SDC alumni provide educational assistance for IDP areas
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....