Lasting Communities

Diageo (July 2015 – June 2016)
Given the importance of strong communication and interpersonal skills in the hospitality sector, as part of Diageo’s “Plan W – Empowering women through training” campaign in Asia Pacific, Diageo partnered with Kenan to create the Building Interpersonal Skills for Hospitality Workers – Vietnam Project.

Microsoft Corporation (January 2012 – 2015)
Now in its third year, the Microsoft NGO IT project reaches out to NGOs both in Bangkok and located in more rural areas to build their management, leadership, and ICT process improvement capacities. The project holds regular Round Table and Connection Days, which are

The Resource Alliance UK / The Rockefeller Foundation (2011 – 2013)
Kenan, in strategic partnership with the Resource Alliance UK, implemented Thailand’s first NGO Awards, with financial support provided by the Rockefeller Foundation, from 2011 to 2013.
The NGO Awards program recognized and rewarded the professionalism and excellence existing in

Citibank / Citi Foundation (2010 – 2013)
In 2010, Kenan, Citi, and the Citi Foundation launched the Triple Bottom Line Small Hotels Project. Over the course of three years, the Kenan project team built the capacities of small hotel managers and owners in Bangkok and central Thailand, teaching them to

New Zealand AID (NZAID) (2008 – 2008)
With funding support from New Zealand AID (NZAID), Kenan worked with the Lao PDR National Tourism Administration (LNTA) to design a five-year, US $4.2 million program to strengthen and build the human and institutional capacity of the LNTA.
The project developed models of

Asian Development Bank (ADB) (May 2008 – November 2008)
With funding from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Kenan provided an international consultant to serve as the Human Resources/Social Development Specialist for the US $300,000 Planning for the Sustainable Development of Southern Thailand project between May and November 2008.
Kenan’s consultant