ที่มา/ความสำคัญโครงการ :

From the research by National Statistical Office of Thailand year 2007, there’s 1.87 million of disability people in Thailand, which is a high 2.9 percent of the entire Thai national population. 64.8 percent of people with disability are unemployed because people believe that there are not capable to work and have to rely on social welfare or they face discrimination in salary because of their disability. This problem can be solved by training them to build their skill in an appropriate and focused field of work, and as a consequence, they will be able to take care of themselves and even their family.

Comic drawing does not require much equipment or monetary investment. It involves the use only creativity and is flexible to where you can work from, which is an ideal environment for disabled people. Anyone Can Draw has many members ranging from cartoonist, animator, and blogger residing in Chiangmai. The idea was initiated in 2011by the founder because of the high number of unemployed disabled people in Chiangmai, and the availability of a network of illustrators that was ready to train the people with disability. Anyone Can Draw currently is able to generate different kind of media, ie animation, comic book, games for making an understanding between people and disability people. In the future Anyone Can Draw plans to have a studio in Chiangmai, a centre for people with disability who are interested in drawing and want to use their new-learned skill as a profession.

Location of the past activity

- Srisangwan School Chiangmai Sansai, Chiangmai

- Yardfon Vocational Rehabilitation Center for Disabled, Chiangmai

- Anusarnsuntorn School for the deaf, Chiangmai

ประโยชน์ของโครงการ :

Reassign people with disability who are ready for work into the formal employment system, and let them be a part of national work force.
Provide a better quality of life for people with disability, a life where they can choose their own path of life and live in an equitable society.
Create employment in the media and creative business sector.
Give disability people an opportunity to do good for society and minimize the limitation of working opportunity.

กิจกรรมที่จะดำเนินโครงการ :

Training on basic comic drawing for 40 persons with disability.
Training an intermediate comic drawing skill for 20 persons with disability.
Create media to make an understanding between disability people and other people by using an animation or comic book as a tool.
In the future, Anyone Can Draw plans to have a studio in Chiangmai, a centre for people with disability who are interested in drawing and want to use their new-learned skill as a profession.

Follow their work and activities at:

สมาชิกภายในทีม :

Kittiarpha pooranapak

She graduated with an Engineering degree, with dedicated passion in comic drawing. She started Anyone Can Draw with a friend who exhibited a similar passion as hers. From her point of view, comic and animation is an interesting work for people with disability because they can work from home and there is a demand for this kind of work in the market.

Suriya Thikwan

He is a graduate student in Fine Arts, with a passion in art and social development. He has been in many projects with Kittiarpha when they were doing their undergraduate studies and has continued till date.

ภาคี :

Yardfon Vocational Rehabilitation Center for Disabled, Chiangmai
Anusarnsuntorn School for the deaf, Chiangmai

List	Amount (baht)
Transportation expense	20,000
Marketing expense (in order to create more understand for the program)	10,000
Total amount (baht)	30,000

ศิลปวัฒนธรรม

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Anyone Can Draw Drawing "A new Life for Persons with Disabilities"