Our mission to provide support to refugee and IDP communities through empowerment strengthens communities to withstand the abuses and challenges they face.
Understanding one’s rights and the law of the land are essential to building a stronger resistance. We have seen the results of this through alumni from the Karenni Social Development Center (KSDC). Graduates go on to work with the camp community as well as returning to their home villages to spread awareness and organise civil action. We are starting to see positive results as social services are being re-established by the local community in some parts of Karenni state where the national government is failing to deliver.
Our recent funding to the KSDC included support to an IDP (internally displaced persons) camp near the Thai border. By working in the IDP camp, the KSDC team will be able to reach more people as they provide training on legal rights and human rights.
It is evident that the Karenni Social Development Center has become a vital program for the advancement of the Karenni community. Alumni are active in Karenni towns and villages, showing good leadership and contributing to a future democratic government in Myanmar. Over the past two decades, the Social Development Center has become one of the primary Karenni organizations sowing the seeds of social change in Karenni State and Myanmar.
One alumni said:
"My study was especially helpful in preparing me for a leadership role. Due to this study, I am able to implement my activities, successfully and with confidence.
I have shared the knowledge and experience I have learned from this school with predominantly women and the youth as much as I can. I have participated in the social services to do this. Also for the women’s role, I organise for women’s programs and education for women. Additionally, I have made photographic and video documentation."
Refugee Empowerment International (REI) is proud to support programs like KSDC that make a lasting impact on many people’s lives. We are a small organisation with a long reach. Thank you for supporting REI.
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