Alumni – Karenni Social Development Center

Alumni profile: Aye Aung

August 20, 2015 by karennisdc Comment Closed

Q: Can you give some information about your history? A: In 2006 – 2007, I joined with a Karenni young people’s group. Later in 2011 – 2012, through a relationship with Karenni Youth Organisation (KnYO), I joined the Karenni Social Development Center. After completing SDC, I joined with the Union of Karenni State Youth (UKSY) and I have been serving for my community until today. Q: Since graduating from SDC, what have you achieved? A: After finishing SDC, I joined a women’s leadership training course. I have also participated in a workshop concerned with elections and leadership. I have had the opportunity to meet people at the grassroots level. Therefore, I am aware of our people’s problems Q: How did studying at SDC help you? A: By attending SDC, I have learnt effectively about human rights, democracy, environment and the rule of law. I have sufficient awareness of these issues. In addition, I have some skills of English and Computer. Q: What do SDC alumni do...

SDC alumni provide educational assistance for IDP areas

August 15, 2015 by karennisdc Comment Closed

SDC alumni continue to be an asset to the Karenni people in many ways. During July, some SDC alumni traveled inside Karenni State to rural IDP (Internally Displaced Persons) areas and distributed school supplies and stipends. The alumni traveled inside Karenni State to support a Karenni Education Department (KnED) project. The project provides IDP students and teachers with support in order to improve education for young Karenni (IDP) people. They provided a variety of materials to the children including books, pens and sport equipment. They also provided a partial stipend to the teachers. This small stipend is not enough to provide a teacher’s full salary but it offers a reward for all of the teacher’s efforts to educate young people in a situation with such limited resources. The educational situation for the children of the over 15,000 IDPs, as estimated by the Karenni Refugee Committee, is very difficult. Most schools do not have basic equipment and teachers receive very little, if any, salary....

SDC Alumni launch the Peace Initiative Program

August 6, 2015 by karennisdc Comment Closed

A new project to empower young Karenni people has begun courtesy of our SDC Alumni. Over the past few months, SDC alumni have been working hard to prepare and design a program to create the change they desire in their community. As a result of this dedication, last month, they successfully began running the Peace Initiative Program (PIP). In order to set up this organisation, our alumni ran a series of meetings. The first meeting was for all alumni who were interested in being involved in a new organisation to provide help for their community. This meeting allowed for an overview of the need for the organisation and an opportunity to talk about aims. After this, later meetings focused on designing an outline for the organisation, its committee and planning some upcoming projects. As a product of these meetings, the Peace Initiative Program created aims for their organisation. Their organizational aims are as follows: “To provide the Karenni students and disadvantaged youths in camp...

Alumni Profile: Rosie

June 14, 2015 by karennisdc Comment Closed

Q: Can you tell us a little bit about your history? A: I joined SDC School in 2004. After that in 2005, I served for my community in the Karenni Refugee Camp Committee for 6 months. Next, I interned for 6 months at Karenni National Women’s Organisation (KNWO). I have now been working at KNWO for 10 years. For the first 4 years, I was working as a staff member. I was then promoted to the position of treasurer for 2 years and then for the last 4 years as coordinator. Q: What effect has SDC had on your life? A: I have benefited from my experience at SDC by improving my knowledge and becoming more confident to speak than before I studied there. After attending SDC, the knowledge that I received from this school makes my work more effective. My study was especially helpful in preparing me for a leadership role. Due to this study, I am able to implement my activities,...

SDC runs a three day staff media training

May 6, 2015 by karennisdc Comment Closed

Every summer, here at SDC, we look to build our capacity for change. In order to increase our staff skills, we have just completed a three-day training course. The aim of the course was to build the multimedia capacity of our staff. We hope that after this training all of our staff will be able to take and produce high quality photography and videos. For three days, between April the 16th and 18th, we ran a workshop to provide effective instruction and practical guidance in the art of photography and video. The workshop was provided by volunteers and the participants were all SDC staff and alumni. The first part of the workshop taught how to take and edit quality photos. The trainers introduced some photography methodology. After this, staff practiced taking photos of people, our school and our environment. Finally, they used a video enhancement program to improve the quality of their photos. The second part of our workshop was focused on videos....

Klaw Meh’s story

April 13, 2015 by karennisdc Comment Closed

My name is Klaw Meh. I come from Karenni State, Shadaw Township. I was born in 1995. I came to camp in 1995. I live in refugee camp 1. I came to Karenni Refugee Camp 1 together with my family. I live with my parents. I get food from the Thai Border Consortium (TBC). My parents don't have jobs. My life was poor. I left because of war. I grew up in camp. I started school at age 3 years old in the nursery school. I went to primary school, middle school No2 and high school. I studied with friends then I played football. When I went to school, I went to study science, maths, history, English and Thai. I was happy with my friends and teachers. I was interested in SDC school because I wanted to know about human rights, rule of law, environment, and democracy. These subjects are important because I want to empower our Karenni people. I have studied...

Maung Nyein’s Story

April 11, 2015 by karennisdc Comment Closed

My name is Maung Nyein. I come from Karenni State. When I lived in Karenni State, I had seen in the village fighting with Burmese soldiers and Karenni armies. Burmese soldiers came into my village and caused persecution. My life was very unsafe. My family was very poor. My mother went to farm in the field. I studied until grade 7 school because in my community to attend school, it costs a lot of money. I lived with my mother. My parents worked on the fields. I remember many scary things that happened. There were Burmese soldiers in my village. They persecuted our people. I remember forever why I left and about the Burmese soldiers. Once I got to camp #1, I went to high school. I was 17 years old. I was a student in high school class B. My high school class group was called vegetable. I felt happy. I applied to SDC school because of my interest in...

A Global Leadership Cafe at the Karenni Social Development Center

March 11, 2015 by karennisdc Comment Closed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_nLN1oqJoE...

Deni’s story

February 9, 2015 by karennisdc Comment Closed

Q: Can you tell me a little bit about your history? A: My parents come from Burma but I was born in Thailand. I was born in HuayPhuKhet village, Thailand in 1995. I am Kayan Padaung. I studied in my village until grade 6. When I reached grade six, I moved to study in Karenni Refugee Camp 1. I have been there until now. After I finished grade 10, I studied at SDC School. Even though, I was born in Thailand I do not have a Thai passport. I can only travel within Mae Hong Son province. Q: What do you want to do in the future? A: In the future, I want to help my people. I will tell them about what I have learnt at SDC School and share my knowledge in my community as much as I know. I want my community to know about the subjects I have studied. I want them to know about the environment and rule...

Mudee Paw’s Story

December 7, 2014 by karennisdc Comment Closed

Can you tell me about your history? I was born on December 10th 1991. I lived with my parents until I was 12 years old. When I was 12 years old, I left my parent’s home to go to the refugee camp. I left because my family had a lot of problems with Burmese soldiers and we are very poor. I wanted to continue my education so I travelled to Karenni Refugee Camp 1. Burmese soldiers lived near us and we were afraid of them. My parents were worried about the women in our family and they told me to go to the refugee camp 1. I started studying at grade 5 in Karenni Refugee Camp 1. After high school, I applied to the SDC basic course. Before I studied at SDC, I didn’t know anything about law and human rights. During my time at SDC I learnt the basic knowledge of human rights. I have learnt about human rights, democracy and...