Down a dirt road plagued by pot holes in rural Isaan is a heavy bag. The swinging piece of leather is the sole structural indication that there is a gym in the Muang Yang district. MMT friend and writer Frances Watthanaya is trying to change that by starting a Go Fund Me to create a gym in her husband Boom‘s hometown. Frances and Boom are looking for help and support in getting enough funding to get their gym, Wor. Watthana (Sanskrit word for perseverance and development) going.
Specifically they are attempting to create a gym structure that will be finished before the Monsoon season in May and will be focusing on using the gym as a way to support local children,