T&C Scholars Begin Thailand Climate Empathy Camp
Scholarship students of the T&C Foundation are embarking on a journey to expand the scope of their empathy by directly facing the climate crisis and ecological environment issues on site.
The T&C Foundation announced that 25 scholarship students from the 28th Fellow and 8th Ami cohorts will participate in the ‘2026 T&C Global Summer Camp’ held in the Hua Hin area of Thailand from August 2 to August 8. This camp is an empathy exploration program planned for scholarship students to directly confirm the impact of climate change on the livelihood and safety of local communities and the lives of the next generation.
During the 7-day, 6-night itinerary, the scholarship students will conduct educational volunteer work for local children and participate in activities to improve the educational environment, such as painting old classroom walls. In the Pranburi region, they plan to plant mangrove seedlings and carry out coastal environment cleanup activities, learning directly on site about the process by which forests prevent coastal erosion and preserve the ecosystem.
The scholarship students will visit the Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand (WFFT), which protects wild animals rescued from illegal poaching and the tourism industry, to consider the impact of human consumption on the lives of animals. They will also have time to comprehensively understand the nature and culture of Thailand through exploration of the Phraya Nakhon Cave and the national park.
Previously, the foundation held a preliminary orientation on July 18 and completed the preparation process. Professor Son Yowhan of the Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering at Korea University, who served as a lecturer at the time, imparted methods for expanding perspectives on the climate crisis. The scholarship students solidified the meaning of the camp by deeply discussing what attitude they should have when meeting residents and nature on site.
The T&C Foundation plans to record the entire process of this camp as a documentary and share it with the public. This video, produced under the theme of ‘climate empathy’, will capture the change in perception of the scholarship students as they face the local ecosystem and accept the climate crisis as their own problem. The documentary is scheduled to be officially released in the second half of this year after going through the editing process.
A foundation official explained, “Understanding distant environmental issues as life issues connected to someone’s daily life is the core of this camp,” and added, “It is expected to be an opportunity for the scholarship students to consider concrete actions they can take as global citizens.”