Water for Life at Baan Lisu Wiang Klang

It was very lovely to work together with Lisu people at Wiang Klang Village. Being very humble for their kind and friendship. Our water project increases more water storage capacity at all level: village, small clusters and household levels.

The project was completed but not at the end.  We hope our learning and sharing with the Lisu friends will bethe lessons hey can continue manage other problems in their village... this is the way to sustainable development, I belief.

Food Security in an IDPs Village of Pong Hai

After  39 years of relocation from Doi Pu Muen to Pong Hai Village, the Lahu of Pong Hai try to adjust themselves to the new home.  The mode of their farming practices were changed from shifting cultivation to mono crop pattern.  Village survey and discussions in 2015 reveal that 50 percents of their food are from the market while 25 percents are from the natural resources around the village which are forest and lagoon, 15 percents are from their farm product and 10 percents are from their culture of sharing and exchanging. It seems that they need some solution to be more self reliance.

A water project at Nato Learning Centre

After trying to allocate some fund and materials to put together with what the NLC and vilagers already prepared, we got some progress. Thirty two tank rings transported to the NLC and ready to build up water storage tanks.

This is a good start but still a lot more to do. We will have to work on collecting 625 pieces of PVC pipes to transport water from Pong Hai Village of 2.5 kms to NLC. Not an easy task but we will try.

Look back at a  few months ago on this project, it was hopeless and lack of  motivation when the companies which advertise their CSR policies denied our project proporsals asking for some materials.

The journey of  Sustainable Community Foundation is a  big challenge with a lot of tear and laughters along the way. We learnt and we will go on !

A hill water project at NLC....

As the two king cobras disappeared from the site of water tanks at NLC. We started the hill water project by preparing slabs for the tanks. The students worked hard on the very hot and sunny days. Carring bags of sand and  gravels and big bottles of water up on the hill. Set up formworks to be ready for concret.

Hard working never kill anybody.... was the sentence we usually say to support each other. Hope to have enough water for  the office and accommodations  utilizing and crops irrigations at the higher location of NLC.

Still more hard work to do.... we will keep on step by step :)