What’s In Your Cup?

  Summer is almost here but the mornings are still cool and it is great to take a few minutes to enjoy a hot cup of coffee! If you drink delicious Lanna Coffee from Lanna Coffee Co you might enjoy thinking about the journey from the coffee tree to your cup. From...

Event Update: Starbucks Thailand Leadership Conference

Starbucks has been a long time partner of ITDP, and has always shown great interest in making sure that their coffee is ethically sourced. They’ve sponsored multiple projects with us that help give back to the farming communities that supply their coffee. Building...
6 steps to building sustainable water systems

6 steps to building sustainable water systems

ITDP started out as a single project, which focused on meeting the most basic need of hill tribe villagers in Northern Thailand.   This need was clean water…   Today, this need is still just as common. The harsh reality: most villagers have to walk an average of...
Summer Recap

Summer Recap

Its been a busy, but productive summer for us here at ITDP. We had the pleasure of partnering with 4 volunteer groups, all with the common goal of reaching the Hill Tribe people of Northern Thailand. San Diego Christian College, Azusa Pacific, The Well (Fresno, CA)...
7 Amazing Facts About Bamboo

7 Amazing Facts About Bamboo

Bamboo is a plant that is vital to the survival of hill tribe people in northern Thailand. They use if for everything from building houses, to making tools, to food.  Let’s just say that bamboo is to villagers how duct tape is to Americans; it can be used for...