LAVP- Launch a Village Project

1. ITDP
Integrated Tribal Development Program
โครงการพัฒนาชาวเขาแบบผสมผสาน
LAVP - Launch a Village Program
Our Mission Our Vision
1. Assist villages in a holistic and sustainable
way by increasing their economic and
social opportunities through the facilitation
of appropriate activities and building up
people’s awareness on a variety of
changing issues.
2. Assist Village leaders and project personnel
in Areas of empowerment, capacity
building and participatory approaches.
3. Be a resource for northern NGOs/donors
To assist resource – poor hill tribes
To glorify God in all the earth by crossing cultural boundaries to in integrated development.
make disciples of Jesus Christ. by putting Christ love into
action.
Our History Our Goals
Through ITDP Mike and Becky Mann,
International missionaries in Thailand, provide support to the 1. Raise the standard of living of the targeted population
hill tribe villages in Northern regardless of tribal group, religion, gender or social status
Thailand and surrounding regions In 18 years, they have been 2. Facilitate opportunities that empower resource-poor
instrumental in accomplishing the vision set forth. hill tribes to have more choices
3. Generate awareness to changes in society, and introduce
Because of the success of ITDP, the hill tribes now have an small enterprises and net-works that can better their
alternative to the lifestyle they had resulted to in the past:selling livelihoods.
their children into prostitution, selling drugs, and committing 4. Assist marginal farmers, landless laborers, women and
crimes. other
groups who are below the poverty line and/or who have been
Your support of ITDP helps to sustain this program that has alienated from the mainstream of society.
changed the lives of many Your giving has a lasting and life 5. Establish and improve existing village domestic water supply
changing impact on the hill tribes villages. systems.
6. Improve village hygiene and sanitation.

2. Our Goals ITDP works
7. Strengthen community-based organizations. The Integrated Tribal Development Program is assisting Hill
8. Encourage the long-term integration of the tribal groups into Tribes in the following ways: water resource and sanitation,
the economic and social mainstream of the country so that Thai Arabica Coffee, agricultural wxtension, health, evangelism,
they will become permanently settled and economically education and social development.
settled
and economically stable. ITDP personnel is composed of individuals from various Hill
9. Implement community-based development schemes that will Tribe region who give back to their own communities by
assist children, parents and the village communities in areas managing various projects.
of education, health, employment, agriculture, environment
and watershed protection ITDP also partners with international work teams who come
10.Facilitate the holistic development of these villages as need from various areas of the world.
arise.
Water Resource and Sanitation
The goal of the water resource and sanitation project is to
improve the general health of the Hill Tribes by assisting in the
prevention of water and soil borne diseases. ITDP supports the
construction of clean drinking water systems and bathroom /
latrines. The availability of water resources also provide
Villagers, through the construction of a water filtration and communities an opportunity to increase agricultural yields and
storage system, now have access to clean water within to help raise fish.
yards of their homes.
Thai Tribal Aribica Coffee
ITDP created the first Fair-trade Co-
op in Thailand. The project teacher
villager how to micro-enterprise
through the farming of coffee. The
Fair-trade Labeling Organization
International (FLO) guarantees fair
purchase prices for coffee beans,
freeing villagers from the pressure
to farm opium, sell drugs, be
involved in crime, or sell their
children into prostitution. The coffee
is sold and roasted through the
Chiang Mai based Lanna Cafe', as
well as sold to local and
international markets.