Tag: Experience

Volunteer Experience By Lynette Nam In 2012, the long running conflict in Burma finally appears to be nearing its end.  An ongoing series of political, economic and administrative reforms undertaken by the military-backed government in Burma in the past two years has buoyed hopes that the decades of violence and international isolation could soon be in the past.  In this climate of hope and optimism, it may be easy to overlook the tens of thousands of refugees displaced on the Thai/Burma border.  Look beyond the news headlines, and it is all too clear that the recent developments, while promising, have not filtered through to all the ethnic states, where clashes between Burmese troops and local insurgents continue to disrupt the pace of life. It was against this backdrop that I travelled to a remote village next to Karenni Refugee Camp 1 in early October 2012, to work as a human rights trainer at Karenni Social Development Center (SDC). Karenni Refugees One of the many ethnic...