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Ashoka Fellows Aid Burma
As the Burmese regime appeals for international help in their cyclone
relief efforts but blocks aid workers from entering the country, Ashoka
Fellows around the world are stepping up to fill the gap. This endeavor
is a prime example of the power of individuals, working within a group,
to create systemic change to help Burma recover from Cyclone Nargis.
Sombat Boonngamanong is leading a network of citizen sector organizations and media in Thailand to mobilize resources from both country and international organizations. These resources will seek to help people in Burma who have been affected by the devastating cyclone, applying knowledge, experience and lessons learned from disaster management in the Asian Tsunami. Sombat is a prominent and well-known social entrepreneur in Thailand who organized the largest purely citizen-led volunteer effort in Thailand's history, registering over ten thousand Thai and foreign volunteers and assigning them to communities in need. Click here to read more about Sombat’s organization and ways to get involved.
Working in Burma and Cambodia, Katie Redford legally empowers rural populations to defend their human rights and their environment. Katie has been leading efforts to gather money and supplies and funnel them into the most effective organizations within Burma. Due to limitations set forth by the military regime in Burma, only a select number of organizations are able to have the kind of impact that will produce a change in the deteriorating situation. Katie’s organization, EarthRights International, has links to the most credible programs in Burma; to read more about these organizations or to donate, please visit EarthRights International here.
Naw Paw Ray, a Burmese immigrant, is the Founder and Chairperson of the Burmese Migrant Workers Education Committee (BWMEC) located in the Tak province at Thai-Burmese border. Her organization addresses the discrimination, harassment, and vulnerability of displaced populations in Thailand by legitimizing a parallel, yet integrated, education system for marginalized refugee and immigrant children. Paw Ray has seen a massive influx of cyclone victims looking for relief and her organization has been working overtime to find solutions to help settle these refugees.
Thanks to Ashoka Fellows like these, citizen sector organizations around the world are enabling positive social change to happen through innovative means and mechanisms. To support the work of these and other Ashoka Fellows, invest in Ashoka.
Sombat Boonngamanong is leading a network of citizen sector organizations and media in Thailand to mobilize resources from both country and international organizations. These resources will seek to help people in Burma who have been affected by the devastating cyclone, applying knowledge, experience and lessons learned from disaster management in the Asian Tsunami. Sombat is a prominent and well-known social entrepreneur in Thailand who organized the largest purely citizen-led volunteer effort in Thailand's history, registering over ten thousand Thai and foreign volunteers and assigning them to communities in need. Click here to read more about Sombat’s organization and ways to get involved.
Working in Burma and Cambodia, Katie Redford legally empowers rural populations to defend their human rights and their environment. Katie has been leading efforts to gather money and supplies and funnel them into the most effective organizations within Burma. Due to limitations set forth by the military regime in Burma, only a select number of organizations are able to have the kind of impact that will produce a change in the deteriorating situation. Katie’s organization, EarthRights International, has links to the most credible programs in Burma; to read more about these organizations or to donate, please visit EarthRights International here.
Naw Paw Ray, a Burmese immigrant, is the Founder and Chairperson of the Burmese Migrant Workers Education Committee (BWMEC) located in the Tak province at Thai-Burmese border. Her organization addresses the discrimination, harassment, and vulnerability of displaced populations in Thailand by legitimizing a parallel, yet integrated, education system for marginalized refugee and immigrant children. Paw Ray has seen a massive influx of cyclone victims looking for relief and her organization has been working overtime to find solutions to help settle these refugees.
Thanks to Ashoka Fellows like these, citizen sector organizations around the world are enabling positive social change to happen through innovative means and mechanisms. To support the work of these and other Ashoka Fellows, invest in Ashoka.
