Tag: Peace Karenni State

A new project to empower young Karenni people has begun courtesy of our SDC Alumni. Over the past few months, SDC alumni have been working hard to prepare and design a program to create the change they desire in their community. As a result of this dedication, last month, they successfully began running the Peace Initiative Program (PIP). In order to set up this organisation, our alumni ran a series of meetings. The first meeting was for all alumni who were interested in being involved in a new organisation to provide help for their community. This meeting allowed for an overview of the need for the organisation and an opportunity to talk about aims. After this, later meetings focused on designing an outline for the organisation, its committee and planning some upcoming projects. As a product of these meetings, the Peace Initiative Program created aims for their organisation. Their organizational aims are as follows: “To provide the Karenni students and disadvantaged youths in camp...