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August, 2010
SEARCH &Partners
DEEP SOCIAL NETWORKING NEWSLETTER

This Issue
“START FROM Connecting the Global Community P. 1
WITHIN.....” The Lives of Kayan Women P. 2
FEATURED BLOG POST Blogging Tips P. 2
Impact of Increased Military Presence P. 4
Posted by Julia Manganip on
esadanga.ning.com at November What Are People Saying? P. 5
29, 2009 at 12:01am

Once there was a man born with

strong ideals. And he had this
really huge dream. He said, "I will
go out and change the world! I
will make it a perfect habitat for
all of us to live".

And he dreams!

As he was graduating in elemen-

tary, he realized he could not
change the world that he reduced
to just change the country. He
said, "I'm very much sorry that I
couldn't change the world. I've
decided to change the country
instead".
He goes around still dreaming!
Looking out to his country, he
gets frustrated that he was not
able make it as perfect as he
wants it to be. So the man said,
"Okay, I can't change my country
but give me this chance. I will
change my community!" He was
then a grown man and still spend-
ing his time dreaming.
Frustration but came when he
realized he can't even change his
community. He then decided to
just change his family.
He goes about dreaming of how
he could achieve his dream!
continued on next page
Page 1
Connecting the Global Community
Written by Francisco Violich, Four Directions DSN The Internet provides an outlet to the unforeseen
Coordinator world with just the click of a mouse. Connecting these
The Deep Social Networking (DSN) program has been isolated communities provides them with an oppor-
implemented by Four Directions International over tunity to not only learn from the rest of the world,
the last 2 years as part of a regional initiative by the but also to teach the rest of the world, about their
Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development cultures and traditions.
(FORUM-ASIA) and Southeast Asia Regional Coopera- Potentiality
tion on Human Development (SEARCH), with the full
With the advance in digital technology over just the
support of the Canadian Government. The goal of
past 5 years, the Internet has drastically changed to
DSN is to advance the understanding of the Internet,
allow it’s users to create the actual content that we
social networking, and social media among our Indig-
read on the web, today.
enous People and Ethnic Minorities, for the promo-
tion of their human rights, child protection, youth In the past websites would cost thousands of dollars
empowerment, and advocacy. and were very expensive and difficult to keep updat-
ed.
Deep Social Networking was inspired by statistics
that point to an ever growing youth population of continued on page 4
66% of people in Southeast Asia being under the age
of 25, as well as, the need for the nearly 250 million
Indigenous People living in the region, to be connect-
ed to the Internet.
Even as more and more Indigenous roots can be
seen in the urban centers of Southeast Asia, most
Indigenous and Ethnic People still live in rural and
mountainous terrain. The benefits of connecting the
people of these isolated communities with each oth-
er, as well as, the world, are numerous.

The Lives of Kayan Women
Only some people know them as
Kayan and mostly they are known
as Padaung. The Kayan national
ethnic are living in the region
known as far southern Shan State,
far northern Karen State, some
parts of Kayah State and far eastern
part of Madalay Division located in
Burma. Although they are living
together as the group, they are
divided by different state and divi-
sion within Burma and discriminat-
ed by other ethnic people. The
estimate population of Kayan peo-
ple is about over 200,000. The
Kayan tribe is mostly living as local
farmer and they are lack of under-
standing in business.
BLOGGING BEST PRACTICES & TIPS
By Tom Litchfield, DSN Tech Team
Writing a great article or blog post
is often not enough to get your
article read by visitors passing by
your website. You could have ex-
tremely valuable, must-have news
to share, but if that information is
buried somewhere in long para-
graphs or your article has a weak
headline, your visitor may move on
to the next website.
On today’s internet, there is so
much information available that
people have trained themselves to
scan and skim for interesting and
valuable news.
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By Mu Sophia
The Kayan tribe lives in the valley
area and their region is difficult for
transportation. If we look carefully
their demographic figures, they are
living in the periphery area of each
state.
The Kayan ethnic tribe use Kayan
language as their ethnic language
and only the people who live in big
cities can speak Burmese properly.
Their religion is Catholic and some
are Buddhist as well as believe all
creation has a spirit. They don't
give much attention to the educa-
tion for their children. The schools
are the Kayan regions are only pri-
mary schools and self-
Here are some tips to stop the
skimmers dead in their tracks with
your blog posts and articles.
Have a strong headline.
Most people scan headlines looking
for important information. Without
a good headline your article will be
ignored. “A” list bloggers and pro-
fessional copywriters spend about
80% of their time writing a new
article on the headline alone.
How do you write a great headline?
You copy other great headlines!
Check out www.copyblogger.com,
the writers on this blog are experts
at writing headlines and they even
have articles that can teach you
how to write better headlines. Look
at the big news websites such as
www.nytimes.com. Also take a
close look at any headlines that
convinced you to read an article.
continued on page 3
“START FROM
WITHIN.....”
Featured Blog Post
(continued from page 1)
Lying on his deathbed and was
about to leave the world, he
helped schools and we can find uttered this "Its very sad that I
schools only in some village. The was not able to change the
Kayan ethnic tribe studies only until world, my country, my commu-
the end of primary level and after nity and even my family. If I had
that, they are sent to the cultiva- only thought of what I can do
tion field to learn how to cultivate to myself then I could have
and farm for food. For the family improved my family, I could
planning, they goal is to have as have contributed to my coun-
many children as they can and as- try's progress which might even
sume pregnancy is the gift of the have a great impact in this
God. According to the religious world. “
teaching, they object using contra-
“I should have started with
ception medicine or condom. That's
myself, now I cant do anything
why; they have from seven to six-
I'm dying..."
teen children in every family. Alt-
hough there are public clinics in
some village, the doctors and nurse
are not in full-time duty. There is
not even one clinic in every twenty
villages. In emergency cases, alt-
hough the villagers come from very
far village to the village where pub-
lic clinic is located, there is no doc-
tor and nurse or medicine some-
time in that village. Therefore, the
DSN HIGHLIGHTS
villagers cure their health problem
with local traditional medicine as www.FWII.net
they believe in long time ago. The Four Worlds International
Institute's (FWII) deep social
The Kayan girls marriage is ar-
network that is dedicated to
ranged by their parent in age of 16
actualizing the Fourth Way, a
or 17. Many quickly become preg-
principle-centered, culturally
nant after marrying. They are con-
respectful path that transcends
tinuously working such as culti-
assimilation, resignation, and
vating in high lands or collecting
conflict through the spirit of
woods for fires even though they
cooperation, healing, compas-
have pregnancy. They always face
sion, for creating partnerships
the abortion because of these hard
with all members of the Human
labors. When they deliver the ba-
Family.
bies, they use traditional midwives.
Therefore, most of the mothers
died during their delivery. The
Kayan region is also known as Ma-
laria region.
continued on page 3
 DON'T REFUSE TO DO
SOMETHING YOU CAN DO
The Lives of Kayan Women (cont.) A song written by the
Kayan Youth
(continued from page 2)
Look at the eyes of your people
They never use mosquito net, not The heritages are given only to sons Mostly, these women don't know
They are talking to you....
boiling for drinking water and never and give priority to sons in educa- how to take care the family and Can you see their sorrow
use toilet until today. As they have tion. The sons are accepted as the they don't understand their hus-
through their eyes?
big extended family, the difficulty carrier of the family's glory and the band and their family. Therefore, Let's give our hands to heal
for living is very common. daughters are known as other's they have a lot of problem within
their suffering.......
own. The lives the women are end- family. As the Kayan region is pe-
For the young ladies, they became
riphery, the government officers Use your freedom and then
malnutrition because they deliver ed in working as house wives.
never reach to this region. Right save your people
so many babies or they cannot feed The region where the Kayan ethnic now, although a lot of NGOs are Spread your love and give it to
their children nutritiously because tribe are valley region and difficult working inside Burma, they don't your people
they have so many children or they in transportation, far from the city run projects in Kayan region as the Be the shelter for your own
cannot send to school their chil- and they are lack of knowledge and region is very far and remote area. people
dren and only struggle for their education, therefore, they are un- So, other people don't know much When heal the world, we heal
living. The children are also malnu- modernized in everything. Among about the situation of Kayan who ourselves
trition and infant mortality rate is the people, the women are more are living in the valley area. There Don't refuse to do something
increasing year by year. The father un-modernized as they are mostly are some Kayan who are internally you can do......
is respected as household god. uneducated. displaced as refugees because of
mega government projects. They Look at our mother the earth
have to find new land and home for She is losing her friends......
BLOGGING BEST PRACTICES & TIPS their new lives. Those Kayan people She cannot survive without her
(continued from page 2) face more difficult for cultivation as friends
they move to new place and new Let's give our hands to heal her
Think about what it was about the headline that got your attention. When
environment, they have to stop suffering.......
you see a good headline, you can use it by swapping out some words.
Here’s an example taken from the NY Times: schooling and they face health
problems in new places. Moreover, Use your freedom and then
Targeted Killing is New U.S. Focus in Afghanistan they also have economic difficulty save our earth
in the new place. As they cannot Spread your love to all around
Now, if I were writing an article on military activity in Burma, I might write
cultivate paddy in their new land, the world
something like this:
they cultivate opium instead of Be the shelter for mother the
Random Killing is Junta’s Focus in Ethnic Areas of Burma paddy. Therefore, they definitely earth
use opium by cultivating it in the When heal the world, we heal
Different words but the main idea and strength from the original headline is
future. ourselves
maintained. Writing strong headlines does not have to be hard when you
Don't refuse to do something
have great headlines handy for inspiration. As they are not modernized in edu-
you can do......
Here are more tips for your blogging and article writing efforts. cation and knowledge, they don't
know about their rights. Although We are the earth, you are the
 Use short paragraphs, 1 to 3 sentences long. there are so many right abuses
earth
cases in the area where the people
 Use lists, or bullet points when possible. Don't let ourselves to become
don't understand their rights, they
the murderer.......
 Add subtitles to break up areas with too much text. don't know these are violation of
their human rights. There are a lot
 Use images when appropriate.
of right abuses such as relocation,
 Always, always, always end your article with a call to action! “…make a land confiscation and forced labor.
donation… ”, “…leave a comment…”, “…share this with someone who Under this situation, the Kayan
cares…”, “…bookmark this page…”, etc. region needs a lot of education,
health and knowledge attaining
For more tips and help with your website, please visit my new forum at
projects.
www.techiediy.net.
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DSN HIGHLIGHTS
ColorfulEthnicYouth.ning.com
Colorful Ethnic Youth is an Indige-
Connecting the Global Community (cont.)
nous Youth Network represented
by the Lahu, Hmong, and Ahka (continued from page 1)
Indigenous People's of Northern On today’s Internet there are nu- At the start of our first ever DSN Not long ago it was extremely diffi-
Thailand. merous platforms that allow you to training with the Colorful Ethnic cult for NGO’s, CSO’s, and especial-
easily create and update your very Youth in Chiang Mai, Thailand in ly small organizations to get their
LahuGreenland.ning.com own website, for free. The content March of 2009 we asked our partic- message heard on the major media
A Hpo Ko Ya Aw Pon. Welcome to of these websites is constantly up- ipants if any of them had created outlets; but with the advance of
Lahu Greenland a place to learn dated automatically by member’s any social media, one of them had communications on the Internet
about Lahu cultures and traditions. contribution and are extremely and he brought a copy of his video the global Non-Profit community
socially interactive. It is now possi- with him. We posted his movie as now has an unprecedented oppor-
ble for any willing individual or part of our DSN training and by the tunity to trade their often short
eSadanga.ning.com group with access to the Internet, end of the day it had already been and rare segments on TV (which
eSadanga is an online community
to reach out to their global commu- viewed 40 times. usually can be seen only one time)
formed by Indigenous Youth for nity with websites and social media for a 24/7 online interactive
the people of Sadanga, located in All of the participants gained a
that they themselves create. The “network of networks” where hu-
the Cordillera Mountain Region of result is a feeling of empowerment strong sense of empowerment that
man rights and peace building
The Philippines. day; they realized then that their
that the entire global population is based social media and discussion
videos can be seen all over the
their audience and the world is at can be shared freely. What makes
world. As of August 1st, 2010 his
i-sadangaak.ning.com their fingertips. This has created an this so special is that after human
video had been viewed 2,532
I-Sadanga Ak is an online communi- online global community that is rights videos or documentaries are
times.
ty formed by Indigenous Youth for exceptionally active in discussing shared on-line; everyone that has
the people of Sadanga, located in human rights struggles, among Connectivity access to the Internet has the right
the Cordillera Mountain Region of
many other global issues. to express their personal insights,
The Philippines. NGO’s and Indigenous Youth Or-
thus creating a global dialogue on
Even as the Internet becomes wide- ganizations can now reach out to
any issue. It truly is amazing how
ly available to a constantly growing an exponentially greater audience
KarenniYouth.ning.com much we can all learn from each
global community; it is of great than ever before.
Karenni Youth is a social network other, on the Internet.
importance that we ensure the
center striving to unify the Karenni
Youth. voices of all the world’s cultures are
heard, regardless of class, economic For more information and further developments in DSN
background, gender, culture, race, please visit:
SCommunity.ning.com etc. If we do not ensure that all
Kayan News Network for the Bur- cultures are involved then a digital
mese and International communi- divide will be created, in which the deepsocialnetworking.wordpress.com
ties to know about current events world is not properly represented
effecting the Kayan People.
on the Internet.

The Impact of Increased Military Presence

By KNGY
The move to the new capital by the
SPDC of Burma has had profound
impacts on the Kayan people.
There has been an increase in mili-
tary personal due to the need for
increased security and land confis-
cation. This has led to forced labor,
tremendous affects on livelihood,
and insecurity for the Kayan wom-
en, education and health.
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The Meaning of Forced Labor:
“Forced or compulsory labor shall
mean all work or service which is
exacted from any person, under the
menace of any penalty and for
which the said person has not
offered himself voluntarily”
Force labor can take the form of
portering army supplies, guiding
army patrols, messenger duty for
army colonels, collecting building
materials, constructing fences and
buildings at military camps, build-
ing and repairing roads, forced
agricultural programs, and other
tasks. According to the ILO Conven-
tion of 1930, Burma’s government
has an obligation to eliminate all
forms or practices of forced labor
in Burma.
Despite the fact that uses of forced
labor in Burma has been reported
by various human rights groups in
the region, the SPDC has been
denying its use for many years.
One way that SPDC has denied the
use of forced labor is through
changing the rhetoric used for talk-
ing about it. First, they said that
they have no forced labor in the
country, they have only free labors,
but nowadays they changed the
term free labor to “voluntary ser-
vice”. They said that the people
who live in the country are only
doing service for their country.
continued on page 7

DSN HIGHLIGHTS
Peacestar.ning.com
Peacestar is focused on justice,
peace and humanity in Kayan Re-
gion, Burma. It connects with peace
builders, Indigenous People and
human rights advocates around the
world.
Rongmeinaga.ning.com
Rongmei Network is a platform for
the Indigenous Rongmei communi-
ty of Northern India, committed to
the expansion of learning through
sharing and dessemination of infor-
mations, ideas and awareness
through community cooperation
and participation.
UGFONation.ning.com
UGFO Nation Unity Gives Fruitful
Output is an Indigenous Youth Or-
ganization based in the Cordillera
Mountain Region of The Philip-
pines.
USKILA.ning.com
USKILA , Unity Solidarity Knowledge
Integrity Loyalty and Accountability
for all Indigenous People to use a
different kind of learning tool.
KNGY.org
Kayan New Generation Youth is a
network dedicated to spreading
Human Rights awareness by provid-
ing current events, news as well as,
research resources online. It is also
dedicated to promoting peace,
education and democracy to the
Kayan community.
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What Are People Saying Online?
This is an example of a deep online discussion taking
place on the Rongmei Social Community website
(http://rongmeinaga.ning.com)
Posted by Jim Rongmei on August
30, 2009 at 12:16pm in Political
Discussion
No offense guys!! I don't really
know how much Rongmei youth
are being exposed or engaged in
internet world. Some are addicted
to it which is not good. But in to-
day's modern world, this is so far
the best mechanism for business
world, media, communication etc..
Are we active as Rongmei in partici-
pating? Do we engaged ourselves
or exposed to others and to the
world?
Reply by Herina Gangmei on Au-
gust 30, 2009 at 11:03pm
There are still a lot of rooms for our
people to reach out the world out-
side but I do feel we have really
grown in areas such as cyber world.
It's not been so long since there
has been a constant growth in net-
working sites such as facebook,
orkut.. The number are still grow-
ing and this is one which shows we
are really getting into it. And I be-
lieve there has been a realisation
working on everyone of us that the
world of internet is such a powerful
tool for today's world.. The number
of our people will keep rising and
“ARE WE (RONGMEI) LACKING BEHIND IN
THE INTERNET WORLD?”
will go far...that's for sure..I was so
glad to hear that there has been a
number of internet connections
back at Tamenglong. we are getting
into it slowly..It might take some
time but it won't be long when all
of our younger generations back at
our hometown will start surfing
right at a young age..
Reply by Jim Rongmei on August
31, 2009 at 12:33am
That sound great Herina...
Sometime I log in into Nagalim and
other site like Tangkhul and Pou-
mai etc... it’s nice to see many Na-
ga youth "rolling along with the
time.."..I am afraid I might stay
behind when others are moving
forward.
I appreciate you guys for this con-
tribution...let it spark even the
youths back home...
My challenge is, let's engage our-
selves more even as we play our
part to contribute to our people... I
am not into cyber field but all I can
do is only participate here by
posting in this forum.
I hope many members here will
come up with such creativity to
share one another's experience.
Let's keep it up guys...!!!!!
Reply by Puanthanh Gangmei on
October 15, 2009 at 5:43pm
Forget about the Internet. How
many Rongmei own a personal
computer at home? I will not be
wrong to say that most people
(Rongmei) accessing internet are
students and working peoples re-
siding outside. This is not to offend
anyone. I am just telling a fact.
Internet is not just about making
friends, chatting etc. There is a
whole lot more. Internet is making
life easier. The biggest amount of
money I ever earned in my life is
through the internet via my blog.
We have to reach out to the people
"What is internet?" and why it is
useful
Reply by Herina Gangmei on De-
cember 1, 2009 at 10:23pm
Yeah exactly uncle Puanthanh, very
few families own a personal com-
puter.
It's most of the students and work-
ing people who are beginning to
realize how much internet can do.
The basic things like chatting, join-
ing networking sites and such is
just a start. I believe all those stu-
dents and working people will real-
ize chatting is not all about the
world of internet and soon unfold
the power of it.
continued on next page
 What Are People Saying Online?
(continued)

The online discussion continues...

“ARE WE (RONGMEI) LACKING BEHIND IN
UPCOMING THE INTERNET WORLD?”
DSN EVENTS Reply by Herina Gangmei on De-
cember 1, 2009 at 10:23pm
(continued from previous page)
August 11th
Webinar on Keyword Re- For it's the students and working
search loads who can make a difference.
9:30 AM Online We can get far no matter how slow
the pace is...
We just need more of an aware-
August 12-15th ness and guidance from people
Cambodian Indigenous Youth who already have living proofs of
Association how much cyber world can get us.
DSN First Training
Reply by Jim Rongmei on December
Cambodia
1, 2009 at 11:31pm
Internet is not about just chatting,
September TBA
doing idle business, making friends,
SEAPC
networking etc. I agree. It is "why
DSN First Training
we do what we do". Its not just
Location TBA
about making money either. But its
about how technology can help
people step into discovering life
September TBA
more easier and be prosper.
Jakarta Urban
There's lot more in it,even to give
Youth Musicians
rather than what we can get from
DSN First Training
it.
Jakarta
"It is why one do what he/she do".
Reply by Herina Gangmei on De-
October 24-30th cember 2, 2009 at 5:54pm
Mountain Province State
I was just pondering on how inter-
Polytechnic College
net has really made things easier…
DSN Training
and I get too far thinking of it.. It's
Philippines
a powerful tool in today's world. It
can do so much, much beyond
what we can think of. One can
share his views and ideas to the
world. It's just a matter of a click
away from where we are. We can
acquire so much
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from it and we have also, as much
as we want, that we can give and
share. For instance, we create a
blog and write up our experiences
and whatever we want to talk
about. People come read your blog
and they in some way or the other
learn or even get touched by your
write up there. This is one way of
sharing and getting the world clos-
er to more understanding of each
other.
We gain so much of information
from it that sometimes we feel we
don't need much of books again. Of
course internet can never replace
books (I don't know what you guys
would say to this). My brother does
home schooling and most of his
curriculum are being backed up by
some research I do from the inter-
net sources. Sometimes we can't
really get what we want or rather
takes long time to get to what we
want exactly, it gets too bulky. But
it sure does help a lot. Nowadays,
It would be hard to imagine life
without the internet. Talking of
most of the merits it's hard to deny
that Internet is one of man's big
achievements.
Reply by jianlung on January 23,
2010 at 11:59pm
i think we r not lacking in anything,
we r just lagging n need n motiva-
tion.
what is reqd at this moment is not
discussing drawbacks. we must
seek solution. friends, take every
problems as solution findings and
not as problem. share good things
n motivate others. for wise people
there is opportunity in every obsta-
cle? i hope i;m right if not suggest
me.
Reply by Francis G Gengmei on July
11, 2010 at 2:06am
INTERNET... wooooo
Its really a big thing to discuss
about.....
I have read the valued discussion of
our valued people....
Every one is correct....
But r we discussing the same with
other away from the computer???
R we education our people, as we
go back home in village or any-
where else...???
R we sharing our knowledge and
learning with our fellow RONGMEI,
who did not know about all
this...????
I think we should feel responsible to
educate our own people, who are
not aware of this technological
advantage......
I think the access rate of an inter-
net of our people will grow faster
by that way...
This is just my suggestion.....What
do u guys say???
Thanks

DSN HIGHLIGHTS
EMIPSEA.net
EMIPSEA is part of a thematic
programme of FORUM-ASIA
that covers seven countries:
Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines,
East Timor, Vietnam, Laos, and
Cambodia. The programme
seeks to build capacity for advo-
cacy, enable access to justice
and the rule of law, and insure
the enjoyment of human rights
for ethnic minorities and Indige-
nous Peoples.
KayanPho.ning.com
Kayan Pho is for Kayan People
around the World to promote
Human Rights, Democracy and
to protect the Environment.
Khaungyaypuepuelay
.ning.com
Khaungyaypuepuelay is a net-
work to protect the ENVIRON-
MENT, to share the POLITICAL
situation and to improve ENG-
LISH SKILLS. Don't Refuse to do
something for your people &
your environment!
The Power of Deep Social Media A Spotlight on Two DSN Workshop Videos
There are so many ways human
beings learn. Some people
learn by watching a video, by
listen to a song, story telling or
simple by doing. A vital compo-
nent of our DSN project is help-
ing our participants create
deeper social media. With the
advances in technology in the
past few years, it has become
very easy and accessible to be-
come a filmmaker, musician,
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The Impact of Increased Military
Presence (continued)
(continued from page 4)
In fact, the SPDC wants to show the
world that they do not use forced
labor in the country. However,
although SPDC changed the terms
to more beautiful words, forced
labor is still happening in every
state in the country.
The local people are facing many
kinds of forced labor in Naypyidaw
Division. They are forced to grow
plants, weed the farms, cut bam-
boo to build fences, build govern-
ment departments, helicopter
landing pads in the village, repair
the roads, and carry rations, just to
name a few.
“The local people are called in
rotation for weeding castor plants
farms, mango farms, djenkol bean
farms, paddy farms and other
farms in the military agriculture
areas. If some people cannot go
when they are called to provide
labor, the absent persons must
pay a day’s wage as a fine.”
In addition, the dictatorship gov-
ernment forces the villagers to
grow some seeds on their farms
such as castor plants and different
kinds of paddy seeds which cannot
grow on their farms due to the land
and water conditions.
journalist, web designer and pho-
tography and most importantly
give yourself and your community
a voice that may never been heard
before. Below are two of our fea-
tured DSN videos. Next time you
are at your computer take the time
to check them out on Youtube!
Just search on YouTube.com for
the following:
The local people do not want to
grow the seeds that the authorities
order them to grow twice a year
because they know it will not grow.
However, the people cannot deny
the order because if they do so,
they will lose their lands.
Moreover, Kayan villages located in
Naypyidaw Division are forced to
carry rations, especially during the
rainy season. The roads are not
good in the rainy season.
“We are forced to carry the ration
for the army camp on foot, village
to village. They said that they will
pay money for that but we did not
get any payment for carrying the
rations. Additionally, we could not
care for our families while carrying
the ration.”
The local people cannot work on
their farms when they are forced
to carry the rations. Therefore,
they lose the jobs that allow them
to support their family. Sometimes,
the officers pressure every villager
to come for working in the army
areas. Also, they requisition the
local people’s properties such as
motorbikes, machines, tractors and
livestock for the work. They often
even collected money to support
the army camp.
Environmental Impact in Kayan
Communities: This short film was
produced in five days during a so-
cial media-training program in
Northern Thailand near the Thai/
Burma boarder. It was made by
Kayan Indigenous youth who are
fighting for justice and peace for
their Indigenous peoples living in
Burma. For more information on
how you can help please visit:
Khaungyaypuepuelay.ning.com
The SPDC are exploiting the Kayan
people. They have unfit powers
which allow them to force women,
children, and even elderly people
to work as porters, on farms, to
maintain road, construction and a
range of other tasks. Sometime,
this work was carried out for the
benefit of private individuals.
“The army official not only confis-
cated the lands but also extorted
the livestock from our local peo-
ple. They did not consider for our
families and they supported their
families as they got money from
us. It is not fair.”
Written by KNGY staff. For more
information on further develop-
ments in Burma please visit:
www.KNGY.org
Lahu 2: This was a summer video
project directed and produced by
one of the DSN participants,
Maitree, who is an up and coming
Indigenous filmmaker. It recreates
a traditional Lahu story of a young
man who takes revenge for his
community who was wrongfully
treated. It is a fantastic short film
with special effects and in just over
a year has gotten 2,532 views on
Youtube!
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