Abstract:
The purposes of this research were : (1) to study the community circumstances and the causes of the community poverty in Bang Mak Sub-District, Mueng District, Chumphon province; and (2) to set up the development plan to resolve the community poverty. The sample population consisted of the community people registering as the poor. Their incomes were lower than the rubric of minimum basic need. The instruments used in the research were composed of documents, interview, group discussion, community public hearing stage, and data notes of each individual family. The research results were concluded as follows.
The results on the community circumstances indicated that the location of Bang Mak sub-district was the plain in the low land. The locals transferred from different places. They worked as the labors. and some of them worked in agriculture of mangosteen and durian orchards. The causes of being poor were that most of the lands were not legally registered. As a result, there are not enough pieces of land to work to earn enough money for the family. There were many children in the family. Their incomes were not enough for the family expenses, resulting in inability to support their youngsters education. Most of them were in debt of the community fund because they wanted to run the small business, but they failed to accomplish the activities because of their lack of experiences, knowledge, and business awareness. Whenever they failed to pay back the community fund, they borrowed from the private sectors, which caused them to fell into the vicious circle. Their last chance was to wait for the government to support them because they thought that the project fund was the best thing the government support them. As a matter of fact, the project could not help them resolve their poverty. The locals in the community should help themselves without waiting for the support from outsiders. The participants involving in the research had the opportunity for the poor to express their opinions about, and they admitted that they should initially improve themselves by setting up action plan to resolve the community poverty. The action plan should consist of the followings:
1. having field trip to see the quality of life development setup by other community for the means to resolve their own community poverty.
2. having a meeting in order to have them understand how to do the family bookkeeping and sufficiency economy way of life.
3. training the specific knowledge to the people.
4. setting up the intoxicant ban project for resolving community. which would help them aware of their pontentaility.