Lanna Foundation Blog

2025 CBMC/Lanna Annual Golf Tournament On the morning of April 14, 2025, a dedicated team of board members and volunteers came together, energized and ready to launch our Annual CBMC/Lanna Golf Tournament. With a pristine green stretching out under a vibrant blue sky...

Short-term mission trips are generally defined as missions lasting less than one year. While a year may feel like a long time to be away from home, in the grand scheme of projects and impact, it’s relatively brief. Yet, a lot can happen in a short amount of time!...

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...

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...

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...

A Teachers Growth and Gratitude  As the new school year began, See Pon stepped into her teaching role filled with a blend ofexcitement and uncertainty. The unfamiliar methods of “mind-mapping” and the “projectapproach” felt daunting, leaving her often confused and...

Upon completing middle school, See Pon was granted a second ITDF scholarship, enabling her to pursue a high school education. This opportunity ignited a desire within her to give back, inspired by her challenges. She envisioned returning to her village to uplift...

In 2006, the Ma Oh Jo village witnessed a groundbreaking moment when the ITDF began construction on a primary school. Completed in May 2008, the school opened its doors to See Pon and many other children in the village, providing a new path to education. Starting...

See Pon grew up in the remote village of Ma Oh Jo as the eldest of three daughters. While herfamily life was more stable and close-knit than many in the village, which struggled with issueslike drugs and broken homes, it wasn't easy growing up in a village where you...

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...

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....

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...