UPLift--Poverty Alleviation For The Ultra-Poor

UPLift is a program designed to empower communities on the Thai/Burmese border that lack food security, opportunities for income, and education. Through the use of small grants and skills trainings, these families receive the opportunity to pull themselves out of poverty without having to rely on external aid indefinitely.

Monday, February 14, 2011

Plans for 2011


Grandma's ready for 2011.  Are you?
 For the rest of this week we will be updating you on UPLift projects for the first few months of this year, which consist of:
  • Building off of the great work done by the teachers and students of our two Burmese migrant school garden projects in Mae Sot and expanding to several more schools
  • Getting our drip irrigation pilot up and running in Chiang Rai
  • Taking a look at the Mae Hong Son border area
  • Continuing the search for suitable income generation ideas with the landfill community in Mae Sot
  • and jumping into our newest obsession....aquaponics!!


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