Mar 17, 2024 | Income, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Sustainable Development, Yone Taw 2 Village
Loans are Being Repaid Regardless of the challenges we are facing in the Yone Taw Transformational community Development (TCD) program, we have some positive news this month. The micro loan program has benefited the loan takers for a couple months although there...
Mar 17, 2024 | MH Village*, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Sustainable Development
Resilience is Key in War Zones In early January, fighting broke out in Rakhine State following a nationwide increase in conflict. This new fighting between the military government and resistance forces was devastating and caused thousands of villagers to flee from...
Feb 7, 2024 | Income, Indonesia, Mawa Village, Southeast Asia, Sustainable Development
“If it Quacks Like a Duck, It Might Be a Duck!” The community is prepared to begin the Transformational Community Development (TCD) Income Generation Program after the New Year holiday. Subsidies and partnerships will be provided for 24 families to begin raising...
Feb 7, 2024 | Education, MH Village*, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Sustainable Development
Building Better and Bigger on Their Own Our team had the privilege of visiting the village this month amidst the ongoing crisis in the area. This is the second time our team visited the village after the Mocha cyclone hit them. It was even surprising to see the...
Feb 7, 2024 | Income, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Sustainable Development, Yone Taw 2 Village
War Makes Development Difficult The villagers’ capacity to get involved in the program has been reduced due to uncertainty in the area as the result of ongoing political crisis. They have suffered because they can’t sell their goods to the market even with...
Feb 7, 2024 | Education, Northern Thailand TCD Expansion, Southeast Asia, Sustainable Development, Thailand
TCD Potential in the Next Generation This quarter, our team tried to communicate more about our Transformational Community Development (TCD) program. We had the opportunity to do a workshop in a camp event for the community. This workshop is very exciting because...