Mohinga in Prague
Finally we are able to launch the 2011 round of our microgrant program. Please check out the projects at microgrants.burma-center.org.
For a grassroots group run by Burmese refugees in Delhi or Mizoram, a few hundred dollars can mean the difference between dreaming of a needed project or launching it. These [...]
After the trip of two team members to India in July, we are now adapting the website for the new microgrants. While we still need some time to enter all the information, you can already check out the list of projects here. (Smaller editorial changes may occur here and there )
And, if [...]
Our micro-grant program has finished end of last year, but one announcement is still overdue: The organization Freelance Media Forum has returned their grant after they eventually have had to confirm that an implementation of their project is not possible by end of December. Working conditions in Northeast India [...]
this latest post comes to you from prague as i wasn’t able to write before leaving delhi – too much food and drink during a meal on our last night in delhi, courtesy of our hosts, left me feeling ill for two days. but let me now share with you the events of our last [...]
suddenly it’s friday and i haven’t written since monday. we have, however, been on the go quite a bit, visiting various groups around west delhi. i think the score with delhi is 3-2:
delhi:
-the rain got me via mini-floods the day i didn’t wear my rainboots
-that same day i slipped on the stairs at [...]
Propagation of campaigns in the non-profit sector is a challenge and certainly a worthwhile experience. Moreover, having at one’s disposal an unimpressive Czech-sized budget for advertising doesn’t make things much easier. Basically, this leaves you with two options: Either you send hordes of indulgent volunteers through the country and let them knock on every door [...]
News updates on Burma- Myanmar’s grim, unfinished reform: Hundreds of political inmates languish in remote prisons May 9, 2012 The Wahsington Post
- A litany of abuses--the torture and trial of Phyo Wai Aung May 8, 2012 Asian Human Rights Commission
- Myanmar Junta’s Penguins Obscure 64 Million in Blackout May 8, 2012 Bloomberg
