Socio-Economic-Activities

Education : Schools have been established for hilltribe people and lowlanders in remote areas where necessity has arisen. The work is undertaken in close co-operation with the Border Patrol Police and local schools teaching primary educationMedical Services : Teams of physicians and nurses from Chiang Mai University Hospital make periodic visits and attend to those in need of medical card, health and nutrition advice. family planning, etc. Patients requiring special treatment are sent to hospitals in nearby towns.Self-Help Organizations : The hilltribe people in the project areas are motivated to form SHOs for their own future, particularly rice banks, productin groups, village committees and co- operatives.

A rice bank has been set up in each of several hilltribe villages in the Royal Project areas, from which rice may be borrowed for immediate consumption while the people are awaiting their own harvest. At the end of the season borrowers replace the amounts of rice they have previously taken.Small - scale canning plants: Three small - scale canning plants have been set up in Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai to process agricultural products from hilltribe people and lowlanders in the area.Marketing : This has become one of the most significant of the Royal Project's activities. An example of this is the assembly of fresh fruits, vegetables and flowers at a central point, where they are attractively packaged and then transported in refrigerated trucks for sale to major retail outlets

, supermarkets and hotels. For these contemporary packaging, transportation, and marketing services, the Royal Project charges 20% of the proceeds to cover costs. The balance of the proceeds is distributed the hilltribe and low - land producers within fifteen days of delivery. All Royal Project products are marketed under the brand name Doi Kham, Which in Northern dialect means Golden Mountain.Aside from the satisfactions of serving the need of the hilltribe people and adjacent lowlanders, of stemming slash - and - burn activities, of reducing drug addiction, of stabilizing the hilltribers wandering, all of which serve the needs of the Thai nation - the Royal Project in 1988
had the great satisfaction of seeing its efforts recognized and honored in being awarded the prestigious Magsaysay Award in the category of International Understanding.Today, with the help of the Royal Projects, the 'golden mountains' face the future with renesed vigor and confidence.

 

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