Since its creation almost four decades ago, PDA has come a long way and is now one of the leading and most diversified NGO in Thailand, employing over 1000 staff working at its headquarters in Bangkok and 18 development centres viz. branch offices located in 15 provinces in Thailand.
PDA's activities include primary health care, HIV/AIDS education and prevention; water resource development and environmental conservation; income-generation, micro-finance and rural enterprise development; gender equality, youth and democracy promotion. The contacts and experiences gained in these programs will be made available for the proposed CBARS Project and will help to make it a success.