Against All Odds
Pa Loi’s Story Story is taken from personal interviews with Becky Mann, Darlene Hanson and Debbie Tingley -Written by Debbie Tingley Pa Loi – February 2020 Darlene Hanson and Pa Loi in Ma Oh Jo, Thailand When you grow up in poverty, it becomes your norm. When...
College Bound
BREAKING THE CHAINS OF POVERTY THROUGH EDUCATION We have been following the growth and development of four students over the years as they attended I.T.D.F. Mah Oh Jo Elementary School, a Christian school founded by Integrated Tribal Development Foundation. These...
Understanding the Impact of COVID-19 on I.T.D.F. in Thailand
MOBILIZING & MOVING TOWARDS A BRIGHTER FUTURE! As early as January, Chinese tourists arrived in Thailand to celebrate the Chinese New Year unknowingly bringing the Coronavirus. Integrated Tribal Development Foundation ( I.T.D.F.) Directors Mike and Becky Mann and...
Starbucks School Project
It started with a single seed planted between our partners in Thailand, Integrated Tribal Development Program and Starbucks Coffee (Thailand) as a shared vision for educating hill tribe farmers on best practices of farming. Practices to preserve the soil, the...
Vision Beyond Boundaries
There is something to be said for having vision… By “vision” we mean creative power and imagining the future with wisdom. Being a visionary involves risk taking, being unafraid to fail, having the capacity to readjust and the strength to stay the...
Impacting lives in the hill tribes of Northern Thailand.