Project Name
Rural Development Project in Thai Myanmar Border, Shan State
Project Location
- Thailand
- Myanmar
Project Natures
- Urban and Rural Development
- Church and Community Mobilisation
- Livelihood Development
Project Objectives
- Enhance the resilience of the local community to the impacts of climate change by improving their farming and fishing skills and introducing the concept of disaster preparedness.
- Promote church and community mobilisation by facilitating leaders to be active in rural community development with a holistic approach.
- Foster collaboration and enhance work standards within the target groups.
Beneficiaries
- Villagers in nine target villages
- One multi-ethnic-minority church
No. of Beneficiaries
1,159
Key Activities
- Children and Youth Development: Provide scholarships and organise youth camps with training on children’s rights, anti-human trafficking, and essential life skills.
- Health, Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH): Conduct awareness training, construct public bathrooms and drinking water systems, and provide emergency medical funds.
- Livelihood and Economic Development: Supply seedlings and fish fingerlings, organise agrofishery study trips, transfer knowledge and skills on seed conservation and fish and fruit propagation, and establish women’s groups for food processing and preservation.
- Leadership and Network Building: Hold leadership meetings to discuss community plans, project implementation, reviews, and reflections.
- Church and Community Mobilisation: Establish working networks, model families, and agricultural learning centres within the community and church.
- Knowledge Transfer and Community Empowerment: Equip model families and local churches to train village trainers, and document indigenous knowledge and practices in rural community development among the Lahu people.
- Disaster Preparedness: Strengthen community resilience to disasters.
Project Period
Jan 2025 to Dec 2025
Expenses
Approx. HK$197,000
Partner Information
Partner Name
Thai-Lahu Foundation (TLF)
Year of establishment
2001
The Year Our Partnership Started
2001
Partner's Mission
To promote community-driven holistic development for the sustainable livelihood of the Lahu people. TLF firmly believes that a holistic development approach is a practical means of improving the livelihood of the Lahu people in Thailand. It is hoped that through TLF’s projects, social injustice and economic hardship among the Lahu people can be alleviated.
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