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Links Karen.org is one of the
main sites where to find general information on the Karen. It has a very
active message board, a
cultural site where one can get information on history, clothing, music, stories and Karen holidays. There is also a chat room where every Friday one
can chat with Karen and friends of the Karen, and a site where news are downloaded. Karen.org has also organised a campaign for the flood
victims of The
Karen Human Rights Group is a small and independent group documenting the
human
rights situation of ordinary people in rural The Karen
National Union has a site
with short information of itself, an introduction to Karen history and culture,
news updates and press releases, and news highlights including mostly Thai
newspapers clippings and much more information about youth issues, narcotics,
women issues from the perspective of the KNU. The site also has maps of The Karen National League, as a non-armed Karen organization, seeks to uplift the lot of the
Karen people and bring about the rule of law and true democracy to The Karen Teacher
Working Group
has 18 full
time staff traveling throughout 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, women’s
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. IAG
has several Areas of Outreach: Medical Outreach, hildren's Outreach,
Student's
Outreach, Women's
Outreach, Family
Outreach. You can sponsor a
child, sponsor an Internally
Displaced Students 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. The BRCP helps to fund the purchase of
backpacks filled with medical supplies and medicines that the medics carry to treat the
people who are sick and sometimes dying. 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 medic’s 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. The Australia Karen Youth Group is primarily a social justice organisation which advocates human rights, self empowerment and self determination of the Karen and other ethnic groups within a democratic Burma. Its main focus is on grass roots education projects for Karen youth. The AKYP works alongside the Karen community in Australia and local NGOs on the Thai Burma border. AKYP also has a strong focus on raising awareness about the situation in Burma, on networking with other organisations and on working alongside other ethnic groups from Burma. The Karen Women's Organization is one of the 12 groups in the Women's League for Burma -- a central umbrella group formed primarily to give coherence to a number of very small projects and to make it easier for international donors to direct aid. Dr. Michael R. Lemings, a professor of Sociology and Anthropology
at St. Olaf College, has made and is selling a very good movie on the Karen:
The Karen of Tee Mae Ker Lah: Rabbits in the Mouth of the Crocodile. The Jubilee
Campaign has completed an interim report on
the genocide against the Karen people in Burma (March 1998). The American Karen
Agency is
an organization based in Bakersfield, California, USA. It is an association
of Karen in the US who seek to keep alive the Karen culture among the Karen
living in the US. P.O.Box 608 Bakersfield, CA93302 USA Email:akagency@aol.com The Karen Youth
Organization is a closely knit and
active organization of Karen youths with branches in Canada, Australia, US,
Japan, Thailand, and India. Email:kyousa@compuserve.com The Karen Student Network Group is an organization of Karen Students who are primarily based in theThiland/Burma border area who fight for Karen issues. P.O.Box330 The Karen Historical Society is a society devoted to the preservation of the Karen history and culture via archiving and making public Karen books, literatures, and cultural icons. 2500 Fairview Rd. Bakersfield,CA93304 ORGANISATIONS WORKING FOR DEMOCRATISATION IN BURMA The Burmese Youth Project, also known as The Bamboo Youth Project, is about providing opportunity to Burmese refugees, rather than aid. Rainbowends is supporting the boycott of multinationals who do business with the Burmese generals. « Ce ne sont pas ceux qui font le mal qui rendent le monde insupportable, mais ceux qui regardent et laissent faire» — Albert Einstein Similarly, Shareholder
power supports the use of
shareholder power to free Burma.
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