Saijai Wannual

Thailand

Saijai Wannual

Thailand

Saijai Wannual was born in 1963. She is a Thai government official. She is the Vice-Mayor of District Muang Ban Plu, in Hatyai, Songkla Province, Thailand.

She married, and has two children; her husband and two sons are also government officials.

A joy of hers in life is to propagate Buddhism, and she does so by creating Dhamma Saturdays full of meditation, mindful eating, and chanting in a natural setting of her rubber tree forest with Maechee Nipawan, “Maechee Nee” as the spiritual director.

Every Saturday, villagers, including children, come to hear Dhamma talks in the rubber tree forest.

She empowers the society by using the government funds sincerely, to build bathrooms for the differently-abled, homes for those in poverty, help families without enough money to sustain themselves, and she created a program to make eye glasses for senior citizens by using the Districts’ funds for seniors plus private donations.

Her dream for her future is to continue working with Maechee Nee to offer Dhamma activities for villagers. Her example as a government official committed to ethics, charity and Buddhism make her an Outstanding Buddhist Laywoman.