Jul 15, 2024 | Income, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Sustainable Development, Yone Taw 2 Village
Political Conflict Slows Change The Transformational Community Development (TCD) program gives awareness to the village leaders that they are equipped to help their people with the right attitudes and help transform their lives. In the beginning of the program,...
Jul 15, 2024 | Income, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Sustainable Development
Loans Repaid and Loans Extended to Others The Transformational Community Development (TCD) program empowers the community to identify their needs, helps solve the problems themselves using local resources, and leads to a self-sustaining community. Regardless of...
Apr 3, 2024 | MH Village*, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Sustainable Development
Hope Prevails in War-Torn Villages The resuming war in Rakhine state has had huge effects on the lives of the people in the area, including our Transformational Community Development (TCD) villages. The Junta escalated airstrikes for a couple of days, causing...
Mar 17, 2024 | MH Village*, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Sustainable Development
Resilience is Key in War Zones In early January, fighting broke out in Rakhine State following a nationwide increase in conflict. This new fighting between the military government and resistance forces was devastating and caused thousands of villagers to flee from...
Mar 17, 2024 | Income, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Sustainable Development, Yone Taw 2 Village
Loans are Being Repaid Regardless of the challenges we are facing in the Yone Taw Transformational community Development (TCD) program, we have some positive news this month. The micro loan program has benefited the loan takers for a couple months although there...
Feb 7, 2024 | Income, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Sustainable Development, Yone Taw 2 Village
War Makes Development Difficult The villagers’ capacity to get involved in the program has been reduced due to uncertainty in the area as the result of ongoing political crisis. They have suffered because they can’t sell their goods to the market even with...
