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Annual Report 2020
Sustainable Alternative Livelihood Development in Aceh
Basic Information
Overview
This project proved to be extremely challenging due to the diverse issues in the area, from civil conflict, the Asian Tsunami, malaria infection, and the high number of physically handicapped.
MFLF therefore reinforced the public health system, providing treatment and prevention for malaria in Lamteuba and neighboring villages. A number of volunteers were brought to Thailand for training workshops with the Prostheses Foundation of HRH the Princess Mother so they could lead the training of the handicapped as well as medical personnel within their own communities.
To improve the quality of life of the villagers, MFLF set up the Sustainable Rural Development Center at Maheng Village which was promoted as a one-stop learning and demonstration center on irrigation, agriculture, livestock, and public hygiene. It is now a learning center for study visits by various delegations.
The Balkh Livestock and Rural Enterprise Development project, Balkh Province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
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Overview
This project was initially funded by the Government of Belgium, with support from various other sectors, to revive the karakul sheep population, a valuable resource for the region.
The main responsibility for MFLF was livestock development planning that was designed to suit the geo-social environment, after which the Afghan government and local communities would implement the project themselves.
MFLF organized training programs for livestock volunteers, and set up a sheep bank. Each year, participants would exchange 10% of female lambs for veterinary services. These lambs would be presented to households who have requested loans to carry out their own livestock activities. This helped to rehabilitate the economy through social enterprise, raising the number of new livestock farms as well as the numbers of healthy sheep, while reducing their mortality rate.
This method allowed the villagers to help themselves as a form of capacity building.
Sustainable Alternative Livelihood Development Project, Yong Kha Village, Shan State
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Overview
With the need to address drug-related issues and contagious diseases, it was necessary to build a strong public health system as a basic priority for the community.
Yong Kha Village in Shan State suffered from drug-related issues and contagious diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis and scabies. MFLF therefore launched a long-term public health development plan with emphasis on water and agriculture to provide food security before addressing income-generating activities in the community. Hospitals and schools were built, and local volunteers received training on public health, while school children were taught farming skills.
Sustainable Alternative Livelihood Development Project, Yenan Chaung Township, Magwe Division
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Overview
Yenan Chaung Township lies in the center of Myanmar, and suffers from arid conditions and poverty. MFLF therefore targeted the promotion of livestock and crops that require less water, followed by the development of a water system for future utilization and consumption.
MFLF also conducted training workshops for community representatives on integrated livestock care that would provide food security and generate an income for the community. Today, the Yenan Chaung project has become a knowledge center for livestock and sustainable development for government officials and other communities.
Thai-Myanmar Sustainable Alternative Livelihood Development Project (SALD) at Tachileik and Mong Hsat districts, Shan State
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Overview
Public health, food security, as well as capacity building formed the main three-pronged thrust of the development plan to boost the community’s immunity against drug threats and encourage self-sufficiency.
MFLF introduced quick fix measures to ensure survival for the community by sending in mobile medical units to conduct tests for malaria, dengue fever and tuberculosis, and improve the condition of the local health station. Next was to develop water systems, agriculture and livestock systems to help the community achieve self-sufficiency and sustainable development.
Thai-Myanmar Sustainable Alternative Livelihood Development Project (SALD) at Naungtayar Subtownship, Pinlaung District, Shan State, and Tachileik District, Shan State
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Overview
This project was scaled up from original project in Tachileik and Mong Hsat districts implemented from 2013-2017, with the main goal being to continue addressing rampant drug issues as well as trafficking in the area, through alternative legitimate livelihood options. MFLF began with basic amenities such as irrigation systems, improving rice yields to provide food security, training for veterinary staff, setting up livestock medicine funds, and the promotion of Napier grass cultivation as animal feed.
This would allow villagers to survive and improve their quality of The next step was to promote alternative livelihoods suited to the geo-social environment such as maize cultivation as animal feed, coffee and tea cultivation.
Reforestation Project in Commemoration of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, FTP 33
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Overview
This reforestation project in a sensitive border area suffering from poverty and drug issues was replicated from Doi Tung model’s “Cultivate Land, Cultivate People” concept to directly address the issues.
This was done using the “Assisted Tree Regeneration” method in which only species indigenous to the area are planted, and does not require cutting down trees to plant seedlings as before. It also led to food security and helped restore watershed forests that would improve the villagers’ quality of life and make them self-sufficient and sustainable, do they would not revert back to forest encroachment.
