality – all staff, students, parents –
Everyone!
• Thought provoking speakers
• Brilliant barazza group leaders
• Wonderful exposure for students
• More than enough time to network
Kind regards
Thias Taute (roundsquare@stanfordlakecollege.co.za)
Dear Paul,
What can I say……other than we are all still buzzing here
after what has been the MOST FANTASTIC conference!
Huge thanks to your team and to Evelyn and Prawina for
organizing our time at the farm.
We have all been humbled and hope to live up to our
promises. Your school has truly set the path for a new
generation of doers!
See you soon,
Suzanne (Suzanne.Kuster@abbotsholme.co.uk)
X
Abbotsholme School
Dear Paul,
I wanted to write and congratulate you on the extraordinary
RSC2010. I have been attending these Round Square
events since Aiglon College, Switzerland in 1990 and
I can truthfully say that none has been better organized
none has challenged me more to consider the relevance of
what I am doing and my school is doing. Your community
partnerships are truly inspiring. It is heartening to see the
IDEALS pillars of Round Square so truly embedded at
the centre of your school life. Tremendously well done
and thank you.
Duncan Hossack
Headmaster
Saint Andrew’s School, Florida USA

RS Board and secretariat
Dear Paul, Mike and Kirsty,
Whilst it may have been appropriate to write to you
individual emails of thanks, given your incredible
teamwork in delivering an outstanding Conference
experience for all the delegates to the 2010 Round Square
International Conference, I thought it best to write to you
all as a team!
On behalf of Round Square, the Board, Schools and
individual delegates, I wanted to express my sincere
congratulations and appreciation for your efforts over the
past two years to bring about an incredible experience for
all of us who were lucky enough to attend.
I am sure that you will receive many emails of
congratulations and thanks. It would be entirely
appropriate if you did so given the great enjoyment and
stimulation your Conference provided for all of us. The
warmth of the hospitality, the depth of the program, the
visibility of Students at the centre of both the organisation
and delivery of the Conference and the support of
delegates and their varying and no doubt sometimes
demanding needs, were all met and achieved with a smile
and an effective outcome.
I’m sure that you will be tired and, perhaps, a little empty
that the Conference has come and gone in such a short
space of time given the incredible lead up to it. This
unfortunately is the nature of any conference organisation
and especially, I suspect a Round Square one.
Rest assured that the memory of Thailand 2010 will live
long and strong in the minds of us all and when those
of us who have been lucky enough to attend multiple
conferences reflect on our experience this year, we will be
able to do so with a great sense of enjoyment and warmth
which, as a consequence, should ensure that your pride in
being a central part of the organisation of it lives long also.
I hope that you will have an opportunity to pass on
both my personal thanks and that of the Board and the
Member Schools to all of the Staff and Students involved
including Minty, the Student Steering Committee (who
were just brilliant), the Thai Staff and your incredibly
supportive spouses who not only were very visible and
active during the Conference, but no doubt had provided
ongoing support to you all for an incredible lead up to the
Conference.
The uncertainty surrounding the Conference in June/
July this year, only adds weight to how wonderful it was to
experience the successful fruition of your planning in the
Conference just concluded.
With thanks and best wishes, and congratulations to you
all.
Yours sincerely
Rod Fraser
Chairman
Round Square
The 2010 Round Square Conference was an unqualified
success. Delegates travelled to the Regent’s School in
Pattaya Thailand from all over the world to attend this
event. A conference of this size and importance can only
succeed with the full support and dedicated efforts of the
team that has the responsibility of delivery. The steering
committee is to be highly commended for the hard work,
dedication and enthusiasm that they showed from the
original planning days through to the opening and closing
ceremonies. A feature of the conference was the extent
to which students were visible in all aspects of the event.
Their collective efforts were nothing short of outstanding
and as individuals and in the respective committees, they
can be justly proud of the results.
Set in the most impressive surroundings, the conference
allowed delegates to explore issues of social, political and
environmental relevance. Few left without being deeply
touched by the experience. I can safely speak on behalf
of The President of the Round Square, His Majesty King
Constantine of Greece, Queen Anne-Mari of Denmark,
the Board of Round Square and all the delegates to the
conference that it was an unforgettable experience and
thank the committees and individuals for the privilege of
being hosted by such wonderful people.
Brian Dawson
Round Square Executive Director
Wow, what a conference !
Dr Virachai, Mike, Paul and the whole school team need
to be congratulated on achieving all that they set out to do.
No delegate can say that they did not experience Thai
culture, Thai hospitality, Thai real life and Thai Round
Square C/O The Regents Pattaya.
I am sure that everyone has returned to their schools
inspired, determined to share all that they enjoyed and to
use their new knowledge in their own communities.
Thank you for a wonderful, memorable conference.
Ann A. West MBE JP DL Round Square Guardian.