Background
The Mon Youth Progressive Organization was formed in June 1999 based in three areas: Thanphuzayat, Mudon and Hladakot townships. The MYPO has extended its activities to Ye and Kyaik Maraw townships. Before the New Mon State Party reached a cease-fire agreement with the SYCP, many current members of the MYPO worked with the NMSP’s Party Affairs Department ad a clandestine network. We took responsibility to share information about the NMSP’s activities and obtain supplies for the party. After the NMSP reached cease-fire with the SPDC, we changed our tactics and strategy. We tries to make our organization as independent organization. We opened our main office in Hladakok Township in an NMSP-controlled area in January 2000. The MYPO members are students, teachers and youth in different areas. We have approximately 130 members including 20 members along the Thai-Burma border.
The MYPO mostly focuses on it activities inside Mon State both under the NMSP and regime-controlled areas. Although it is sometimes difficulties to work inside, the MYPO manages to carry out its activities in various ways. The MYPO joined the Student Youth Congress of Burma (SYCB) in August 2001 in order to co-operate with other ethnic youth organization to build understanding for the national reconciliation of future Burma. After we joined the SYCB, we opened a branch office in Sangkhlaburi to work with the SYCB and other ethnic organizations easily. We also intend to use this office for holding training and other workshops.
The main objectives of the MYPO are as follows:
• To build a civil society
• To support democracy and federal movement
• To preserve and flourish literacy and culture
• To support the national freedom struggle
• To build unity among different youth
• To eliminate the dictatorship
Contact address: P.O. Box 26, Sangkhlaburi, Kanchanaburi 71240, ThailandTel: 034- 595614, Fax: 034-595336, E-mail: mypo_office@yahoo.com, banyamon@yahoo.com,
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Naga Youth Organization(NYO)
Introduction
In the backdrop of human rights violations, forced labor, forced dislocation, forced conscription and forced conversions perpetrated by the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) forces against the Nagas in the Sagaing Division, youths collectively came together to raise these concern and formed the Naga Youth Organization (NYO) on 2nd October 2002 in New Delhi. The NYO initially was formed under the auspices of Naga National League for Democracy (NNLD) the sole Naga political organization which is actively working from locations in India fro the restoration of Democracy in Burma. However the NYO is purely a non-political entity but a youth organization. The NYO is formed also to highlight and generate interaction amongst the Naga youths. We also look forward to make our voices heard as well as strengthen solidarity among the various ethnic nationalities that are working for the estoration of democracy in Burma {Myanmar}. We believe that only when a treaty of democratic transition takes place in Burma, the rights of the minority ethnic groups will be safeguarded under just democratic Laws. Therefore, with strong faith in democracy and its principles we pledged to work for the fulfillment of a future democratic Burma. Brief Background of the Nagas The Nagas are a peace – loving indigenous people, a powerful race , belonging to the SinoMongolian family making up the population tapestry of South-East Asian hills people. Lingusitically, they have mutually un-intelligible dialects from tribe-to tribe, though all are derivations from the Tibeto-Buman group. Each Naga villages were an independent nation state before the advent of the British colonialist. The Naga inhibited areas was divided into two parts by the British during the period between 1935 and 1945. One-third of the Naga terriotyry was placed under the Burmese administration. Two thirds of the Naga areas were gven to Government of India.
The Nagas occupy a mountainous territory of 1, 000,000 sq.km in size. The religions interactions of Nagas with Christianity are an important factor in producing cultural configuration and political consciousness. In 1830s the British invited the first US Baptist Missionaries into the Naga areas. It is speculated that the British wanted to consolidate its rule and legitimize its presence in the Naga areas. However, finding the missionaries encouraging the Nagas to uphold the principle of equality the British out rightly changed their policies towards the Nagas. Today, the Nagas are about 5 millions people and more than 40 tribes living under two different administrative units – ie. India and Burma.
Other than the present Nagaland state in India, Nagas inhabit the Naga Hills of Manipur (district of Senapati, Tamenglong, Ukhrul and Chandel), in the North Cachar, Mikhir Hills, Lakhimpur, Nagaon and Sibsagar districts of Assam, in the North-Eastof Arunachal Pradesh, and in the Naga Hills which are now divided into five townshipsin the north of Sagaing Division by the Burmese government for conveniences of administration. The five townships are:
(1) Homalin township
(2) Namyun to township
(3) Lahe township
(4) Layshit township
(5) Hkamti township
Aims and Objectives
1. To represent the voices of the Naga Youth presently living in Burma.
2. To strive for cultural, economic, environmental and political justice of the Nagas.
3. To seek for a democratic and just solution to the Naga Political process.
4. To promote self-reliance and self-assertion as the working principle of the Naga Youth.
5. To struggle for basic human rights as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
6. To support all democratic movements around Burma in particular and the world in general.
7. To express and encourage solidarity among all struggling peoples in Burma.
Our Activities
Since its inception, the NYOU has participated in various conferences and training such
as:
- Foreign Affairs Training (December 2002-January 2004).
- World Social Forum (17th – 21st December 2003).
- Advanced English Speaking course (October- December 2003).
- Burma IT ( November 2003- January 2004).
- Workshop on “Structural Analysis Natural Resource Management”(Feb-2004).
- Web-designing Computer course (February-May 2004).
Our contact address is :
Naga Youth Organization JG-III, Third Floor,
Vikaspuri,
New Delhi- 110018.
INDIA E-mail: nagayouth@yahoo.co.in
Tel: 91-9891484537
In the backdrop of human rights violations, forced labor, forced dislocation, forced conscription and forced conversions perpetrated by the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) forces against the Nagas in the Sagaing Division, youths collectively came together to raise these concern and formed the Naga Youth Organization (NYO) on 2nd October 2002 in New Delhi. The NYO initially was formed under the auspices of Naga National League for Democracy (NNLD) the sole Naga political organization which is actively working from locations in India fro the restoration of Democracy in Burma. However the NYO is purely a non-political entity but a youth organization. The NYO is formed also to highlight and generate interaction amongst the Naga youths. We also look forward to make our voices heard as well as strengthen solidarity among the various ethnic nationalities that are working for the estoration of democracy in Burma {Myanmar}. We believe that only when a treaty of democratic transition takes place in Burma, the rights of the minority ethnic groups will be safeguarded under just democratic Laws. Therefore, with strong faith in democracy and its principles we pledged to work for the fulfillment of a future democratic Burma. Brief Background of the Nagas The Nagas are a peace – loving indigenous people, a powerful race , belonging to the SinoMongolian family making up the population tapestry of South-East Asian hills people. Lingusitically, they have mutually un-intelligible dialects from tribe-to tribe, though all are derivations from the Tibeto-Buman group. Each Naga villages were an independent nation state before the advent of the British colonialist. The Naga inhibited areas was divided into two parts by the British during the period between 1935 and 1945. One-third of the Naga terriotyry was placed under the Burmese administration. Two thirds of the Naga areas were gven to Government of India.
The Nagas occupy a mountainous territory of 1, 000,000 sq.km in size. The religions interactions of Nagas with Christianity are an important factor in producing cultural configuration and political consciousness. In 1830s the British invited the first US Baptist Missionaries into the Naga areas. It is speculated that the British wanted to consolidate its rule and legitimize its presence in the Naga areas. However, finding the missionaries encouraging the Nagas to uphold the principle of equality the British out rightly changed their policies towards the Nagas. Today, the Nagas are about 5 millions people and more than 40 tribes living under two different administrative units – ie. India and Burma.
Other than the present Nagaland state in India, Nagas inhabit the Naga Hills of Manipur (district of Senapati, Tamenglong, Ukhrul and Chandel), in the North Cachar, Mikhir Hills, Lakhimpur, Nagaon and Sibsagar districts of Assam, in the North-Eastof Arunachal Pradesh, and in the Naga Hills which are now divided into five townshipsin the north of Sagaing Division by the Burmese government for conveniences of administration. The five townships are:
(1) Homalin township
(2) Namyun to township
(3) Lahe township
(4) Layshit township
(5) Hkamti township
Aims and Objectives
1. To represent the voices of the Naga Youth presently living in Burma.
2. To strive for cultural, economic, environmental and political justice of the Nagas.
3. To seek for a democratic and just solution to the Naga Political process.
4. To promote self-reliance and self-assertion as the working principle of the Naga Youth.
5. To struggle for basic human rights as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
6. To support all democratic movements around Burma in particular and the world in general.
7. To express and encourage solidarity among all struggling peoples in Burma.
Our Activities
Since its inception, the NYOU has participated in various conferences and training such
as:
- Foreign Affairs Training (December 2002-January 2004).
- World Social Forum (17th – 21st December 2003).
- Advanced English Speaking course (October- December 2003).
- Burma IT ( November 2003- January 2004).
- Workshop on “Structural Analysis Natural Resource Management”(Feb-2004).
- Web-designing Computer course (February-May 2004).
Our contact address is :
Naga Youth Organization JG-III, Third Floor,
Vikaspuri,
New Delhi- 110018.
INDIA E-mail: nagayouth@yahoo.co.in
Tel: 91-9891484537
National League for Democracy — Liberated Areas (Youth) NLD-LA (Y)
BACKGROUND
The National League for Democracy, was founded by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and other leaders on 27, September 1988 after peaceful pro-democracy demonstrations nationwide. The National League for Democracy (Youth) was formed on 18 November 1988 under the leadership of U Tin Oo and Daw Aung Sun Suu Kyi, with 19 NLD’s youth members. And then all the members of NLD’s youth participated in the politic and organizational work of the NLD throughout the whole Country.
In the May 1990 general elections, the NLD won 82% of the seats contested, but the military junta did not transfer power and imprisoned several NLD members. So some of the veteran NLD leaders, elected MPs and youth leaders left and founded the NLD (LA)at Manerplaw on 14 February 1991. Today they are continuing to try to bring about the restoration of democracy and Human Rights in Burma. NLD-LA (Youth) was stablished on 7 July 1996. The Central Youth Working Group (Temporary) of NLD-LA Youth) was reformed on 16 December, 1996 in a joint meeting (3/96) of the Central Executive Committee and Central Youth Working Group of NLD-LA (Youth) held at its Headquarters.
OBJECTIVES
• To cultivate a new generation of experienced and qualified leaders in new generation.
• To implement effectively the activities of NLD/LA in accordance with its basic principles.
BASIC PRINCIPLE
• We firmly follow the leadership of NLD/LA which is functioning in its all activities in accordance with the basic principles of the National League for Democracy.
ACTIVITIES
• To train all the members of NLD/LA’s youth for their physical, educational, social, moral and welfare development.
• To work together with all Students and Youth Unions, Pro-democratic groups and ethnic groups.
• To assist and work for world-peace by establishing good and warm relations with international youth groups and Student Organizations.
• To respect and secure the rights of all Human beings according to the Universal Declaration Promulgates Human Rights by the United Nations.
• To carry out the duties and responsibilities as detects activists in implementing the basic principles of the NLD/LA.
Web: http://www.nldla.com
The National League for Democracy, was founded by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and other leaders on 27, September 1988 after peaceful pro-democracy demonstrations nationwide. The National League for Democracy (Youth) was formed on 18 November 1988 under the leadership of U Tin Oo and Daw Aung Sun Suu Kyi, with 19 NLD’s youth members. And then all the members of NLD’s youth participated in the politic and organizational work of the NLD throughout the whole Country.
In the May 1990 general elections, the NLD won 82% of the seats contested, but the military junta did not transfer power and imprisoned several NLD members. So some of the veteran NLD leaders, elected MPs and youth leaders left and founded the NLD (LA)at Manerplaw on 14 February 1991. Today they are continuing to try to bring about the restoration of democracy and Human Rights in Burma. NLD-LA (Youth) was stablished on 7 July 1996. The Central Youth Working Group (Temporary) of NLD-LA Youth) was reformed on 16 December, 1996 in a joint meeting (3/96) of the Central Executive Committee and Central Youth Working Group of NLD-LA (Youth) held at its Headquarters.
OBJECTIVES
• To cultivate a new generation of experienced and qualified leaders in new generation.
• To implement effectively the activities of NLD/LA in accordance with its basic principles.
BASIC PRINCIPLE
• We firmly follow the leadership of NLD/LA which is functioning in its all activities in accordance with the basic principles of the National League for Democracy.
ACTIVITIES
• To train all the members of NLD/LA’s youth for their physical, educational, social, moral and welfare development.
• To work together with all Students and Youth Unions, Pro-democratic groups and ethnic groups.
• To assist and work for world-peace by establishing good and warm relations with international youth groups and Student Organizations.
• To respect and secure the rights of all Human beings according to the Universal Declaration Promulgates Human Rights by the United Nations.
• To carry out the duties and responsibilities as detects activists in implementing the basic principles of the NLD/LA.
Web: http://www.nldla.com
Pa-O Youth Organization (PYO)
Pa-O Youth Organization’s Background
The Pa-O youth organization was formed by Phraton TetLu on the 4th of December, 1998. It began as the Pa-O Youth Democratic Organization. After evaluating the first year’s activities, monks, former Pa-O youths representatives and Pa-O youths from different liberated areas decided to extend and reform the Pa-O Youth Democratic Organization and it became the Pa-O Youth Organization instead on December 18, 1999. Central Executive Committee members were successfully elected on the 21st of January 2000.
Mission:
To empower Pa-O youth, to build greater unity among the Pa-O people as well as
other difference ethnic Group.
Aims and objectives
1. To promote Pa-0 literature and culture.
2. To improve the lives of the Pa-0 people.
3. To educate the Pa-O people regarding democracy, human rights and the environment.
4. To promote greater unity among the Pa-O people.
5. To promote the quality and creatable thinking of Pa-O youth.
6. To join hands with other democratic movements striving for common aims.
7. To build greater unity among the different ethnic nationalities groups.
8. To build up a federal union in Burma with equality for all and full rights of self-determination.
In order to implement and achieve the aims and objectives of the activities, we have broken down our activities into six categories. Those are:
1. Organizing
2. Health
3. Pa-O literature and culture
4. News and Information
5. Human Rights and Environment
Activities
1. Organizing
Trips will be organized to areas populated primarily by Pa-O people. Organizing discussion groups with Pa-O youths living in liberated areas so that the youth can expand their knowledge and ideas as well as build important friendships.
Establishing youth branches where there are Pa-O majorities.
2. Health
Assisting Pa-O people with their health problems when possible. Assisting those who are interested with attending health and medical trainings. In the midst of trying to organize a health and medical training.
3. literature and culture.
Opening Pa-O language School so that Pa-O nationals can be educated in their mother tongue. Celebrating Pa-O traditional culture by putting on special Pa-O events. Preserving Pa-O literature and cultural heritage.
4. News and information
Publishing pamphlets and magazines.
Collecting Pa-O news or information.
Likewise, collecting the news about other ethnicities in Burma.
Publishing the most appropriate news that is received.
5. Human Rights and Environment
Educate Pa-O people about human rights and environment by giving training.
Pa-O Youth Organization (PYO)
P.O Box 134, Mae Sot, Tak, 63110, Thailand. Email: unitynews2002@yahoo.com, Phone: 055 533 115
The Pa-O youth organization was formed by Phraton TetLu on the 4th of December, 1998. It began as the Pa-O Youth Democratic Organization. After evaluating the first year’s activities, monks, former Pa-O youths representatives and Pa-O youths from different liberated areas decided to extend and reform the Pa-O Youth Democratic Organization and it became the Pa-O Youth Organization instead on December 18, 1999. Central Executive Committee members were successfully elected on the 21st of January 2000.
Mission:
To empower Pa-O youth, to build greater unity among the Pa-O people as well as
other difference ethnic Group.
Aims and objectives
1. To promote Pa-0 literature and culture.
2. To improve the lives of the Pa-0 people.
3. To educate the Pa-O people regarding democracy, human rights and the environment.
4. To promote greater unity among the Pa-O people.
5. To promote the quality and creatable thinking of Pa-O youth.
6. To join hands with other democratic movements striving for common aims.
7. To build greater unity among the different ethnic nationalities groups.
8. To build up a federal union in Burma with equality for all and full rights of self-determination.
In order to implement and achieve the aims and objectives of the activities, we have broken down our activities into six categories. Those are:
1. Organizing
2. Health
3. Pa-O literature and culture
4. News and Information
5. Human Rights and Environment
Activities
1. Organizing
Trips will be organized to areas populated primarily by Pa-O people. Organizing discussion groups with Pa-O youths living in liberated areas so that the youth can expand their knowledge and ideas as well as build important friendships.
Establishing youth branches where there are Pa-O majorities.
2. Health
Assisting Pa-O people with their health problems when possible. Assisting those who are interested with attending health and medical trainings. In the midst of trying to organize a health and medical training.
3. literature and culture.
Opening Pa-O language School so that Pa-O nationals can be educated in their mother tongue. Celebrating Pa-O traditional culture by putting on special Pa-O events. Preserving Pa-O literature and cultural heritage.
4. News and information
Publishing pamphlets and magazines.
Collecting Pa-O news or information.
Likewise, collecting the news about other ethnicities in Burma.
Publishing the most appropriate news that is received.
5. Human Rights and Environment
Educate Pa-O people about human rights and environment by giving training.
Pa-O Youth Organization (PYO)
P.O Box 134, Mae Sot, Tak, 63110, Thailand. Email: unitynews2002@yahoo.com, Phone: 055 533 115
Ta’ang Students and Youth Organization (TSYO)
MISSION
The Ta’ang Students and Youth Organization (TSYO) is working for peace, justice, to build a Democratic country, and to improve the lives of Ta’ang students, youth, and all people.
GOALS
1. To work for peace and to develop the Ta’ang region.
2. To increase the number of Ta’ang youth who can participate as leaders.
3. To promote gender equality.
4. To end the military dictatorship system.
5. To build a federalist democratic country with equality and self-determination.
OBJECTIVES
1. To promote the social status of the whole Ta’ang nationality and students and young Ta’ang through youth capacity building training.
2. To cooperate with democratic organizations and national revolution moments, international youth and women’s organizations, Students and Youth Congress and our people for the struggle.
3. To implement the activities to preserve and encourage the value of culture, literature, traditions and national identity of the Ta’ang people.
4. To implement the activities for fighting against the drug dispersion in the Ta’ang region.
5. To provide education and increase awareness of health care issues to fight the health predicament of the Ta’ang people.
6. To advocate the international community and alliance groups to protect Ta’ang people and reduce the human right violations in the Ta’ang region.
7. To safeguard the environment and natural resources of the Ta’ang people and Ta’ang land.
8. To implement the working plan to encourage the ability of Ta’ang youth on education.
9.To implement the work plan to organize to get more support from the Ta’ang people.
10.To work against the activities of the military dictatorship system.
ORGANIZATION PROFILE
In 1963, the Palaung State Liberation Party, PSLP started to fight for self-determination and equal rights for Ta’ang (Palaung) people. In 1991, they made a cease-fire with the Burmese regime. However, some PSLP leaders who were dissatisfied and didn’t accept the cease-fire agreement formed the Palaung State Liberation Front (PSLF) in the Karen area in Manaplaw in 1992.
Some of the PSLF members wanted to support the Ta’ang youth, and established the Palaung Students and Youth Organization (PSYO) on the Thai-Burma border in 1993. The name was changed to the Palaung Youth Network Group (PYNG) during the second meeting on 27 December, 1998.
In March 2007, the first Congress (election) of Palaung Youth Network Group [Ta’ang] was successfully held in a liberated area on the Thai-Burma border.
In 2008 December, the second congress of PYNG decided to change the name of the organization to the Ta’ang Students and Youth Organization (TSYO) to reflect that although we are called the Palaung in the Burmese language, we will start to call ourselves “Ta’ang” as per our own language.
We also changed the structure of our organization during our second Congress, from a Coordinator system to a Secretary system. The congress elected 7 Executive Committee Members to lead the second term of the TSYO by secret ballot. The Secretary system was implemented.
BACKGROUND ON THE TA'ANG
The Ta’ang (Palaung) people are one of the indigenous nationalities within the multi-national Union of Burma, descended from Mon-Khmer.
The Ta’ang people have their own language and literature, a distinctive traditional culture, their own territory, and a self-sufficient economy.
When people think about tea in Burma, one community springs to mind: the Ta’ang. Tea is the backbone of the economy and is famous throughout the region as the product of the Ta’ang people.
TSYO ACTIVITIES
Capacity-Building Program
TSYO provides different kinds of training to Ta’ang youth on human rights, democracy, the rule of law, transitional justice, civil society, community organizing, federalism, and the constitution. The trainings have been provided to the Ta’ang people in the Ta’ang region and on the China-Burma border to increase knowledge of human rights and political consciousness in the communities. By improving the capacity of the members, we can strengthen future TSYO activities, and the Ta’ang youth can participate more in building a democratic society in Burma through cooperating with other alliance groups.
On the Thai-Burma border, TSYO conducts similar education programs, but additionally we teach information technology, media studies, human rights and politics, basic field medicine, English, and other capacity-building training initiatives. Our goals are for our members to complete the program with improved abilities, knowledge and experience to be able to work more effectively for our organization. In addition, to promote TSYO member’s English skills, we receive an English teacher from Burma Volunteer Program (BVP) to conduct regular English classes in our office.
Health Assistance Program
Some members attend health assistance training at the Mae Tao clinic in Mae Sot. Our medics return to the Ta’ang area after they complete the training to assist Ta’ang people by setting up long-term health initiatives. We try to assist our people with health care and access to medicine in the Ta’ang area. TSYO is working together with the Palaung Women Organization (PWO) to set up mobile clinics and backpack medics in the Ta’ang region to fight and document the health issues.
Human Rights Documentation and Information
Since 2004, TSYO members have participated with the Network for Human Rights Documentation on Burma (ND-Burma) to establish and contribute to a common database on human rights documentation in Burma. We have released news concerning the human rights situation in the Ta’ang region to different broadcasting media groups, and we built the http://www.palaungland.org website in 2008. We currently collect data about land confiscation in the Ta’ang region for our report which we plan to release in the end of 2009.
Education Project
Since August 2006, TSYO has been collecting facts about the problems of the education system within the Ta’ang area and in Burma. We continue to collect information, and plan to release the report in September 2009.
Environment Program
We conduct trainings and workshops on protecting the environment. We work to raise awareness of how dams impact the local communities, and we collect updated information about where the Chinese companies and the military regime will build more dams on the Shweli River in northern Shan State. We released a report on the Shweli Dam 1, “Under the Boot” in December 2007. TSYO campaigned against the dam construction, and will continue to fight against future dam projects.
Culture and Literature Project
TSYO supports the Ta’ang Culture and Literature Committee to provide trainings about Ta’ang literature in the Ta’ang region and Thai-Burma border. TSYO has been assisting the Ta’ang music group financially and also supporting and promoting young Ta’ang people to compose and release Ta’ang songs. TSYO is currently writing a Ta’ang/Burmese/English dictionary and also plan to release it as a Burmese- Ta’ang- English dictionary
The Ta’ang Students and Youth Organization (TSYO) is working for peace, justice, to build a Democratic country, and to improve the lives of Ta’ang students, youth, and all people.
GOALS
1. To work for peace and to develop the Ta’ang region.
2. To increase the number of Ta’ang youth who can participate as leaders.
3. To promote gender equality.
4. To end the military dictatorship system.
5. To build a federalist democratic country with equality and self-determination.
OBJECTIVES
1. To promote the social status of the whole Ta’ang nationality and students and young Ta’ang through youth capacity building training.
2. To cooperate with democratic organizations and national revolution moments, international youth and women’s organizations, Students and Youth Congress and our people for the struggle.
3. To implement the activities to preserve and encourage the value of culture, literature, traditions and national identity of the Ta’ang people.
4. To implement the activities for fighting against the drug dispersion in the Ta’ang region.
5. To provide education and increase awareness of health care issues to fight the health predicament of the Ta’ang people.
6. To advocate the international community and alliance groups to protect Ta’ang people and reduce the human right violations in the Ta’ang region.
7. To safeguard the environment and natural resources of the Ta’ang people and Ta’ang land.
8. To implement the working plan to encourage the ability of Ta’ang youth on education.
9.To implement the work plan to organize to get more support from the Ta’ang people.
10.To work against the activities of the military dictatorship system.
ORGANIZATION PROFILE
In 1963, the Palaung State Liberation Party, PSLP started to fight for self-determination and equal rights for Ta’ang (Palaung) people. In 1991, they made a cease-fire with the Burmese regime. However, some PSLP leaders who were dissatisfied and didn’t accept the cease-fire agreement formed the Palaung State Liberation Front (PSLF) in the Karen area in Manaplaw in 1992.
Some of the PSLF members wanted to support the Ta’ang youth, and established the Palaung Students and Youth Organization (PSYO) on the Thai-Burma border in 1993. The name was changed to the Palaung Youth Network Group (PYNG) during the second meeting on 27 December, 1998.
In March 2007, the first Congress (election) of Palaung Youth Network Group [Ta’ang] was successfully held in a liberated area on the Thai-Burma border.
In 2008 December, the second congress of PYNG decided to change the name of the organization to the Ta’ang Students and Youth Organization (TSYO) to reflect that although we are called the Palaung in the Burmese language, we will start to call ourselves “Ta’ang” as per our own language.
We also changed the structure of our organization during our second Congress, from a Coordinator system to a Secretary system. The congress elected 7 Executive Committee Members to lead the second term of the TSYO by secret ballot. The Secretary system was implemented.
BACKGROUND ON THE TA'ANG
The Ta’ang (Palaung) people are one of the indigenous nationalities within the multi-national Union of Burma, descended from Mon-Khmer.
The Ta’ang people have their own language and literature, a distinctive traditional culture, their own territory, and a self-sufficient economy.
When people think about tea in Burma, one community springs to mind: the Ta’ang. Tea is the backbone of the economy and is famous throughout the region as the product of the Ta’ang people.
TSYO ACTIVITIES
Capacity-Building Program
TSYO provides different kinds of training to Ta’ang youth on human rights, democracy, the rule of law, transitional justice, civil society, community organizing, federalism, and the constitution. The trainings have been provided to the Ta’ang people in the Ta’ang region and on the China-Burma border to increase knowledge of human rights and political consciousness in the communities. By improving the capacity of the members, we can strengthen future TSYO activities, and the Ta’ang youth can participate more in building a democratic society in Burma through cooperating with other alliance groups.
On the Thai-Burma border, TSYO conducts similar education programs, but additionally we teach information technology, media studies, human rights and politics, basic field medicine, English, and other capacity-building training initiatives. Our goals are for our members to complete the program with improved abilities, knowledge and experience to be able to work more effectively for our organization. In addition, to promote TSYO member’s English skills, we receive an English teacher from Burma Volunteer Program (BVP) to conduct regular English classes in our office.
Health Assistance Program
Some members attend health assistance training at the Mae Tao clinic in Mae Sot. Our medics return to the Ta’ang area after they complete the training to assist Ta’ang people by setting up long-term health initiatives. We try to assist our people with health care and access to medicine in the Ta’ang area. TSYO is working together with the Palaung Women Organization (PWO) to set up mobile clinics and backpack medics in the Ta’ang region to fight and document the health issues.
Human Rights Documentation and Information
Since 2004, TSYO members have participated with the Network for Human Rights Documentation on Burma (ND-Burma) to establish and contribute to a common database on human rights documentation in Burma. We have released news concerning the human rights situation in the Ta’ang region to different broadcasting media groups, and we built the http://www.palaungland.org website in 2008. We currently collect data about land confiscation in the Ta’ang region for our report which we plan to release in the end of 2009.
Education Project
Since August 2006, TSYO has been collecting facts about the problems of the education system within the Ta’ang area and in Burma. We continue to collect information, and plan to release the report in September 2009.
Environment Program
We conduct trainings and workshops on protecting the environment. We work to raise awareness of how dams impact the local communities, and we collect updated information about where the Chinese companies and the military regime will build more dams on the Shweli River in northern Shan State. We released a report on the Shweli Dam 1, “Under the Boot” in December 2007. TSYO campaigned against the dam construction, and will continue to fight against future dam projects.
Culture and Literature Project
TSYO supports the Ta’ang Culture and Literature Committee to provide trainings about Ta’ang literature in the Ta’ang region and Thai-Burma border. TSYO has been assisting the Ta’ang music group financially and also supporting and promoting young Ta’ang people to compose and release Ta’ang songs. TSYO is currently writing a Ta’ang/Burmese/English dictionary and also plan to release it as a Burmese- Ta’ang- English dictionary
Tavoyan Youth Organization(TYO)
Background
TYO was formed 11th, 2002 with Tavoyan’s youth from Bangkok, Sangkhlaburi, Ranong and Chum Phorn. TYO was formed for cooperate in against the Junta, SPDC and to work out for Human Rights, Federal Union with youth from along Thai-Burma border. Also, to cooperate in youth activities and to learn the situation of Tavoyan youth along the border, then networking with those youth who are recently providing at the border areas. TYO is focusing upon situations and activities and we established Tavoyan Youth Organization’s Central Committee with the following aim and
objectives.
Our aim:
- To participate in the process of rebuilding our country and in the struggle
for democracy in Burma.
Our objectives are:
- To build up solidarity among our Tavoyan people and to be able to work together with different youth organization from Burma.
- To build up the capacity and ability of our young people.
- To maintain Tavoy’s culture and customs.
As upon aim and objectives that we mention, each of TYO Central Committee
members take responsibility as the following:
4. Non Pe Myint Chairman
5. Ko Soe Voice-Chairman
6. Ma Zar Ni Maw Secretary
7. Ma Thein Win Aung Voice-Secretary
8. Ko Wai Linn Soe member
9. Ma Moe Moe Thet member
10. Ko Toe member
11. Ko Htun Sein member
12. Ko Than Oo member
The achievement of TYO:
1. Participate in different works trainings with other youth organizations.
2. Alternative school for migrant workers from Burma in Ranong.
3. Organization skill-training programs such as Office Management, Computer for TYO members.
4. Providing Internship for its members
5. Membership of SYCB
6. Networking with Tavoyan Women’s Union (TWU) in Ranong region.
tyo2001@gmail.com,thazinni@gmail.com,yeminnaing2000@yahoo.com,tavoyan@cscoms.com,
TYO was formed 11th, 2002 with Tavoyan’s youth from Bangkok, Sangkhlaburi, Ranong and Chum Phorn. TYO was formed for cooperate in against the Junta, SPDC and to work out for Human Rights, Federal Union with youth from along Thai-Burma border. Also, to cooperate in youth activities and to learn the situation of Tavoyan youth along the border, then networking with those youth who are recently providing at the border areas. TYO is focusing upon situations and activities and we established Tavoyan Youth Organization’s Central Committee with the following aim and
objectives.
Our aim:
- To participate in the process of rebuilding our country and in the struggle
for democracy in Burma.
Our objectives are:
- To build up solidarity among our Tavoyan people and to be able to work together with different youth organization from Burma.
- To build up the capacity and ability of our young people.
- To maintain Tavoy’s culture and customs.
As upon aim and objectives that we mention, each of TYO Central Committee
members take responsibility as the following:
4. Non Pe Myint Chairman
5. Ko Soe Voice-Chairman
6. Ma Zar Ni Maw Secretary
7. Ma Thein Win Aung Voice-Secretary
8. Ko Wai Linn Soe member
9. Ma Moe Moe Thet member
10. Ko Toe member
11. Ko Htun Sein member
12. Ko Than Oo member
The achievement of TYO:
1. Participate in different works trainings with other youth organizations.
2. Alternative school for migrant workers from Burma in Ranong.
3. Organization skill-training programs such as Office Management, Computer for TYO members.
4. Providing Internship for its members
5. Membership of SYCB
6. Networking with Tavoyan Women’s Union (TWU) in Ranong region.
tyo2001@gmail.com,thazinni@gmail.com,yeminnaing2000@yahoo.com,tavoyan@cscoms.com,
Zomi Student and Youth Organization (Eastern)
1. Zomi Student and Youth Organization held the first Seminar in the border of Thai - Burma liberated area in 26 - 30. 8 . 2008. From the Seminar was made decision of Objectives and Processes under following which are:
Objectives
1. Eliminate Despotism;
2. Build Federalism;
3. The rights of Self-determination;
4. Uphold political, Democracy and Human Rights awareness of knowledge amongst Zomi Student and Youth;
5. Build and Uphold in effectiveness and efficiency of knowledge, phisically, mentally, education and fellowship amongst Zomi student and Youth solidarity ;
Processes
1. Co-operate in collaborating with Student and Youth Congress, Democratic
Alliances, Ethnic Alliances and Independent organizations;
2. Implemente in uplifting continuous youth leaders and academy;
3. Proclaim and Promote Zomi literature and culture, customary;
4. Implement Political, Democratic and Human Rights awareness of knowledge training and founding networking, propaganda;
5. Free flow of information and independent of media;
6. Co-operate to the International Zomi nationality;
2. Zomi Student and Youth Organization of the Seminar has made unianimous decision in harmony on the non - recognition of and grand tactics and multi - lateral opposition of SPDC electoral processes in the year of 2010.
3. Zomi Student and Youth Organization of the Seminar has made majority agreement of constitution amendement under the following elected Executive Committee which are:
Executive Committee
Secretary General - (1) Shin Mung
Secretary General - (2).George
Secretary General - (3)..Bony
Affair
1. Alliance Affair
2. Inland Affair
3. Project Affair
4. Educational Affair
5. Woman Affair
6. Informational Affair
7. Social Affair
Executive Committee
Zomi Student and Youth Organization (Eastern)
Contact:0800271820 (Shin Mung),0862115098 (Bony )zsyoeastern@zomi.net
Objectives
1. Eliminate Despotism;
2. Build Federalism;
3. The rights of Self-determination;
4. Uphold political, Democracy and Human Rights awareness of knowledge amongst Zomi Student and Youth;
5. Build and Uphold in effectiveness and efficiency of knowledge, phisically, mentally, education and fellowship amongst Zomi student and Youth solidarity ;
Processes
1. Co-operate in collaborating with Student and Youth Congress, Democratic
Alliances, Ethnic Alliances and Independent organizations;
2. Implemente in uplifting continuous youth leaders and academy;
3. Proclaim and Promote Zomi literature and culture, customary;
4. Implement Political, Democratic and Human Rights awareness of knowledge training and founding networking, propaganda;
5. Free flow of information and independent of media;
6. Co-operate to the International Zomi nationality;
2. Zomi Student and Youth Organization of the Seminar has made unianimous decision in harmony on the non - recognition of and grand tactics and multi - lateral opposition of SPDC electoral processes in the year of 2010.
3. Zomi Student and Youth Organization of the Seminar has made majority agreement of constitution amendement under the following elected Executive Committee which are:
Executive Committee
Secretary General - (1) Shin Mung
Secretary General - (2).George
Secretary General - (3)..Bony
Affair
1. Alliance Affair
2. Inland Affair
3. Project Affair
4. Educational Affair
5. Woman Affair
6. Informational Affair
7. Social Affair
Executive Committee
Zomi Student and Youth Organization (Eastern)
Contact:0800271820 (Shin Mung),0862115098 (Bony )zsyoeastern@zomi.net
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