History – มูลนิธิฟื้นฟูและพัฒนาสังคมไทย

In 2004, Jim and Judy Larson moved their family to Bangkok to begin reaching out to bar girls, which led to the founding of The Well project. The first women who wanted to leave the bars stayed with the Larsons and other volunteers.
In May 2005, The Well rented its first home, at On Nut 38/1. Initially all women were housed in the upstairs.

From 2005-2009, The Well grew rapidly, and the organization was largely focused on supporting the work in Thailand. It divided into 3 residential and teaching centers: 2 at On Nut, and one in Bangna. At its peak it had 45 women enrolled.
In 2007, volunteers in the U.S. began to sell jewelry made by students at The Well, primarily through home parties under the name Narimon. Shortly afterward, in 2008, The Well Products, Co., Ltd. was formed in order to manage this venture. While it was formed as a normal, private company, it was managed as a social enterprise, with no profit going to the stockholders.
The Foundation was officially incorporated in October, 2009, with The Well as its main project.

In order to be more effective, leaders decided to make the program smaller in order to focus on deep development for leaders. They also began reducing the residential part of the program, and encouraging women to rent rooms nearby, instead only providing short-term emergency housing for those in need.
In 2012 a prevention project for rural children, Breakthrough, was started in Khon Kaen.
In 2013, a team from the Foundation began visiting sex workers and homeless people in the Wongwian 22 neighborhood, in partnership with Maitrichit Church.

In 2016-2017, Larsons and other non-Thai volunteers began moving into support roles and hiring more Thai workers. Most workers were people who had already experienced life change through The Well.
The Thai team determined that making jewelry did not provide an adequate skill base for women, and production of goods for Narimon tapered off by 2016, instead beginning to focus on management and food service. A coffee shop was opened in 2016.
In 2017, The Breakthrough project ended, but altogether helped 5 students enter and graduate from university.
In 2017, the coffee shop was remodeled with the goal of starting Connect Center, as a coffee shop and activity center for people in the local community.
In 2018, Connect Center was opened.
In 2018, work began shifting more to helping people in the local community. An overnight family camp happened in October. The first community Christmas party was held in December, and another in December 2019. Special events and activities have also been held in other communities.
The Social Media Initiative was launched in 2019, in order to provide help for young people at risk, and to encourage more support for people in need in Thai society.