Blog: Asia

Shri Ambra, India

Transformational Community Development (TCD) produces good fruit, and education is a significant part of that fruit!

We are working on a three-year plan and investing our time teaching people and conducting surveys. Our tuition-free school opened earlier this year. We look to build relationships with students and their parents through meetings. 

Dhoker Jhara Village, India

Valley of Ali, Afghanistan

Every year we prepare to distribute hybrid Poplar cuttings in March. If the ground is not wet, we go to check the trees, cut the branches, and make the cuttings. 

As I spoke with a  local staffer, he said three farmers had already approached him and were interested in getting cuttings. The distribution starts in the Spring. We hope to distribute Poplar cuttings to more local farmers. 

Northern Thailand TCD Expansion

This month, our Transformational Community Development (TCD) team visited two new communities for an initial assessment/site surveying trip. We did this through an existing relationship who has become an advocate for our work and its benefits in villages. He connected us with a new contact who is beginning work in these two villages.

Katuwaghat Village, Nepal

Chainpur Village, Nepal

This month, I had villagers build goat houses according to a modern style, using local resources and making it with low cost. I taught them to select quality breeds of goats and other cattle, plan for feeding, and the production of grass. When they keep goats, it produces good products they can sell and become successful by goat farming; this is one of the best income sources in this village. So, I have encouraged the community members to participate in goat keeping.

Ramantar Village, Nepal

MH Village*, Myanmar

Polewali, Indonesia

Jatapara and Jhopa Village, India

In Jatapara Village, we have been helping women with Income Generation. Income Generation is a strategic component of Transformational Community Development (TCD). So, we gave them training on making snacks and fast food. About 30 women from the village took the training and have started making and selling snacks and fast food.