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Foreward

Hill tribe products from the Project

FAO rural development support small enterprise development by hill tribe people

This handbook on Small Enterprises for Hill Tribe People in Thailand, is prepared through the cooperation of 3 organizations i.e. the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Credit Union League of Thailand, Ltd. (CULT), and, the Micro Economic Development Project (MEDP). In their working cooperation, they bring up and share the 'strength' each organization has. The Micro Economic Development Project is an organization, which works closely with various hill tribes in the northern part of Thailand. Their main mission is to develop the quality of life, and build up the potentiality and the strength of the communities, especially those on the high lands. The Micro Economic Development Project, is therefore, an organization which has close working experience with the hill tribes. They understand very well the people's way of life and living, and besides, they use the method of credit union as a mean to development by organizing credit union cooperatives among the hill tribe communities. The Credit Union League of Thailand, Ltd. being the national cooperative body, has the duties to promote and organize credit union cooperative, which is the thrift and loan cooperative in local communities. Promoting business or activities to create and strengthen the members' income, is a mission of the Credit Union League of Thailand, Ltd. The practical working experience in promoting community business enterprises, or cooperative business enterprises, has been collected in making this handbook. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - FAO Regional for Asia and the Pacific: FAORAP - has supported the budget and advice, as well as technical supports. All the 3 organizations have combined their efforts to do this Handbook on Small Enterprises for Hill Tribe People in Thailand, in order to perform the mission efficiently.

Though the handbook is completed, both the Credit Union League of Thailand, Ltd. and the Micro Economic Development Project, still have to carry out the development task in promoting the business enterprise among the hill tribe people. The activities should continuously be promoted to build up the members' economic stability, so as to be the solid foundation for the communities' stability furthermore. It is hoped that this handbook should be useful for those organizations, institutions, and communities, engaged in promoting small and medium enterprise in other communities as well.

The Credit Union League of Thailand, Ltd., wishes to thank every organization, and all the personnel, who shares the success in accomplishment this handbook, especially the Micro Economic Development Project - the main organization in the locality, and the FAO Regional for Asia and the Pacific - the budget supporter.

Sahaphon Sangmek
General Manager
Credit Union League of Thailand, Ltd.


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