Chaing Mai University (CMU) collaborates with non-government organisations (NGOs) to tackle the SDGs through student volunteering programmes, research programmes and the development of educational resources. The partners below are not-for-profit foundations,independent of governmental control. The work supports Sustainable Development Goal 17 (Partnerships for the Goals).
Student volunteers at Ban Pao Wittayakhan School (SDG4 and SDG3)
On 10 October 2025, physical education students and their lecturers from the Faculty of Education spent the day at Ban Pao Wittayakhan School in Mae Taeng District, Chiang Mai. They came as part of a student volunteering programme with the Phraya Bhirombhakdi Foundation, an independent not-for-profit foundation (NGO), together with Singha Asa. The visit belonged to a scholarship and school-improvement project covering hygiene, safety, teaching materials and sport. The students tidied the school grounds and repainted the sports field so pupils have a safe place to play,and gained hands-on experience in their own profession along the way.
Watershed restoration research with the Rajapruek Institute Foundation (SDG15, SDG 6 and SDG 13)
CMU’s Forest Restoration Research Unit (FORRU-CMU) is running a research programme on restoering watershed forest at Nong Hoi Royal Project in Mae Ram Subdistrict, Mae Rim District, from June 2025 to the end of 2026. Corporate funding from SIG reaches the project through the Rajapruek Institute Foundation, a forest-conservation foundation set up in 1986.
The 10-rai site lies at about 1,240 metres on abandoned farmland, with slopes steeper than 30 degrees and visible erosion. The researchers planted 1,000 seedings of 10 native species to test cardboard mulching,half with mulch and half without, and are tracking weed competition, soil moisture,survival and growth over two years,Another 500 seedings of 14 species went in to raise diversity,using the Framework Species Method developed by FORRU-CMU. Local people,students and members of the public joined the planting day on 12 June 2025.
Sources:
- Faculty of Education, Chiang Mai University. Student volunteers work with Sing Asa. 10 October 2025.
- Forest Restoration Research Unit (FORRU-CMU). Restoration of watershed froest in abandoned agricultural areas, Nong Hoi Royal Project. June 2025.