Ananda Vidyadharma is a project of the Neohumanist Foundation, which started as a boys’ home in Huay Ma Lai in an effort to protect the growing number of disadvantaged and jeopardized children in the area. This area, in western Thailand, that suffers from instability, as families are disturbed by disease, poverty and cultural changes.

The boys' home was initiated after four years of hard work on a piece of wild neglected land. The land was cultivated, a water catchment was built to provide for water supply and the first steps in eco-farming were soon made. A big house was built and in 1996 the first children were welcomed.

Today Ananda Vidyadharma is an independent community project that supports the people in the village of Huay Ma Lai and the surrounding area as well. It has initiated several projects to develop the community in and around Huay Ma Lai.

Ananda Vidyadharma is responsible for its own funding and self-sufficiency, so all means that it undertakes are designed to lead towards this end while continuing to support the community towards the same.

The main objectives are:

• To help families and children in need
• To raise the quality of life of the community
• To attain self-sustainability for the home, while increasing that of the community