Development of a Buddhist Community Saving System to Support the Aging Society at Sub-district Level

Abstract

The objectives of this research article were 1) to develop a paradigm and public awareness; 2) to develop Buddhist community savings system; and 3) to extract lessons from the development of Buddhist community savings system to support an aging society at the sub-district level. It was an action research consisting of 4 steps: planning, implementing, observing, monitoring, evaluating, and there was reflecting on the results of driving the activities through review techniques after driving activities completed. The target area was defined as a network partner (Bowon), namely Nong Nom Wua Subdistrict, Lat Yao District, Nakhon Sawan Province. Research results found that 1) paradigm development and public awareness found that 1.1) understanding of suffering found that spatial problems effecting an economic impact included products, debt, careers, and marketing; 1.2) knowledge of capital: A total of 21 representatives of savings community organizers were selected consisting of community leaders, local leaders, and village health volunteers; and 1.3) seeing through someone's trick: There were guidelines for development in 4 areas: diligently seeking, maintaining,  having a heart for friends and living a self-sufficient life; 2) developing Buddhist community savings system through the public participation process, consensus was reached on 5 sets of activities consisting of (1) online marketing, techniques for taking photos with a mobile phone, (2) business analysis and design with the Business Model Canvas, (3) making a garland from loincloth, (4) flower work, and (5) expanding the refrigerator next to the house, the medicine cabinet next to the kitchen; and 3) the results of the lesson learned found that 3.1) in the aspect of self-assessment of the community process in 9 dimensions, it was found that 100 percent passed the assessment with an average of more than 4.50 and the evaluation from the observation of the researchers and local co-researchers; and 3.2) extracting work lessons, it was found that the problems and limitations were (1) disaster problems in the area, and (2) inconsistent time management. As for success factors, they included (1) management, (2) network partners, (3) listening and reviewing to solve problems, and (4) leaders/community organizers/mentors.