Lanna Foundation Blog

Board Member Highlight: Megan’s Lanna Story

Board Member Highlight: Megan’s Lanna Story

Welcome, Megan Jacobsen, to our team! More than 12 years ago, a simple connection through her life group leader, and now fellow Lanna Foundation board member, Jessie Thiesen, set Megan on a path she never could have anticipated. That introduction to the foundation and...

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Board Member Highlight: Hannah’s Lanna Story

Board Member Highlight: Hannah’s Lanna Story

Welcome, Hannah Brooks, to our team! Introducing our newest board member, Hannah Brooks, whose journey with the Lanna Foundation began through a long-standing friendship. Having known Debbie Tingley, Lanna’s Hands To Heart Director, for over thirty years, Hannah was...

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Board Member Highlight: Scott’s Lanna Story

Board Member Highlight: Scott’s Lanna Story

Welcome, Scott Carolan, to our team! We are thrilled to welcome our newest board member to the Lanna Foundation! His journey with us began years ago when he first encountered the incredible work of Integrated Tribal Development Foundation (ITDF) while serving on staff...

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Brighter Futures: Sai Su Ree’s Journey of Hope

Brighter Futures: Sai Su Ree’s Journey of Hope

Meet Sai Su Ree,  a devoted mother of four boys and a beacon of resilience from the remote Karen hill tribe village of Mae Ra Ar Nai. Recently, we had the honor of interviewing her during the historic opening ceremony of the village's first-ever school—a moment filled...

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Ministry Update from Debbie!

Ministry Update from Debbie!

Celebrating God's Work Through Many Hands & HeartsWe have been absolutely blessed to be partnered with ITDF and by extension, Debbie Tingley! She has put together an update on what has been going on over in Thailand and with her many ministries she is a part of....

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Hands to Heart: What the community has been doing!!

Hands to Heart: What the community has been doing!!

CHAMPIONING WOMEN FOR THE FUTURE!It's a common saying, typically in the face of new life coming into the world, "it takes a village". It takes a village to raise a baby into a well rounded human being and it takes a village to keep supporting each other through it...

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HILL TRIBE EDUCATION: Potential & Opportunity

HILL TRIBE EDUCATION: Potential & Opportunity

When you and I were in school, we were able to learn so much about the world we were growing up in. How the earth moved, how the human body works, what makes up a sentence, and hearing about the events that led us to today. At least for me, my eyes were opened to see...

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How Coffee Transformed the People in Northern Thailand.

How Coffee Transformed the People in Northern Thailand.

TO INSTLL TRUE CHANGE, IT MUST COME FROM WITHIN.When we think about how we all change as humans, the most effective change happens when it starts from within - by our own will. This is the way that ITDF approaches their influence on the lives of the Northern Hill...

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