Tag: Shadaw Township

By John Paul for Kantarawaddy Times. November 2014. Translated and edited by SDC students, staff and volunteers. In Karenni State, the government and KNPP have been implementing a project to establish a model village for rehabilitation of some Internally Displaced People. (IDPs).   Khu Plu Reh, a coordinator of the KNPP liaison office in Loikaw said “ this program should have been finished in September 2013 but it has not yet been implemented. The project is still trying to be carried out due to difficulties including transportation.” The implementation of this project is a result of discussions between the ceasefire groups and the central government in November 2013. It is one of seven points of the ceasefire agreements. This project will be implemented on the eastern bank of the Salween, at Mae La Yu Chaw Soe, in Shadaw Township, Karenni State.   “The future of this model village is uncertain because it depends on the ceasefire process. The Burmese government doesn’t yet have a plan to...