Get Involved
Karen.org
has organised a campaign for the victims of the flood of 2 September
2002
The Karen Emergency Relief
Fund Макси Турс турфирма Вологодская область is looking for food, medicine, shelter, clothing, scholarships
for promising Karen students, and funds to conduct therapy for the
victims of rape and torture. Please go here for information on how
to make a tax deductible donation.
The Kawthoolei Education
Fund supports over 31,000 students, and over 1300 teachers in
Karen
State (Kawthoolei). It welcomes all sizes of donations. US$100
can provide 1000 pencils or a teacher's subsidy for 1 year or 400
notebokesor basic health support for 30 students or construct one
classroom orsupport a number of other education needs. Donations will
be matched with individual schools and distributed in whole.
The Burma Volunteer Programme
provides educational opportunities to mixed ethnic nationality students
from Burma who are presently living in Thailand. It is looking for
a number of individuals who can teach English and work on issues related
to human rights, womens welfare, etc. Click here for information.
The International
Assistance Group focuses on the thousands of refugees from Burma
forced to live under life threatening conditions in over-crowded refugee
camps along the Thailand/Burma border in Thailand.You can sponsor
a child, sponsor an Internally Displaced Student currently housed
at the IDP
Hostel, or be a pen pal with a Karen Refugee, among others.
The Burmese Refugee Care Project
and Dr. Cynthia Maung provide medical care for refugees and trains
medics along the war torn Thai-Burmese border. You can help
Dr. Cynthia and the Burmese refugees by providing donations or your
time. All money goes directly to Dr. Cynthia's clinic and the Burmese
refugees. $50 will fill a medics
backpack with medicines and supplies for 3 months. $100 will purchase
a new backpack for a medic with blood pressure cuff, surgical equipment,
reference books and medicine. See also volunteer
information for medical professionals, the medical
supplies wish list, and the medicine
wish list.
The Karen Hilltribes Trust
is working with the Karen people of north west Thailand to help them
develop their own social, educational and economic infrastructure.
It provides opportunities for people aged 18 and over to carry out
long-term voluntary
work among the Karen. Among the projects are the installation
and maintenance of clean water systems for the villages.
