Environment – Karenni Social Development Center

Archived 2013: 4th Advanced Community Management Training Course Graduation

June 13, 2014 by karennisdc Comment Closed

On the 10th December, 2013, we celebrated the International Human rights Day and the graduation ceremony of the 4th Advanced Community Management Training Course at the SDC campus. Before the ceremony, we held competitions for articles, poems, arts and songs related to human rights issues and we held a volleyball competition for the SDC students. During the ceremony around 100 people attended including the parents of the students, some leaders of the CBOs and Camp leaders. During the ceremony, the SDC Coordinator, Aung Sun Myint, gave a speech to the audience about the reasons for the ceremony of the international human rights day and the 4th Advanced Community Management Training Course. Furthermore, SDC advisor, Khu Oo Reh gave a speech of encouragement to the students and to the audience. The Coordinator of Earth Rights Burma, Khin Nar Dar, came from Chiang Mai to give a speech of encouragement to the students and audience too. ...

Archived 2012: SDC field work and research report

June 11, 2014 by karennisdc Comment Closed

More recently, the current students completed their field research, and presented their reports on 2nd November, 2012. Each year, students are required to conduct field research in Karenni Refugee Camp 1 and other communities on the Thai/Burma border to collect information relating to human rights, environmental protection and rule of law, depending on their interests. The students are divided into 10 groups, and after collecting information through interviews and other means, they are required to write a report and present their findings to the class. The 3 best reports are then chosen and translated to English. ...

Archived 2012: Basic course 2012 – 2013

June 11, 2014 by karennisdc Comment Closed

Basic Training Course 2012-2013 Currently, 30 students are undertaking the basic training course, and will graduate in March 2013. The current students were selected after the recruitment presentation in February last year, when according to the usual schedule, SDC staff went to community based organizations (CBOs) based in Karenni camps and along the Thai/Burma border such as Karenni High School, Karenni community college (KnCC), Karenni Ever Green (KEG), and Karenni Women Organization (KnWO), and gave presentations about SDC's vision, mission, objectives and activities, and distributed application forms for students to apply to attend the 2012-2013 basic training course. After the recruitment presentation, an entrance test and interview session was held in April 2012 according to SDC procedure. 96 applicants sat the entrance test on 20th April, and after the test, the applicants were interviewed by our staff over two days. Out of the 96 applicants, 30 students were selected, with results announced on 30th April 2012. On 12th May, 2012, the students...