adopt a village adra is changing the world in 125 countries around the globe without regard to...

Adopt a Village

ADRA is changing the world in 125 countries around the globe without regard to gender, age, ethnicity or political or religious association.

ADRA International www.adra.org

Providing Food and Water

Cambodia

Establishing Livelihoods

Ghana

Promoting Good

Health

Rwanda

Educating Adults and Children

Paraguay

Thailand

Disaster Relief & Recovery

Disaster Relief & Recovery

A Global Network

ADRA Thailand is part of ADRA International, the global humanitarian operation of the Seventh-day Adventist Church

In 1997 the United Nations (UN) Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) granted ADRA general consultative status

In 2006 ADRA assisted nearly 26 million people worldwide with more than US$145 million in aid


Financial Responsibility

For the fourth year in a row ADRA International has earned a coveted four-star rating from Charity Navigator, America’s largest independent evaluator of charities

The full review of ADRA International’s financial responsibility is accessible on the Charity Navigator Web site: www.charitynavigator.org


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ADRA in Thailand

Established in 1984

Initially a refugee focus - health care and basic human needs

Rapidly expanded to include development programs for rural Thai communities in Isaan and the North

Current focus in the North and North-West

ADRA Thailand www.adrathailand.org

Current ProjectsChiang Rai (Wiang Pa Pao & Mae Suai)

“Adopt a Village” - Chiang Rai Area Development Project (2006 - 2009) SLAP

(Sustainable Livelihood & Agriculture Project)

HAPPE(HIV/AIDS Peer to Peer Education Project)


Current ProjectsChiang Rai (Muang)

KGS(Keep Girls Safe)

Tak (Mae La Refugee Camp)

Refugee Education Project


Operations

Staffing 35 Field based staff 38 Teachers in Refugee School 16 Support staff / Management at Country Office (Chiang

Mai)

2008 Projects Budget 32,177,364 THB (US$945,728)


- Mae Suai Distr. 6 villages

- Wiang Pa Pao Distr. 3 villages

The “Adopt a Village” program launched with the Chiang Rai Area Development Project in 2006 in partnership with 9 hill-tribe communities in Chiang Rai province.

THE GOAL:

Tackling the root causes of human trafficking by strengthening the capacity of communities to be empowered, self sufficient and debt free through integrated rural community development.

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Adopt a Village -Phase I

Three Year Budget - 22,289,722 THB

Rationale “Thai and hill tribe women and girls are trafficked to Japan,

Malaysia, South Africa, Bahrain, Australia, Singapore, Europe, Canada and the United States for sexual and labor exploitation. Many women and girls are trafficked by international criminal syndicates. Many Thai are lured to Taiwan, Malaysia, the United States, and the Middle East by labor recruiting agencies and are forced into involuntary servitude because of the high debt owed to the agencies.”

(2006 US Dept. of State Human Rights Report, 2007 US Dept. of State Trafficking in Persons Report – from www.humantafficking.org)

“..As a source country, the main cause is undoubtedly poverty, which makes people in certain parts of the country an easy target for human traffickers.” (Bangkok Post Sunday Oct 12. 2008)

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http://www.humantafficking.org/

Rationale

“The internal traffic of Thai females consists mostly of 12-16 year olds from hill tribes of the North/ NorthEast. Most of the internally trafficked girls are sent to closed brothels, which operate under prison-like conditions.” (Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW) - Asia Pacific, Trafficking in Women and Prostitution in the Asia Pacific -from www.uri.edu/artsci/wms/hughes/thailand.htm)

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Rationale

ADRA Thailand is working in both the prevention and treatment of this de-humanising and community destroying problem.

The Keep Girls Safe project provides a shelter for girls that have been abused / are at high risk of abuse and trafficking, as well as community awareness raising of the issue.

Adopt a Village aims to change attitudes and reduce cycles of debt and poverty that result in children being sold as human traffic in the first place.

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2006-2009 Activities

Community Water Supply and Sanitation Health, Hygiene and Nutrition Education Adult Literacy Vocational Training Educational Scholarships to enable children to stay in school Child Rights and Child Protection / Life Skills training Home Gardening Sustainable Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Product Processing / Value Adding / Group Marketing Microfinance / Credit Union Citizenship Advocacy


Water & Sanitation


Education & Child Rights


Citizenship, Credit Union, Product Processing & Marketing


New Project2009-2012

Adopt a Village - Phase II

Building on the success of “Adopt a Village” - Phase I, an additional selection of 15 villages were surveyed for Phase II (Mae Suai Area Development Project 2009-2012)

These villages are in 2 sub-catchment clusters in Mae Suai district

ADRA plans to work at the catchment level as well as village level, to build local capacity to be self-sustaining

MAP!!!

Integrated Catchments Approach

Identified Key Needs / Issues

Adopt a Village - Phase II

Lack of citizenship Insecure water supply and lack of sanitation Lack of knowledge of disease prevention and hygiene Unsustainable farming practices Long term debt cycles due to low crop productivity Lack of product value-adding and group marketing Poor village infrastructure Illiteracy among adults and difficulties for children to

access education

Partnership Opportunities

ADRA Thailand is looking for committed donors to enter into a three- way partnership of empowerment with these villages and ADRA Thailand.

For as little as between AUD$140,000 and AUD$175,000 (depending on the village / needs identified), a village can be supported for a full 3 year project cycle.

All contributions welcome regardless of the size! By combining your modest donation with those from others, more components and villages can be funded.


Partnership Opportunities ADRA Thailand, through it’s holistic approach to development, is

contributing to the realisation of the UN Millennium Development Goals within the most needy populations of Thailand:

√ Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger√ Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education√ Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women√ Goal 4: Reduce child mortality√ Goal 5: Improve maternal health√ Goal 6: Combat HIV and AIDS, malaria and other diseases√ Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability√ Goal 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development

Wouldn’t you like to contribute too?

For further information / concept note / proposal documents please contact us at [email protected]


mailto:[email protected]

Donations Donations made through www.adrathailand.org (or by any

means directly to ADRA Thailand) are only eligible for tax deductibility within Thailand.

To discuss whether tax-deductible receipts are possible for donations made in your home country, please contact the local ADRA office in your country of residence.

ADRA Thailand, PO Box 52

C/O Samyaek SuanprungChiang Mai 50201Thailand

Tel: +66 53 839402Fax: +66 53 839403


Other Ways to Support

-Tell your friends and pass it on..!

Are you a corporate donor?

Other ways of supporting these hill tribe communities include: Making this your corporate community initiative for the next

financial year; Promoting “Adopt a Village” as your workplace giving project; or

even Challenging your staff to step-up WITH you in being socially

conscious, by offering a new workplace matching donation initiative.


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