Posts from the ‘Mae Sot’ Category

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    Solidarity, Summer 2011

    December 8th, 2011 | Front, Fundraising, Mae Sot, Solidarity, Summer 2011, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu, The Pacific | UnionAID | Comments Off

    The sixth issue of Solidarity, the newsletter of the Unions Aotearoa International Development Trust, is available below. This issue introduces new projects in Sri Lanka and the Pacific, as well as updates on ongoing projects in Tamil Nadu and Mae Sot. New Projects in Sri Lanka, Mae Sot and the Pacific Worker co-operatives: Tamil Nadu Labour Union leads the [...]

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    New projects in Sri Lanka, Mae Sot and the Pacific

    December 8th, 2011 | Mae Sot, Sri Lanka, The Pacific | UnionAID | Comments Off

    UnionAID has had an active few months developing new project options. A new project in Sri Lanka, starting in the new year, will establish a Women’s Centre in Eastern Sri Lanka from which two organisers will provide support and union organisation for more than 5,000 Tamil women workers in garment factories which have been established [...]

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    Getting skills for work

    December 8th, 2011 | Mae Sot, Solidarity, Summer 2011 | UnionAID | Comments Off

    In Mae Sot on the Thai-Burma border, new migrants from Burma are learning valuable work skills thanks to the Occupational Training Centre set up by the Federation of Trade Unions of Burma (FTUB) with support from UnionAID. Yin Yin and La Ka Prae Moo crossed the border in the hope of finding work in Thailand [...]

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    Notes from the Field: Update on Mae Sot Project

    December 8th, 2011 | Mae Sot, Solidarity, Summer 2011 | UnionAID | Comments Off

    On track to exceed target of 350 trainees in twelve months All 297 trainees to date have obtained jobs High quality of training has been praised by trainees and employers Buildings all completed including accommodation for trainees and staff Vegetable gardens have been established and 200 kgs of white carrot and 40 kgs of pumpkin [...]

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    UnionAID Study Group to Thai-Burma Border

    August 15th, 2011 | Mae Sot | UnionAID | Comments Off

    UnionAid is planning a study tour to Mae Sot on the Thai-Burma border from the 23rd to the 28th January 2012 As well as visiting the new UnionAID Occupational Skills Training Centre the study tour will be a unique opportunity to talk to Burmese people on the border about their hopes and aspirations for a [...]

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    Study tour to Mae Sot and Bangkok January 2012

    June 28th, 2011 | Mae Sot, Solidarity, Winter 2011 | UnionAID | Comments Off

    The programme has yet to be finalised and will depend on numbers. We will contact those who have expressed interest within the next month or two.

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    Mae Sot project success

    June 28th, 2011 | Mae Sot, Solidarity, Winter 2011 | UnionAID | Comments Off

    The new UnionAID skills training centre in Mae Sot is already a great success with all of the trainees obtaining work in local factories on completion of their training. In addition to the first classroom (see Solidarity Summer 2011)  a second classroom, an office, and accommodation for both staff and trainees are being built. The [...]

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    First skills training classroom already built

    March 31st, 2011 | Mae Sot, Solidarity, Autumn 2011 | UnionAID | Comments Off

    Building of our skills training centre for Burmese migrant workers in Mae Sot is well underway. The first classroom has been built and training has already begun. Just before Christmas UnionAID received the exciting news that funding for the occupational training centre has been granted under the government’s new Sustainable Development Fund. This will enable [...]

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    Project priorities for 2011

    March 31st, 2011 | Mae Sot, Solidarity, Autumn 2011, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu | UnionAID | Comments Off

    UnionAID has established the following priorities for our project work in 2011: 1. The FTUB Mae Sot project The establishment of the skills training centre for Burmese migrant workers is our first priority for the year. Funding from the Government’s new Sustainable Development Fund will assist with this desperately needed facility. 2. The Tamil Nadu [...]

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    Notes from the field: Mae Sot

    March 31st, 2011 | Mae Sot, Solidarity, Autumn 2011 | UnionAID | Comments Off

    Kathryn Baldwin recently returned from working for six weeks as a volunteer with the UnionAID Project in Mae Sot. One of her strongest impressions was the lack of freedom or rights for the migrant workers from Burma. She is full of admiration for the commitment of the project leaders Min Lwin and Htwe Nge and [...]

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