Burma
Projects in Burma
Since 2002, AJWS has funded grassroots organizations on the Thailand-Burma border, largely in the refugee camps and conflict areas where human rights abuses against Burma’s ethnic minorities are the most profound. Our partners work among IDP (Internally Displaced Persons) and refugee communities to promote peace, education, gender equity, reproductive and sexual health awareness and labor rights. The military junta that has been in power in Burma since 1962 has severely repressed civil society and threatens humanitarian efforts. Some of these projects face security threats on the ground, so to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our community-based partners, AJWS does not list all of our Burma grantees on our website.
Adolescent Reproductive Health Zone (ARHZone)
Promotion of Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
To promote adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights along the Thai-Burmese border.
Burma Partnership
Advocacy and Outreach Program
To increase regional and international support for Burma’s democracy and ethnic rights movement by lobbying regional actors and supporting local groups to strengthen their media outreach and advocacy efforts.
Burmese Women's Union (BWU)
Women's Library
To educate and empower Burmese women migrants by providing access to information through women's libraries and by facilitating human rights discussions and workshops.
Karen Environmental and Social Action Network (KESAN)
Food Security
To increase food security by strengthening local livelihoods and self-reliance in conflict-affected areas of Burma.
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Village Agency Project
To strengthen local strategies for resisting human rights abuses and asserting rights by mobilizing communities around nonviolent tactics that help meet security and development needs.
Karen Student Network Group (KSNG)
Karen Internally Displaced School Project and KSNG Capacity Development
To increase access to education by providing educational materials, teacher stipends and health supplies to community schools, and by bringing together children for cultural and sporting events and educational workshops.
Karen Women's Organisation (KWO)
Women's Resource Centers
To provide general operating support for the promotion of women's rights and participation.
Migrant Assistance Programme (MAP)
Women's Exchange Program
To support monthly women exchanges and other community events in 11 locations along the Thailand border which will strengthen migrant communities by providing a space to share experiences and raise awareness on labor, health and social issues in the community.
Network for Environment and Economic Development (NEED)
Village Capacity Building and Community Development
To promote sustainable development and food security by running model farms; training youth in agricultural planning, conservation, and social and economic rights; and documenting unsustainable agricultural practices.
New Generation School (NGS)
Education for Conflict-Affected Children and Youth
To provide a quality secondary school education to IDP children and youth that is comprehensive, continuous, innovative and focused on critical thinking.
