A lifelong learning society recognises the value and importance of learning, cultivates a habit of continuous learning and knowledge seeking, enables learning from diverse experiences, and allows individuals and skilled learners to perform their duties most effectively for themselves, their families, communities, and society. It involves social processes that promote continuous learning and development among individuals, groups, and communities by using resources and learning sources that meet their needs. It is a society where knowledge is shared, transferred, and exchanged. Prioritising individual learning is crucial to developing a lifelong learning society, creating high-quality human resources that benefit the public and society as a whole. This project promotes lifelong learning for senior citizens through hands-on learning activities that foster self-development and practical application. This leads to new knowledge, inspiration, and continuous self-improvement.
Project Coordinator: Mrs. Nittaya Panpetch
Objectives:
- To impart knowledge and create a knowledge base for older adults in the community to promote lifelong learning.
- To build good relationships between the library and the community.
- To establish a library at the Senior Citizen Empowerment Center, Saensuk Municipality, by creating a reading corner that promotes reading and facilitates lifelong learning.
Program Activities:
- Contact the person in charge at the Senior Citizen Empowerment Center, Saensuk Municipality, to survey the needs and expectations for the project.
- Identify activities for the project that align with the needs of senior citizens in the community.
- Appoint a committee to organise the project activities.
- Develop the project plan and prepare materials and equipment for four activities:
4.1 Activity: “Eco-Friendly Notebooks from Parcel Boxes”
4.2 Activity: “Transforming Straws into Fans”
4.3 Environmental Activities
4.4 Activity: Establishing a library at the Senior Citizen Empowerment Center.
- Create a satisfaction survey for project participants to use the results to improve operations in the following year.
Expected Outcomes (Impacts):
- Senior citizens in Saensuk Municipality learned through participation in activities that enabled them to make notebooks from cardboard boxes and weave fans from recycled straws. They can further develop and adapt these skills for their own benefit. 2. Senior citizens in Saensuk Municipality gained knowledge and understanding of waste management and sorting. 3. The library at the Senior Citizen Empowerment Center of Saensuk Municipality has a reading corner to promote reading and facilitate lifelong learning. 4. A positive relationship has been established between the library and the community of Saensuk Municipality, Chonburi Province.
Date of Implementation: Aug 17 , 2026
