Knowledge and Information Sharing

Knowledge and Information Sharing

Many of our students have known nothing outside of the camp's boundaries for their whole life. It is common that ethnic students along the border to have precious little knowledge of news and current affairs. For our SDC students, we aim to change that. This month, students on SDC's basic course were introduced to a new activity: Information sharing. Beginning on the basic course, this year, every Friday, our students will present information about current news either in Burma or internationally to their fellow students. The students will present their information, individually, and each week different students will be selected to provide information. We believe this activity will both further our students' knowledge of the world around them as well as provide a valuable opportunity to improve their public speaking and presentation skills. The activity fits in well with our school policy of providing learner centered activities for our students. This activity will also soon be implemented on the SDC...
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World Refugee Day Celebration

World Refugee Day Celebration

On 20th June 2014, our students were involved in the world refugee day celebrations in Karenni Refugee Camp 1. The UNHCR requested for our students to help them to implement their activities on that day. Some of our students helped prepare an exhibition about the activities of various organizations and our Karenni culture. At the ceremony, organizations shared brochures as well as seeds and vegetables. Our students helped run games and competitions for the audience. The winners of the competitions were awarded with some prizes by the UNHCR. During the ceremony, there was a big audience. There were over 400 people including children and parents. Everyone had a lot of fun....
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Karenni National Day Celebration 2014

Karenni National Day Celebration 2014

To celebrate the 139th anniversary of Karenni National Day on the 21st June 2014, Our  SDC students participated in a march through the refugee camp. They carried an SDC banner and marched alongside a number of other organizations including the IRC. There were also students from the high school and middle school. After concluding the march, all of the attendees sat down to listen to speeches by Karenni leaders about Karenni history and the importance of the day....
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Archived 2012: Staff Development Training

Archived 2012: Staff Development Training

To promote the skills of the staff, a basic training program on how to set up a website was organised for 7 staff members of SDC from 1st to 5th January 2012. Over the 5 days, the staff members were all eager to learn the basics of setting up a website. The training program was organised by SDC and run by a local trainer; the skills learnt will be helpful for the promotion of SDC activities....
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Archived 2012: Overall project report

Archived 2012: Overall project report

SDC Events & Activities 2012 2012 has been a busy year for SDC, with the usual schedule of recruitment presentations and education and training programs.  We also had the pleasure of celebrating the 10th Anniversary of SDC this year, which gave us the opportunity to reflect on the progress of the school and celebrate the scholarship of the alumni and current students.  In addition, we also conducted a number of campaigns and programs in 2012, which were focused on environmental awareness and protection. Education and Training Programs Two groups of students have graduated from SDC in 2012, after undertaking the basic training course and advanced community management course, respectively. ...
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