by Kelly Mitchinson | Mar 30, 2018 | Blog, Education, Field Notes, Testimonials
A new teacher started working in Glae La Blah this spring! Setting: Kindergarten school 40 min past Maohjo that ITDP built and oversees. Water project done over 8 years ago by “Bright hope” of New Zealand, and school services preschool and some...
by Kelly Mitchinson | Mar 10, 2018 | Blog, Education, Testimonials, Womens 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...
by Kelly Mitchinson | Feb 27, 2018 | Blog, Education, Testimonials
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...
by Kelly Mitchinson | Feb 14, 2018 | Blog, Education
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)...