PENMEN ELITE IN ACTION

As a demonstration of how Penmen Elite can add value to these existing agreements, we have sponsored the construction of a medical clinic in Chang Rai Province in Thailand. In association with the local Akha Association for Education and Culture in Thailand (AFECT), Penmen Elite hopes to improve the lives of the native hill tribes in Thailand.

Approximately 63,000 Akha tribe people live a rural existence in Northern Thailand. Mostly cut off from mainstream society for their 1,500-year history, their lives and culture are being radically changed in the rapid economic and cultural shifts taking place in the region. Without access to clean water, medical attention or education, the tribe is in danger of extinction.

The Akha-Hani tribe sits among the remote forest of Northern Thailand's Golden Triangle. The forest's widely-varied flora has been used by the tribe for thousands of years to treat illnesses. The area lacks any formal medical facilities, forcing long treks to obtain immediate and long-term care. The new hospital will foster the development and knowledge of the tribe locally in a cutting-edge facility. Constructed using innovative green technology developed under the guidelines of Eco-Era™, the facility will use advanced, ecologically sound practices to best use the area's resources.

By employing Penmen Elite's "closed loop" philosophy of using local labor, renewable resources and alternative energy in the construction of this facility, we plan to demonstrate that our business plan is scalable and sound on a micro- and macroeconomic level.

Penmen Elite intends to increase value to Japan's existing global treaties and economic agreements throughout the region and the world.

It is vital to us that any addition to existing agreements be beneficial to both parties and that our contribution be modular and be seen as an addition, not a revision to, the original alliance's intent.

Photography by:

Valerie Mate, Meghan Babin, Takahikaru Miki, Omima M. Miki, Emily Davies and Calvin Reid

 

AKHA ART BENEFIT

Penmen Elite and Indigo Project Media raise money benefiting the Akha-Hani Tribe of Northern Thailand. Read more.