SPCP: Livelihoods Project in Mae Hong Son

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SPCP LivelihoodsProject in Mae Hong Son

• Progress Presentation
• 24 April 2007

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Contents

• Objectives
• Persons met and discussed
• Existing self reliant and self sufficient
  activities in the camps
• Existing income generating activities in the
  camps
• Income from working with CBOs and NGOs in camps
  Incentives workers
• Existing self sufficient activities and income
  generating activities in hosting communities
• OTOP products in Mae Hong Son
• Hosting communities needs
• Potential income generating activities in the
  camps
• Capacity building to up grade skill training
• Direct assistance to promote income generating
  activities the camps
• Local GO providers
• Recommendations

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Objectives

• To gather further information on existing
  self-reliant and income generating activities in
  the camps and hosting communities
• To seek for potential self-reliant and income
  generating activities from community based
  organizations in the camps, hosting communities,
  concerned GOs and concerned NGOs.

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Persons met and discussed

• NGOs
• Camp committees and CBOs
• Local Providers GOs, Royal Project, CD display
  shop for OTOP products

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Existing self-reliant and self sufficient
activities

• CAN project
• COERR skill training activities and agricultural
  project.
• JRS and ZOA vocational training
• Animal raising
• Thatch roof making, cloth weaving, basketry
  weaving
• Construction workers, daily wage labours,
  seasonal waged labours

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Existing income generating activities in the
camps

• Groceries, cloth shops, food shops, fruit and
  vegetable shops, vendors
• Handicraft shops at the long neck section in BMN
• Silver work, watch repair
• Sewing, cloth weaving products
• Batteries charging from generators and water
  turbines
• VCD turning shops
• Stove making products, tinsmith products
• Rice wine
• Motorcycle repair, Electrical repair
• Boat taxi
• IRC has promoted radio/ electrical repair shop
• ZOA has established handicraft shop cloth
  weaving products, basketry weaving products as
  well as selling stoves to TBBC for distribution

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Income from working in the camp Incentive workers

• F M Total
• BMN 609 758 1367
• BMS 181 132 313
• MLO 299 345 644
• MRM 411 439 850
• Total 1500 1674 3174
• The average stipends are 400 to 2000 Baht

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Existing self sufficient and income generating
activities in the hosting communities

• Self Sufficient activities
• Animal raising buffaloes, pigs and chicken
• Construction workers and daily waged employment
• Income generating activities
• Agricultural produces rice, garlic, chili
• Groceries, cloth shops, food shop
• Wholesale supplies to groceries in the camps
• Meat, vegetable and fruits
• Basketry weaving, cloth weaving
• Transporting rations to BMN and BMS
• Sugar bars

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OTOP Products in MHS

• Pang Moo organic sesame oil, Shan desert ,
  crispy rice, Shan dresses
• Pang Ma Pha Shan traditional dress, sesame oil,
  organic vegetable
• Mae Hee Natural dyeing Karen cloth, brown rice,
  Karen basketry weaving
• Mae Ngao Sesame oil, mulberry paper, bird, Shan
  and novice puppets, peacock sculpture
• Sop Moei Basketry weaving, Karen cloth products,
  Karen chili
• Ban Kas Karen cloth weaving products, wood
  sculpture, basketry weaving products
• Mae La Luang Lawa cloth weaving products,
  silver works, Lawa dolls, Lawa Basketry weaving
  products

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Hosting community

• A saleman from Ban Huay Fan parked his motorbike
  at the check point of BMS and sold vegetables to
  refugees.

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Hosting communities needs

• Seasonal labours from camps
• English teachers and traditional dancers
• Labours in service sector (in MHS)
• Access to medical service and educational service
• Access to training ( soap and shampoo making,
  biogas, efficient charcoal, bakery, sugar cane
  bar, etc) to get supplementary income and to
  reduce expenses
• Supply chili, garlic and soy bean to TBBC (as per
  ration ) or as raw materials for chili processing
  in the camp
• Needs of off-farm jobs road maintenance, solar
  panel and waterworks maintenance
• Support of the poor and elders

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Potential income generating activities in the
camps

• Frog raising, fish raising in net
• Food processing from pork and soy bean
• Karen blouse with embroidery design
• Basketry weaving and Karen cloth weaving products
• Chili powder pack and chili processing products
• Charcoal briquette making
• Agricultural produces
• Radio repair, bicycle and motorcycle repair
• Restaurant or food shop
• Ice cream and ice making
• Children snack, jelly and bakery
• Sugar bar making from sugar cane
• Barber and hair dressing
• Watch repair
• Boat taxi
• Subcontracted work such as garments from outside
• Sandals making from used tyres

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Capacity building to upgrade skills trainings
needs for IGE/A in camps

• Training adult literacy in Karen and Karenni,
  basic mathematics for the illiterates
• Small business skill training costing, pricing,
  bookkeeping, inventory, management
• Training on vaccination for domestic animals, pig
  raising in
• Training on chili, soy bean, pork processing.
• Training on ice cream making, jelly, children
  snack.
• Training on new design on basketry weaving
  products and cloth weaving products includes
  natural dyeing, embroidery to add product value
• Training on industrial sewing machine
• Micro-finance training and reducing expenses for
  saving training
• Etc according to the market survey.
• Upgrade some VT courses

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Direct assistance to promote income generating
activities

• Small grants, credit fund or revolving fund
  should be explored
• Pilot project should be provided as group loan
• Group formation and group work
• Open market place in the camp ICR will start
  pilot project at BMN
• Link with skill development center, CD display
  shop, Technical college, The Royal Folk Arts and
  Crafts Training Center, Mae Hong Son night
  market.

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Local GO providers

• MOICD Office revolving fund, improve product
  quality, group formation and group work, OTOP,
  display shop
• MOENFE Life skills (first aid, Aids
  prevention, solar panel maintenance, natural
  resources and environmental issue, traffic rules)
  Skill training ( organic agriculture, broom
  making, catfish raising, barber, basketry
  weaving.
• MOLSkill Development Center electrical line
  work, air conditioner repair, information
  technology work, electronic work, sewing,
  motorcycle repair, engine repair, welding,
  amplifier work, artificial garland from fragrant
  soil, herbal processing products, ceramic, brick
  and cement work Thai massage and face massage
  with herb, foot massage and oil massage for
  health, basic car maintenance, barber, iron
  screen welding, impressive service technique,
  scientific frame making and mirror work, basic
  computer Ms Word, Ms Excel, Ms Access
• MOE VT college nutrition snack making,
  blacksmith and welding, electrical and mechanical
  repair, motorbike repair, hair cutting, sewing,
  massage, construction, art works, leather works,
  and ice cream making are also provided.

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Recommendations

• Find sub-contract works for refugees
• Display products at OTOP shop and the Royal Folk
  Arts and Crafts Training Center
• Establish market inside camps
• Integrate concept of cooperative and savings
  group in the curriculum of secondary school and
  establish small enterprise shops of students
• Set up small enterprise groups with income
  generation i.e frog raising, catfish raising, and
  chili processing, etc..
• Set up agricultural groups for income generation
  as pilot project in the camps that land available
• Set up appropriate technology groups and include
  hosting communities
• Set up revolving fund groups after training
  provided.
• Provide training on capacity building, up grade
  skills, and all relevant skills include exposure
  trip
• Identify implementing partners
• Obtain permit for refugees to work outside/
  nearby camps
• Coordinate with concerned GOs for further
  cooperation.