Toys for Thailand has an ambitious plan for 2009-10 targeted at six hill tribe schools in the remote villages of Mae Hong Son: expansion of the rick husking project , installation of soy milk machines, and the purchase of vocational supplies (barber shop and argricultural supplies) and art and instructional materials. New bed construction for the hill tribe children at the Wat Don Chan Orphanage is also planned.
TfT supports hill tribe children through self sustaining projects at their village schools. These tribal children (Aka, Lahu, Hmong, Mien, Shan, Pa-O, Muser, and Karen. face tremendous challenges: dire poverty, drug abuse, racism, cultural erosion, human trafficking, an overall lack of education, and, most importantly, the lack of Thai citizenship. With your help we can make these things possible. Click here to Donate Now! |
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| Rice Husking Machine - $2000 Rice is the main staple of the hill tribe villages in Thailand . TfT is helping remote hill tribe schools feed their children and support their communities by providing rice husking machiness. Rice husks are the hard protecting coverings of grains of rice. The poor farmer usually have to bring rice to a husking plant and pay for their rice to be husked, but with their own community husking machine, they can efficiently and cheaply husk the rice themselves. Rice husks can be put to use as building material, fertilizer, insulation material, or fuel. A rice husking machine provides both a source of income and a way to feed the school’s pigs, chickens, fish and students for years to come.
Toys for Thailand purchased a rice husking machine for the Kings School in June 2009. The rice husking machine is a TfT model project and will allow the school and community to become self sustaining. Click here to Donate Now! |
 | Tofu and Soy Milk Machine - $400 For $400 TfT will purchase a tofu and soy milk machine for school staff to make protein drinks for their students. Tofu is an excellent source of high quality protein which contains all nine amino acids. Children in the remote villages suffer malnutrition from lack of proper nutrients in their food. Soy milk and tofu are the popular alternative in Thailand where cow's milk or meat is not available. Click here to Donate Now! |
 | Barber Shop - $400 For $400 TfT will purchase a complete set of supplies for a school to set up a village barber shop: chair, mirror, electric trimmers and clippers, scissors, combs, brushs, shampoo and towels. It served population of 200 villagers and the students learn how to use the barbering tools to make income for school and themselves.
TfT supplied three schools with everything needed to set up a basic hair cutting station for the school and village in 2009. Click here to Donate Now!
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 | Stud Pigs -$300 Pair Stud pigs are used for breeding and fertilizer. After stud pigs produce enough piglets, the school can sell or trade for construction work with villagers. Schools piglets make it affordable to children's families to help them become self sustained. Pig waste is also used to fertilize the crops.
TfT purchased two stud pigs for the Kings School and now 24 piglets have been born! A pair of stud pigs costs $300.. Click here to Donate Now! |
| Chickens (100 chicks) - $200 Baby chicks are used to produce eggs and meat for the school lunch program. The village relys on the school and teachers to provide a free lunch for their children. Hill tribe scools have very limited budgets for food and raising chickens helps the school provide protien in the children's diet.
TfT will purhcase 100 chicks and feed for $200. Click here to Donate Now! |
 | Fish Farm - $500 TfT will purchase material to construct a fish farm and supply the farm with catfish for $500. The village will supply the labor to build the farm which will be maintained by the argricultural students at the school. Raising fish helps the school provide food for the school's lunch program. |
 | Vegetable Seeds/Supplies - $300 In the high mountain area, the soil is very hard, filled with rocks and clay. Farmers can only produce seasonal vegetables. To help the villager to not destroy the environment with the slash and burn way of agriculture, we will provide a school with gardening supplies, one season of vegetable seeds: pumpkin, corn, soy, cabbage, eggplant, papaya, carrots, and cauliflower. Click here to Donate Now! |
 | Books and Art Supplies - $200 Art Library and Supplies With many tribes attending one school, it very important for children to be able to understand the main Thai culture so that they will be able to adapt and blend with mainstream society.TfT will supply a school with a small library of books and art supplies for $200. The books are purchased through a special discount contract from the Suriwong Book Store – Chiangmai. Click here to Donate Now! |
| Computer Workstation - $1,000 Teachers working in Thailand earn about $200 a month and cannot afford to purchase a computer. For $1000 TfT will purchase and install a computer workstation at a hill tribe school. Internet access is available. Click here to Donate Now! |
| Beds and mosquito screens (Wat Don Chan) $50 per bed In 2008 Toys for Thailand completed a new toilet and shower facility and provided new beds and mosquito nets for the orphaned hill tribe children living at the Wat Don Chan (WDC) School in Chiangmai. Joe Evans, a ex-pat living in Chiangmai, is continuing to oversee bed construction at WDC. Funding is needed to construct beds for the more than 100 children who have recently joined the orphanage. $50 will provide funds for a bed, bedding and mosquito netting for one child. Click here to Donate Now! | |
