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, January 10, 2011

Nicholas Kristof Article: Building Ladders in Haiti

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20110107/OPINION/110109687

Click on the link above to see a story on how aid money doesn't have to be wasted.  UPLift looks for examples such as these to consider to use here in Thailand.

Have you seen any examples of stories like these?  Feel free to send them to uplift.khomloy@gmail.com along with your thoughts.  Thanks!
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