Lanna Foundation Blog
The Women’s Cooperative
Two years ago, ITDP partnered with three villages in the Hill Tribe area to form the ‘Women’s Cooperative’ utilizing their native artisan weaving as the basis for both economic means, as well as, lifting each other up in community. Their goals are to accomplish the...
Huay Mee Village
A letter from Becky Mann after visiting a new village for the very first time and staying for one week to assess their needs with her team. They may receive a water tank soon as funding, time, and workflow allows for the build out to happen. Good morning friends, The...
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 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
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
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 kids at a time,...
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...
Suri’s Kids
[rev_slider alias="suriskids"] Suri’s Kids project was a culmination of one young girl’s dream to pay it forward and empower her own community. Suriporn Wachanasirikun was born into a Lahu hill tribe family of 10, in the village of Tha Ko of...
Field Work
Click here to DONATE now Support a Missionary working with I.T.D.F. As of Fall 2019, we are sending our first ever missionary to work in Northern Thailand. Our very own board member, Debbie Tingley, will be living and working in a volunteer role for development and...
Ag/Coffee Co-Op
Click here to DONATE now Villages are provided funds and taught practical skills, enabling them to be self-sufficient. Projects include the areas of livestock, fisheries, cash crops, handicrafts and village store co-ops. Projects provide proper training,...