Field Report – ITDP Ag Projects Fall 2018
Agriculture Department Report: Fall 2018 Reported by Tewan – Agriculture Staff in Ma Oh Jo, Northern Thailand. Activity 1: Fixing and upgrading the fish pond. The Ag department reapplied a slurry coat to seal the pond, built a new fence and then transported it...
Micro Loan Beneficiary Interview
Interview with a Revolving Fund Project Beneficiary Jiraphorn, Jabo, Somchai, and Namee “My name is Jabo Jathaw and my wife, Namee Jathaw. We have three children; 1 son (Somchai) and 2 daughters (Jiraphorn and Wilaiwan). We are farmers. We grow rice,...
Coffee Training Day Held for Villagers
As part of the agriculture initiatives to help improve people’s lives, Integrated Tribal Development Program hosted two training days for villagers and staff to learn about and improve knowledge on basic coffee farming practices. Specialists from Chiang Mai...
2018 6th Grade Graduates
Ma Oh Jo 6th Grade Graduates Class of 2018 There are 12 graduates this year: 5 girls and 7 boys. Impressively, nine students are going to 7th grade: five at Huay Nam Khao, staying at the Karen hostel; two are going to the government school near Mokrow. This is...
Beneficiary Shares About Micro Loan Program
Revolving Fund Program The Revolving Fund Program as been in place for 20 years within 27 different villages (in 5 provinces), with 30 participating groups (some of the big villages have 2 groups), and 453 families (members)…and has never had a default!...
Impacting lives in the hill tribes of Northern Thailand.