Footsteps in the Grass

Footsteps in the Grass

  As I sat down on the grass in front of the school at the end of my day’s work, I hear footsteps carefully and cautiously approaching me. I look up to the company of three Karen students with notebooks and pencils in hand. As they nervously giggle, one nudges...
Teacher Housing Project 2018

Teacher Housing Project 2018

Teacher Housing by Eric Hanson One of the focus areas of ITDP is education.  The school in MaOhJo started with just a few K-3 students around 12 years ago.  Over the years, it has grown a great deal.  Now it is K through 6th grade and also has an informal (like a GED)...
Water/Sanitation Projects

Water/Sanitation Projects

Click here to DONATE NOW Providing clean water has been found to improve the general health of hill tribes by assisting in the prevention of water- and soil-borne diseases. This is happening through the construction of clean drinking water systems and...
Education

Education

Click here to DONATE NOW “If the school wasn’t here, these children would have starved to death.” – Teacher in Ma Oh Jo. Schooling provides much more than an education for the children at ITDF’s school sites. With the Children’s Hostel housing up to 30...
Health Care

Health Care

Click here to DONATE NOW Provide training for an on-site doctor and/or nurse within a village so we can staff it full time. Currently, there is no full-time medical personnel at the clinic and we need support to help sponsor the education of a staff member who has...