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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (PDA) operates a wide variety
of programs designed to serve and assist the rural poor of Thailand.
These programs cover such diverse activities as free vasectomies,
income generation programs at village level, forest replanting schemes,
vegetable banks, industry relocation into rural areas, mobile health
clinics, environmental education programs, and a democracy project.
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| THE ASIAN CENTER FOR
POPULATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (ACPD) was established in 1978 as the international training arm of the Population and Community Development Association (PDA). Training activities were originally funded by the Pathfinder Fund and the Japanese Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning (JOICFP). In 1979, the Royal Netherlands Government became the major source of financial support for the Center. www.pda.or.th |
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| THE POPULATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (PDA) YOUTUBE PAGE contains documentary videos done on its history and present projects. www.youtube.com/pdathailand |  |
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| MechaiV is the Twitter account of the founder and chairman of PDI and PDA, Mechai Viravaidya, where he offers his insights on the global development community and current events. www.twitter.com/MechaiV |  |
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| CABBAGES & CONDOMS
RESTAURANT & RESORTS were created to provide financial
support for PDA, Thailand's foremost non-governmental charitable organization.
Money spent at our resort contributes to Thailand's rural development,
education and scholarships, HIV/AIDS education and environmental protection.
Our Resort is an environmentally conscious establishment and our endeavors
ensure protection of the environment, by recycling wastewater for
its gardens and trees. www.cabbagesandcondoms.co.th
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| SASIN GRADUATE SCHOOL
OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION was founded by Chulalongkorn University
and is Thailand's most prominent business schools. In what has become
a model for the creation of other international B-School programs
around the world, Chulalongkorn University entered into partnership
with the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University and
the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, two of the leading
business schools in the United States to form Sasin in 1982. PDI,
PDA and Sasin have partnered on numerous NGO Sustainability training
programs. www.sasin.chula.ac.th
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| PATH FOUNDATION PHILIPPINES
INC (PFPI) is a Filipino non-profit organization dedicated
to health and environmentally sustainable development. PFPI has more
than 14 years of experience in the prevention and control of STD/HIV/AIDS,
the social marketing of contraceptives and STD drug kits, and the
implementation of population-environment studies and field-based activities.
This experience spans the fields of population, reproductive health,
coastal conservation, alternative livelihood and policy advocacy.
Over the past 10 years, PDI/PDA and PFPI have collaborated and exchanged
knowledge on several important development programs. An example is
the Phil-Thai Technical Exchange Program for HIV/AIDS prevention (1995-2000),
which exposed several hundred Filipino policy makers and local executives
to Thailand’s 100% Condom Use Policy (CUP). Currently the same
organizations are collaborating on a series of Population-Environment
Leadership trainings for Filipino mayors and environmental NGO leaders
seeking to gain first hand knowledge of PDI/PDA’s community
based and integrated family planning, conservation and eco-tourism
development projects. www.pfpi.org/ipopcorm.php
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| COMMUNITY-BASED EMERGENCY
RELIEF SERVICES (CBERS) is the branch of PDA that assists
in the post-emergency relief efforts. CBERS has been active in providing
relief to crisis-stricken areas ever since thousands of Cambodian
refugees fled from the rule of the Khmer Rouge in the late 1970s.
The activities carried out in these communities have included emergency
relief services, skills development and training, income generation
projects, sanitation and water resource management, educational scholarships
and school lunches, as well as training on agricultural practices.
All of our activities have emphasized the need for income generation
and self-help. Currently CBERS is engaged collaborate with other NGOs
and government agencies in the south of Thailand to achieve maximum
effect in tsunami relief and community-based development. www.pda.or.th/cbers/
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| THE UNIVERSITY OF
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (USC) is one of the world's leading private
research universities. Located in the heart of Los Angeles, USC's
two campuses are home to the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
and 17 professional schools, as well as one of the largest teaching
hospitals in the country. Founded in 1880, Southern California's oldest
private research university can attribute much of its success to excellence
in teaching and research, a deep and abiding commitment to public
service, and a loyal educational community, the Trojan Family. USC
graduate students have contributed to PDA and PDI as volunteers and
researchers on various initiatives. Currently, USC students are actively
participating in the CBERS program to help tsunami victims in the
south of Thailand. www.usc.edu |
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| THE UNIVERSITY OF
MELBOURNE has established itself as one of the finest in
Australia, if not the world. This is achieved by progressive management,
realistic visions for the future and strategic collaborations. Researchers
from the University have been working with the PDA and PDI in collaboration
on a research project for microbicides based with lemons, known as
the Manao Trials. By setting up properly controlled clinical trials
in current users, this will give us some invaluable clues about efficacy,
and make it much easier to design ethically acceptable microbicidal
trials in Thailand. www.unimelb.edu.au
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PDI is a 501(C)(3) organization based in the United States committed to eradicating poverty worldwide
