Living in Mae Sot.

When we visited the Thai/Burma Area in 2005 we were touched by the plight of the Karen people of Burma. Following other visits we realised that it is the whole Burmese population that is living in fear of the Burmese military regime.For the local Burmese migrant, life is pretty much the same; exploitation by the Thai businesses, harassment by the local police and general poverty. We support local organisations to help individuals and schools in both the MaeSot area and in the Karen State of Burma.

Thursday 10 July 2008

Our Plans.

We spent last week in Bangkok for our In Country Training programme with a British based charity. We are both now currently working under their banner, Wendy will stay with World Education working on the SEN Programme and I am going to be working with a local Community Based Organisation. Wendy is assessing the need and provision for children with disabilities in the migrant community. She has been working on this project since we arrived in Mae Sot and works with a small team in the World Ed office. We have outlined some of the children on this blog but we are continuously being advised of others in the community. I will be researching children who are not currently accessing education in the migrant area and trying to determine why they do not attend school and looking at possible ways to allow these children to attend school.
We are both excited and a little nervous about the opportunity to work on these projects but believe they will make a difference to the lives of children in the migrant communities of Mae Sot.
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