Projects
Cooperation with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
In cooperation with Progress of Border Areas and National Races Department and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the project for cultivation of buckwheat as the substitution of opium poppy cultivation, lecturing the methods to local cultivators, carrying out products of buckwheat to get market in internal and external countries, construction of roads, supporting for emergency, agriculture sector, education, health sector and enhancing the tasks for livelihood were implemented with US$ 42.886 million from 1995 to 2019 in Mon State, Northern Shan State, Kokang Self- Administered Zone and Border Areas.
Cooperation with Swiss Agency for Development and cooperation- SDC
Cooperation with Ministry of Border Affairs, Progress of Border Areas and National Races Department and Swiss Agency for Development and cooperation- SDC, it can be implemented for school construction, maintaining of school toilets, supplying stationaries, repairing of rural health care center and new construction, renovation wells, underground water transmission, supporting water filtering tank, training for capacity building courses, mending bridges and drain in village and providing water-purifying machine from 2013 to 2018 with US$ 6.643 million.
Cooperation with Thailand
The Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control (CCDAC), Myanmar and Office of Narcotic Control Board (ONCB) had made cooperation and implemented the sustainable alternative development projects to eradicate the poppy cultivation in Tarchileik and Mongsatt districts of eastern Shan State. In these project, Mae Fah Lon Foundation and Progress of Border Areas and National Races Department, Ministry of Border Affairs played the implementing agencies of the project activities.
Cooperation with the Republic of Indonesia
In cooperation with Progress of Border Areas and National Races Department, Ministry of Border Affairs and the Republic of Indonesia, from 2013 to 2014 with US$ 1.000 million in which project for construction of 4 Basic Education Schools implemented in Minbya, Buthidaung and Maungtaw in Rakhine State.
Cooperation with World Food Programme
The emergency assistance programs, rescue and rehabilitation programs are commence and expand by the recommendation of Mr. Bradley Guerrant, Director of World Food Programme (Myanmar) after ground survey to the ex-poppy farmer’s food in security along with the Japanese International Non Government Organizations from 28th July 2003 to 5th August in Kokant region. The program started since the food insecurity status of Kokant region to the World Food Programme regional office in Bangkok.
