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Burma Stories

Transforming the Destruction of Addiction into Hope and Happiness

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Asia Pacific Stories, Burma Stories, Canada Stories, Featured, Indigenous Stories, Refugees and Migrants Stories, Youth Stories

Zou Zou came to Thailand in 2008 at the age of 25.  He arrived in Thailand after spending some years working  in a restaurant in …

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PWRDF Partner CPPCR Protecting the Rights of the Children of Migrant Workers

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Asia Pacific Stories, Burma Stories, Featured, Refugees and Migrants Stories

Ban San Kawe (pronounced Chawey) is a middle aged women and a mother of 8 children living in a migrant village in Mae Sot, Thailand, …

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Peace-building workshops help Burmese women

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Asia Pacific Stories, Burma Stories, Featured, Women Stories

The stories coming from Burmese and ethnic minority women along the border with Thailand are difficult to listen to. A woman describes being gang-raped while …

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Canadian Friends of Burma get thousands of signatures at U2 Concerts

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Asia Pacific Stories, Burma Stories, Featured, PWRDF News Release

Ottawa – A team of dedicated volunteers comprised of exiled Burmese dissidents and their Canadian supporters obtained thousands of signatures over a two-day campaign blitz …

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Hello my other self

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Burma Stories, Canada Stories, Indigenous Stories

Voices of Hope Pew Bulletin Story Canada Myanmar (Burma) When Geraldine Govender, the Language and Culture Coordinator at Moose Cree First Nation, was invited to …

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Teenagers Against Substance Abuse

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Asia Pacific Stories, Burma Stories, Featured, Indigenous Stories, Youth Stories

Young people who have lived most or all of their lives in the Thai/Burma border refugee camps are at high risk because of the lack …

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The seeds of survival

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Asia Pacific Stories, Burma Stories, Emergency Response Stories

Voices of Hope Bulletin Stories Myanmar (Burma) “The wind increased all through the night, and then when the sun began to rise, the water suddenly …

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Myanmar Emergency Response Update

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Asia Pacific Stories, Burma Stories, Emergency Response Stories, PWRDF News Release

On May 2, 2008, massive Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar (Burma) causing extensive damage in the country’s largest city of Yangon (Rangoon) and throughout the Irrawaddy …

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Burma Cyclone Nargis Response

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Asia Pacific Stories, Burma Stories, Emergency Response Stories, PWRDF News Release

PWRDF received a total designated donation of $242,206 from the Anglicans in Canada. We’ve already contributed $210,000 to the ACT Appeal. PWRDF has also received …

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Canadian Churches Receive Government Funding for Emergency Relief in China and Myanmar

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Burma Stories, Emergency Response Stories, PWRDF News Release

Canadian Churches in Action On Thursday, August 14, the Government of Canada announced that Canada has matched nearly $30 million in private donations to assist …

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