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  • Title: Secrets of PDA's pioneering dynamism.
    Journal: Integration; 1990 Apr; (23):2-3. PubMed ID: 12316321.
    Abstract:
    In 16 years, Thailand's Population and Community Development Association (PDA) went from being gone of the smallest nongovernment organization (NGO) to being the largest, an indication of the success of its innovative development programs. Originally known as the Community-Based Family Planning Services, the organization began 1974 with a staff of 10. Funded entirely through grants from the International Planned Parenthood Federation, its mission was to promote the 1st community-based contraceptive distribution program in Thailand. But now, PDA has a staff of 600 and enjoys the help of 16,000 volunteers across the country. Its more than 50 projects include efforts in family planning, parasite control, sanitation, income-generation, anti-AIDS campaigns, etc. As part of its parasite control project, PDA began promoting water and sanitation improvements. This pioneer program gave PDA invaluable experience in program development. PDA learned of the necessity to take a people-oriented approach to development, involving the local communities in all stages of the project's design and implementation. Furthermore, PDA began encouraging and assisting income-generating activities in the communities, which help fund the parasite control project. While PDA still relies on foreign assistance for 60% of its budget, PDA has launched in Thai Business Initiative in Rural Development, a program to involve Thailand-based companies in rural development by getting them to provide their expertise and technical assistance, this program might serve as a model not only for NGOs in Thailand, but for all other developing countries.
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