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Buckets of Rice Become a Group Saving Fund
Tung Luang is a peaceful Karen village in Mae Wang district, Chiang Mai province, the targeted village in the Livelihood Improvement and Value Empowerment Project. The people here are still living a simple life and agriculture is their main source of income. Rice is the primary crop that they grow for consumption, as well as for selling. Based on their lifestyle and crops, one of the self-help group (SHG) members came up with an idea for a group saving activity. Instead of putting money into their saving fund, they save rice.
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A Small but meaningful Passing on the Gift Ceremony
I woke up from the sound of mortar and pestle separating rice grains from their husks, cats fighting and roosters. A golden ray beamed from the sky to the rice fields in front of us. It was such a beautiful morning. Luckily there was no rain that morning otherwise it would have destroyed the special event of the day. The villagers were shouting to each other in Karen language which I assumed they were asking each other about their readiness for the event. The music from the speakers made this small peaceful village surrounded by rice field became livelier. The women were dressed up in traditional Karen costume the children were excited about the event that will begin in just a few hours. Today the villagers in Mae Ab village in Hod district would organize the Passing on the Gift (POG) ceremony. Read more. |
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Participatory Self-Review and Planning (PSRP) Workshop with Project Partners
A two day Participatory Self-Review and Planning (PSRP) workshop, with all project partners from Thailand and Laos, was organized June 5 – 6, 2010, in Udornthani province, one of the Northeastern provinces of Thailand. Read more. |
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Good Role Models Passing on Good Will
The Passing on the Gift ceremony of Huay Ratchabutr (#22-0510-04) was organized on Tuesday, May 11, 2010. Read more. |
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Passing on the Gift without Ethnic Boundary
“Passing on the Gift from Ahkha to Lahu and Aiew Mien” was the theme for the Passing on the Gift (POG) event of project Environmental and Occupational Development in Mae Salong Watershed Areas (EOD) in Chiang Rai on May 6, 2010. Read more. |
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A Dream for a Better Life Comes True
Sriprai Nalu (29) is a Self-Help Group member of the "Sustainable Buffalo Production Project for Self-Sufficiency in Northern Thailand" Project, (#22-0510-22). Read more. |
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Life Transformation of Nalor Jayee
Nalor Jayee (33) is a Self-Help Group (SHG) member of the Livelihood Improvement for Highlander Project (#22-0510-04) in Huay Ratchabutr village of Chiang Mai province. She is married with two children who are 15 and 12, both of whom are in school. More than 10 years ago when she first moved to Huay Ratchabutr to live with her cousin, she had one son from a previous relationship. Later, she met Japue Jayee, her current husband. At that time, she was not welcomed by her husband’s family because of her status. When the couple married, they did not have anything, not even utensils for cooking. Her husband had to find a labor job in the city to buy some farming supplies and utensils. Read more. |
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Passing on the Gift through a Child’s Lens
The recent Passing on the Gift (POG) of Heifer Thailand was organized on February 14, 2010. At the ceremony, Heifer staff and project partner, Hmong Association for Development in Thailand (HADT), promoted a drawing competition for a youth group in the Kheknoy community, a Heifer Thailand targeted project area. Children in the Kheknoy School were involved in a drawing competition with the theme, “Passing on the Gift” from their perspectives and inspiration. The drawings made by the children were hung or attached to trees or boards along the way to the POG venue with invitation words to friends and guests to join in the ceremony and see their pictures. The girl is drawing her picture during POG of project (#22-0510-20) on Feb. 14, 2010. Read more. |
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Heifer Thailand Study Tour
From January 10 through 18 a study tour was organized in collaboration with Heifer’s Education Team for 13 participants from the U.S.A. This nine-day study tour not only allowed participants to get to know Heifer Thailand’s projects, Self-Help Groups (SHGs), project partners and staff, it also gave them a chance to learn about Thailand as a country from a different perspective.
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Phaudom Villagers Organize Passing on the Gift Ceremony
November 25 in Mai Village was not like other ordinary days when villagers wake up early and go to work in the farm. This was a special day because people from seven villages are helping each other to organize a “Passing on the Gift ceremony,” the first ever for villagers in Pha-ou-dom district of Laos PDR. Read more. |
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