“Highland Development Project/UHDP Founded in 1996 by the family of American missionaries Richard R. and Ellen H. Burnette of CBF (Cooperative Baptist Fellowship), the Highland Development Project is an organization. commonwealth Under the of the Christian Service Foundation (Baptist), the Council of Churches of Thailand, it promotes holistic development in the highlands. Agroforestry conversion Preserving forest resources Water and land management Forest conservation and soil conservation improve agricultural land in the highlands. Community forest management backyard farming Savings(VSLA), roles of women and men, and human rights in 2021 Through the Highland Development Project/UHDP It has changed to the Highland Development Foundation/UHDF, operating under 4 main issues: promoting the environment; Community economy, human rights, society, and ethics in Southeast Asia along the border, disadvantaged people and various ethnic groups.”
— Richard R. and Ellen H. Burnette
Founder
Corporate vision
“Creating an innovative way of ethnic life on the highlands That is sustainable self-reliant in East Asia “
Corporate mission
Protection, restoration and conservation of ecosystems Natural resources with social, cultural and ethnic context on the highland
The introduction of the new theory according to the philosophy of sufficiency economy, dependence and dependence
Citizenship of brotherhood, equality, peace, duties, responsibilities and the universal principle of human rights.
Incubating upland ethnic groups To have knowledge and morality according to ethics and belief in God
Creating a learning center for technology innovation, seedling skills, seed banks and local livestock.
Core values of the organization
Educating yourself before creating and nurturing others and communities.
Development focuses on the body, body, mind and spirit.
Creating people with value Value and value, honor, dignity, glory
To be a model for a complete transformation of excellence, prevention, treatment, correction
Adhere to norms, ethics, belief in God and good governance, transparency, validation, participation.
Goal
“Create human rights and ownership. So that the ethnic people on the highland To create natural resources that are stable, prosperous and sustainable “
Objective
- For the creation of human resources in ethnic groups on the highland To have awareness, protect, conserve, restore and make the most of the natural ecosystem.
- In order for the ethnic highlands to be educated Learn enough and have enough. According to the philosophy of sufficiency economy
- For being a harmonious citizen Duties, responsibilities, brotherhood, equality, peace, and the universal principle of human rights
- To seek ways to cultivate people to have knowledge and morals Ethics and nature
- For modification, increase the potential, performance, efficiency, save, make the most of the center’s learning resources.
Promotion Department Project
- Project to promote and restore natural resources, soil, water, forest
- Human Rights Promotion Program (Natural resource management and access to government services)
- Community Waste Promotion (Food Security) and Savings Groups (VSLA) Project
- Project for developing youth and women potential for development work
- Social and Ethical Promotion Program (Spiritual)
The main project of the center
- Learning base development project in the center
- Project to produce seedlings and various animal species for promotion work
- Experimental projects of various suitable technologies to develop
- Project to study the storage of local plant seeds and local rice varieties for research purposes.
