Law – Karenni Social Development Center

Legal Training from the LAC

July 21, 2014 by karennisdc Comment Closed

Our Basic Training Course is specifically targeted at creating future activists for our community. More specifically, one skilled group we aim to provide our community with are legal activists. How can we build a new society without an understanding of Law? Our Training course provides training in Legal subjects but we also aim to network and integrate our students with opportunities within our community. With these ideas and priorities in mind, we provide training from the Legal Assistance Center (LAC). These trainings allow our students to network with staff in the camp legal system. They also create an opportunity for our students to get a valuable understanding of the practical aspect of working in the legal field. The trainings have been taking place during this month, July 2014. ...

Nga Meh’s Story

July 15, 2014 by karennisdc Comment Closed

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...

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...