Project Knowledge

Other than development and field work, MFLF’s equally important responsibility was to implement the King’s Development Principles and the Mae Fah Luang Approach for the greatest social benefit on the national and international level. MFLF was the principal driving force behind the establishment of Social Enterprise Thailand that is aimed at helping social enterprises achieve success along with social and environmental development. At the international level, MFLF is a key partner of the Thai Government and allied countries in advocating for policies on Sustainable Alternative Livelihood Development at top-level forums, such as the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), and the United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS). This has put a spotlight on Thailand as a knowledge center on Sustainable Development that has led to actual implementation in many countries.

MFLF has been conducting child and youth development through extracurricular activities since 2012. MFLF organized the Faidee Kid’s Camp in 2013, planting the seeds of the Princess Mother’s vision and principles in the hearts of the children from the city to instill an awareness of the importance of the natural environment, and create a bond between nature and city children that their urban lifestyle could not offer them. Next was to expand into creating a child and youth development network in Chiang Rai Province and nearby areas aimed at drug prevention. The Hall of Opium Faidee Kids Camp Against Drugs targeted youth between the ages of 9-18. Meanwhile, another workshop is held to cater to the needs of those living an urban lifestyle, with activities such as how to transform small plots into vegetable gardens, how to cultivate miniature gardens in glass jars to learn about ecology. The point was […]

Every single tree and every single square inch of the land in the Doi Tung Development Project is infused with a body of valuable knowledge. It is like a compilation of experiences and lessons learned in the field of Sustainable Alternative Livelihood Development that has yielded tangible results, and can be replicated in different scenarios. Being a model project that others can learn from and replicate to address issues in various areas has led to the name “Living University”, a classroom that builds a new generation of people to carry out development work, reduce ideological and economic disparity in society between urban and rural dwellers. Today, MFLF’s development projects, particularly DTDP, welcomes large numbers of visitors on study trips, from government agencies, the private sector, universities, international organizations as well as students. The workshops are conducted by MFLF’s own development practitioners and folk elders. In this “classroom”, participants have a […]