Young Leaders graduate
December marks the end of the 2019 Indonesia and Mindanao Young Leader programmes and the 18 young leaders preparing to return to their communities. Over a busy 4-6 months in Aotearoa/NZ both groups have...
Tagged: Myanmar
Geopolitics a tough topic at Myanmar Young Leaders conference
High profile speakers on geopolitics, including our Ambassador Steve Marshall, had alumni enthralled at the alumni conference in Bagan recently. Myanmar is rich in resources and with a number of powerful neighbours, tensions over...
Indonesia and Myanmar Young Leaders Gathering
Our two groups of dynamic young leaders met up for the first time when the ten newly arrived Indonesian young leaders came down from Auckland recently. The occasion was the Festival for the Future...
Young leaders making their mark
In 2009 we welcomed our first group of young community leaders from Myanmar here in Wellington. At the time Myanmar was still under the control of the military junta and citizens’ rights were severely...
Migrants find safe work
High unemployment and low wages have driven five million Myanmar citizens to seek work in other countries, many across the border in Thailand. Your donations have helped nearly 1500 of these young women avoid...
Myanmar unions growing
When UnionAID was established in 2009 trade unions were illegal in Myanmar. Our friends in the Federation of Trade Unions of Burma (FTUB) like Min Lwin and Htwe Nge lived in exile on the...
Myanmar Young Leaders Fieldwork Projects
Khaing Htun Soe Like many people Khaing is alarmed by the growing problem of plastic waste and his using his MYLP fieldwork project to address this in his home region of Magway. Inspired by...
Myanmar railway unions form Federation
With the numbers of railway union members reaching 2100, a national railway union federation was established this year in March. This brings together twelve regional unions from north to south in Myanmar. Union and...
Making their mark: Myanmar Young Leaders Programme (MYLP)
When they return to Myanmar, MYLP students are funded to undertake a small project in their communities. Below we have the impressive results of three of these managed by 2017 alumni and each achieved...
MYLP Alumni Making his Mark
Few people in Myanmar – including politicians – have a good understanding about governance and the role of MPs in the fledgling democracy. However this is slowly changing thanks to one alumni from the...