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 …
Burma Stories
PWRDF Partner CPPCR Protecting the Rights of the Children of Migrant Workers
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, …
Peace-building workshops help Burmese women
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 …
Canadian Friends of Burma get thousands of signatures at U2 Concerts
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 …
Hello my other self
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 …
Teenagers Against Substance Abuse
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 …
The seeds of survival
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 …
Myanmar Emergency Response Update
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 …
Burma Cyclone Nargis Response
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 …
Canadian Churches Receive Government Funding for Emergency Relief in China and Myanmar
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 …