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Thailand

Religions: Buddhism (state religion); Islam; .5% Christian

Languages: Thai (official), English, Lao, Chinese, Malay

Ethnic groups: Thai 75%, Chinese 14%

Location: Southeast Asia surrounded by Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia and the Gulf of Thailand

Size: 198,115 square miles, 513,115 square kilometers, or about the size of Texas

Population: 61,798,000 (2001 est.)

Mann, Michael and Rebecca Mann Michael and Rebecca

Mike Mann is IM's Global Consultant for Rural Development. Following almost fourteen years of ministry in Thailand, Mike is now available to any of our international partners who are interested in developing water and/or agricultural projects. Mike and Becky live with their family in Chiang Mai, Thailand, where he continues to advise the Integrated Tribal Development Program (ITDP), through which he ministers among the hill tribes of northern Thailand. He is currently working on his doctorate in rural and community development at the University of Reading in the United Kingdom.


Becky has been working with the Hmong, Lahu, Lisu, and Karen tribal women, helping with craft ideas, developing patterns, and marketing of crafts. She is also committed to helping with ITDP, with the marketing of Thai coffee, and working with parents of special needs children.


Languages used in ministry: Thai and Lahu