Post – 10 education in and around Karenni Refugee Camp 1

Post – 10 education in and around Karenni Refugee Camp 1

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The annual end to the school year for students in Karenni Refugee Camp 1 is in March. During this month and early March, a number of schools hold their graduation ceremonies and celebrate their students’ achievements.   Students within Karenni Refugee Camp 1 can study at the Karenni high school until grade 10 level. This is equivalent to 10 years of schooling through primary, middle and high-school. The Karenni Education Department (KnED) runs the schooling system inside Karenni Refugee Camp 1. After completing high-school education, there are few options for young people within the camp to continue their education. The educational stage after high school is called post-10.   For students within Karenni Refugee Camp 1, there are 4 main Post – 10 schools available to study at. These schools are; the Karenni Community College (KNCC); the Ban Nai Soi Community Learning Center (BnsCLC); The Women’s Study Programme (WSP); and our SDC School. Each of these schools has a different area of focus.   WSP is...
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Fire in Karenni Refugee Camp 1

Fire in Karenni Refugee Camp 1

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Last month, the camp faced a serious challenge due to a fire. On Tuesday April 7th at 11:15am, a fire broke out in Karenni Refugee Camp 1. A total of 148 homes were burned to the ground. This incident happened during the traditional festival of Kay Htoe Boe. The fire started at 11:15 and lasted for almost 2 hours. It destroyed 148 houses. This has left over 700 Karenni refugees without homes. One of the buildings destroyed was the primary school number 1. The fire narrowly missed one of the clinics. The fire started in a small house in section 1. It is believed a resident left a pot unattended. On a hot, windy day, the fire spread quickly throughout the camp due to the refugees only being allowed to build their houses with bamboo and dried leaves. Due to the hot season and a lack of materials, camp residents were unable to limit or control the fire. A lack of materials also affected resident’s ability to...
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SDC celebrates the 2014 – 2015 Basic Course Graduation

SDC celebrates the 2014 – 2015 Basic Course Graduation

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All of our SDC staff, students and community are happy to announce the completion of our SDC Basic Course for 2014 – 2015. We marked the end of this course with our graduation ceremony for the class of 2014 – 2015. We held our graduation ceremony on Saturday the 28th of March 2015 for the 48 successful graduates of our 2014 – 2015 Basic Course.   Before holding the ceremony, students and staff prepared for the ceremony. We invited an audience comprising of many different sectors of our Karenni Society. Many of our alumni attended our ceremony. Other attendees included parents, relatives, friends and supporters of our SDC. There were also the students of the women’s study program.     A number of leaders attended the ceremony alongside the Coordinator of SDC, Aung Sun Myint Steven. Attendees of the ceremony included the Karenni Health minister, Karenni Refugee Committee chairperson and the head of the Karenni Education Department. The leaders made a series of speeches to...
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Information about the SDC: goals, objectives and history.

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What is the Social Development Center? Due to the civil war in Burma, over twenty two thousand Karenni people have fled to Thailand and they are now living in two refugee camps in Mae Hong Son province. There is about Fourteen thousand refugees in Karenni camp number one. Even though there are many Karenni young people in the camps, there are very limited opportunities for education and training. For these reasons, most of the Karenni people have not had an opportunity to learn about the environment, law or about human rights and how to protect their rights. The Karenni alumni from EarthRights School (ERS) strongly believe that their community needs an awareness of human rights, the environment, and the rule of law in order to improve their standard of living. We are willing to dedicate our time and lives for the people who need radiant light to get peaceful and comfortable lives. As a result, we four Karenni ERSB alumni set up the...
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Reh Saung Oo’s Story

Reh Saung Oo’s Story

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Q: What is your background? A: I am from Karenni State in Burma. I have been in Karenni Refugee Camp 1 since 2010. My family lives in Karenni State now. I came to the camp alone. I didn’t come with my family so now I live alone. In 2010, I started to study in the camp and in 2014, I completed my education. I have graduated from the high school, the SDC basic course and the SDC Advanced course. Now, I have been working in my community for over one year. I work as a coordinator for vocational training in Karenni Refugee Camp 1. Q: What was your experience at SDC like? A: When I studied for one year and a half at SDC, I was very happy and enjoyed studying there. I enjoyed my time there because I liked the subjects and they are very related to our community and society. For example, in our community, there are abuses of human rights...
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UNHCR runs a verification exercise in Karenni Camp 1

UNHCR runs a verification exercise in Karenni Camp 1

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This month, along the Thai-Burma border The United Nations High Commissioner of Refugees (UNHCR) and The Thai Ministry of Interior (MOI) have been counting the citizens of the refugee camps and providing them with cards as part of a verification exercise. This exercise has been taking place in all nine refugee camps along the border. This includes the two Karenni Refugee Camps. The purpose of the exercise as stated by the UN was to verify the population of the camps. The data will be used to find ways to better coordinate humanitarian assistance. The verification exercise in Karenni Refugee Camp 1 took place over 2 weeks with various sections being called to meet and take part in the exercise. The in camp exercise had two main activities. The first activity involved collecting data on the refugee population within the camp. The second activity involved distribution of UN cards to the refugee population. The verification process included collecting retinal scans, photographs and fingerprints. This...
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Our SDC community participate in a global leadership cafe

Our SDC community participate in a global leadership cafe

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This month, our organisation hosted a world café event. The global leadership community and our donors, RIJ, provided the event to our organisation. The event helped our community to come together and proactively create visions and ideas for a brighter future. The global leadership Community connected to our organisation with the help of our donors, RIJ. Together with Principal, Khu Myar Reh, the global leadership community prepared a two-day event at our center. The first day was for our community and the second for our staff. During the first day, we began by introducing ourselves and our relationship to SDC. At the event, we had a broad range of voices represented including staff, alumni, donors, supporters, volunteers and students. The GLC team encouraged us to give a word to describe what SDC meant to us. Some of the words we gave were justice, opportunity, power, improvement and preservation. This activity allowed us all to see the importance of SDC to our community. We...
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