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The Doi Chaang Coffee Foundation is focused on creating sustainable lives for the hill tribepeople in Northern Thailand. Scouts in Canada have partnered with the Foundation to assist in building a school and clinic and building cultural links between the two countries.The Foundation is focused on the educating the children, Healthcare for the villagers,maintaining a sustainable environment, and keeping the culture of the hill tribe people alive.In the early years of the foundation, the focus will be to build a school for Children ages 2 -- 9.The land for the school has already been purchased in trust and donated to the school. Theexcavation of the land has already started.The School will be available to all children in surrounding areas and villages, it is not only for theAkha hill tribe. There are approximately 400 children in the area. Most children move togovernment schools at age 7, but due to the lack of resources in the villages, the children canstay up to 9 years old to further advance themselves in that setting.The school will include 10 classrooms, each classroom holding up to 40 children, and 2dormitories. The dormitories will be offered to the children who do not have stable homes, andneed a safe and secure place to stay. Transit for the other children will be arranged by thefoundation.The school name will be "Rong Rien Kong Noo", translating to "Our School"; Meaning that theschool belongs to the children.The foundation is based on the motto "In Unity We Trust". This motto is shown in thefoundations policy of having no Political, Racial, or Religious Bias. Children from all hill tribes inthe surrounding areas, regardless of language or religion, will be accepted to the school, andwill benefit from the money raised by the Doi Chaang Coffee Foundation.The Doi Chaang Coffee Foundation of Canada will need to raise 2 million dollars to help in thebuilding the school in Doi Chang, Thailand. Scouts Canada are assisting the project and raising funds through a Messengers of Peace project.When "Our School" has been completed, the foundation will focus on providing necessaryhealthcare for the villagers, as well as maintaining a sustainable environment that continues tohelp improve the lives of the villagers. Lastly, they will focus on maintaining the cultures of thevillagers in the area to help preserve tradition.