Nga Meh’s Story

Nga Meh’s Story

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Q: What is your history ? A: I am a Kayah woman, born in Saw Uyoe Lay on the Thai-Burma border. My parents are from Shadaw, Karenni State. I’ve never been to Karenni State and grew up in the camps. First, I lived in Karenni Refugee Camp 3 but later we were all moved to Karenni Refugee Camp 1.I studied from nursery school to grade 10 in the camps. After that I completed the SDC basic course 2012-2013 & 4th ACMTC .   Q: Why did you apply to SDC? A: After grade 10, I was interested in the environment, human rights and the rule of law so I applied to SDC. Most of our community doesn't understand human rights, the     environment or rule of law. These issues are very important for our people. So for me, I knew if I could learn about these subjects, one day I could share this knowledge with other people.   “Before attending this class, I didn’t know about legal...
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Archived 2014: Women’s day celebration

Archived 2014: Women’s day celebration

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On March 8th 2014, we held a joint women's day celebration with KNWO and WSP. At this celebration, there was debating and the students participated in an event about the important issue of women's rights. The event was held in Karenni Refugee Camp 1. There was about 100 people in attendance. In the future, we hope that, as in the past, our alumni will continue to join with and support our local women's organisations in the future.  ...
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Archived 2012: SDC field work and research report

Archived 2012: SDC field work and research report

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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. ...
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Archived 2012: Basic course 2012 – 2013

Archived 2012: Basic course 2012 – 2013

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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...
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Khu Lee Reh’s Story

Khu Lee Reh’s Story

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  Class of 2006 My name is Khu Lee Reh. I was born in Law Kyae Khu village, Hproso Towship of Karenni State. There are nine people in my family. They are farmers and rely on hill site cultivation. So we get our living cost and other essential needs such as school fee for children and health care cost from our farms. I started my primary school in my village. I continued middle school and high school in the town. I left school in 10th grade because my parents needed help farming and they were unable to pay my tuition. I often helped my family with the menial tasks ordered by the SPDC military troops. Even though I understood that it was an injustice, I could not escape these situations. Eventually, I met other villagers who tried to escape execution by SPDC troops and came with them to Karenni Refugee camp in Thailand on May 25th, 2004. Then I continued to study 10th grade in...
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Khu Klaw Reh

Khu Klaw Reh

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Khu Klaw Reh's Story Class of 2010 I was born in Pukaraku Village, Pruhso Township of Karenni State, Burma. There are six people in my family. My parents are farmers and they rely on hill site cultivation. We have to work hard to provide for our survival, so it's very difficult for me to continue my school because I belong to a poor family. My parents could not provide my school fee until I was eight years old. In 1994 I started to attend primary school in my Pukaraku Village. After then, I continued my middle school and high school in a Catholic boarding school in Pruhso Town and I have finished through ninth grade. I stayed in the Catholic boarding school for five years and grew up there. A problem was that an SPDC [Burmese government] soldier suspected I was a Karenni rebel soldier because I had been away at boarding school. On February 4, 2004, they arrested me and I was...
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Yen Lin’s Story

Yen Lin’s Story

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Class of 2012 My name is Yen Lin. I am 23 years old. I was born in Khyut Pain Kawt Township, Pengu Division of Burma. I am a student of SDC. My parents are Oo San Aye and Daw Hlai Hlai Win. My father was a taxi driver and my mother was a housekeeper. I lived with my parents from the time I was born until I was 13 years old. However, my father passed away when I was studying in 4th standard. After that, my mother remarried. After my father died, it was a very difficult time for me and I struggled with many problems in my life. When I was 9 years old I went to live with my stepfather. I never stayed at my home permanently because I had to go gambling with my stepfather to make money for our living. When I was 10 years old, I became a monk and stayed with other Buddhist monks at...
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