PROJECT: 4 WHEEL DRIVE CAR

BACKGROUND AND NECESITY:
Hmong Developing Quality of Life Foundation was established to help very poor Hmong children and to make the lives of Hmong people better. The goal of our foundation is to work with Hmong people along the northern border of Thailand and the surrounding countries where Hmong people live. The reason we are working along the border is because many Hmong people in that area don’t have Thai citizenship and many Hmong children are disadvantaged and don’t have the same opportunities for an education that other children have. Hmong people in general don’t have the same opportunities that others have. Our foundation was established to share the gospel of Jesus Christ and to help make the lives of Hmong people better.
We have been doing this ministry for the last 5 years and we have children that are living in the hostel run by the foundation. But we still don’t have a vehicle of our own that we can use in transporting the children to and from school and for use in the ministry. Every time that we take the children out somewhere or we go on outreaches to Hmong villages, we need to ask to borrow someone else’s car. It’s a very inconvenient way of doing ministry . We therefore have a great need of a vehicle to use in the ministry. Hmong people for the most part live high up in the mountains. A winding dirt road that can get partly washed out during the rainy season is the only way of accessing some villages. It’s therefore very important that we have a 4 wheel drive vehicle that we can use to reach our target group that live in hard to reach places. We are hoping that you will be able to help us meet this need.

PURPOSE:
1. To have a car for use in taking the children to and from school and for use in outreaches.
2. To have a car for use in the work/ministry of the foundation.
TARGET GROUP:
Hmong people in Thailand and surrounding countries
PLACE:
Chiang Khong District in Chiang Rai Province
METHOD:
1. Pray and share the project with the Foundation board of directors
2. Share the necessity for having a vehicle with supporters
3. Share the project with various churches
4. Pray and follow up.

LENGTH OF TIME:
January 2009 – December 2009

FUNDING:
We would like to buy 2 4X4 vehicles
1. New 4X4 vehicle
1 vehicle = 800,000 baht ($25,806) 2 vehicles = $51,612
2. Second hand vehicle:
1 vehicle = 550,000 baht ($17,741) 2 vehicles = $35,484


EVALUATION:
We will be able to evaluate the project based on the response and giving from various churches.
FRUIT THAT WE HOPE TO SEE:
-We will have a car for use in taking children to and from school and to various activities
-We will have a car for use in ministering to Hmong people in various villages and in doing the work of the ministry of the foundation.
RESPONSIBLE PARTIES:
Hmong Developing Quality of Life Foundation Board of Directors

SUBMITTED BY:
Mr. Somboon Rompanatham (Kaub Yaj)
President, Hmong Developing Quality of Life Foundation


AUTHORIZED BY:
Mr. Duane Carmody
Advisor/Supporter