Community Development Model for Sustainable Self-Reliance According to the policy of three houses Don Khao, Pakse Township, Champasak Province, Lao PDR.

Abstract

The purpose of the research was to analyze current conditions, 1) To study the context. problems and needs of community economic development for sustainable economic self- sufficiency According to the policy of three houses Don Khao, Pakse Township, Champasak Province, Lao PDR., 2) To Community Development Model for Sustainable Self-Reliance, 3) To try a model out on the Community Development Model for Sustainable Self-Reliance. The research methodology was divided into three phases: (1) Pre-research phase focused on improving relationships of researcher, community leaders, family leaders and officers. The activities consisted of 1) improving relationships with community, 2) surveying and studying community and 3) preparing staff and collaborative networks. (2) Research phase focusing on designing and developing a model of community economic development for sustainable economic self- sufficiency. The activities included study and analysis of 1) community problems and Diagnosis 2) design and development of a model. (3) Model implementation and evaluation focused on evaluating the model by comparing the outcomes before and after using the model. The evaluation focused on 5 dependent variables: family income, family expense, amount of crops, number of animals, mushroom, amount of consuming products and satisfaction. MANOVA (Repeated Measure) was employed for the comparative analysis.

       Results of the research were as follows :

                   1.        The results of the study. Community Development Model for Sustainable Self-Reliance. According to the policy of three houses Don Khao, Pakse Township, Champasak Province, Lao PDR., 1) The results of the community
context study revealed that Most of the population is engaged in agriculture. The study found that Sex is more than males. The oldest age between 55 and over. Education A very common study. Primary school. Number of family members The highest number was between 6-10. 2) The study found that the problem. (1) Drought, lack of water resources for agriculture. (2) The lack of modern knowledge in the occupation. (3) Lack of career support. (4) The problem of lack of care from government agencies.(5) Lack of working capital.(6) Lack of additional career training.
3) The results of the analysis found that Villagers need knowledge about occupation.            2.   The study showed that the model of community economic development for sustainable economic self- sufficiency consisted of 12 activities : 1) Sandstone carving, 2) Community shop, 3) Growing vegetables safe from toxic substances. 4) Stone carving, 5) Bio-fertilizer, 6) Fish farming in the Cement, 7) Native chickens, 8) Organic farming,
9) Vegetable garden kitchen leak eat, 10) Breeding and propagation of native pigs, 11) Raising cattle and 12) Water supply                        3.          The results of the experiment, It is estimated that before and after the operation, After the experiment, Community development for sustainable self-sufficiency better than before. The results of the research phase 3 The results from the comparison of each variable. There was a statistically significant difference at .05 level between before and after the experiment. It shows that after using the development model, family income, family expense, Agriculture for subsistence increased, Increased participation, And the quality of life of the people better, This is based on assumptions set.