The experience of and the follow-up to flooding in Karenni Refugee Camp 1
October 2014
Researched and written by Khu Mi Reh, Seh Reh Htoo and Maw Khar Ra Lay
Background of flooding in Karenni Refugee Camp 1
Karenni Refugee Camp 1 is in the valley and the land is not flat. It is not a suitable place for people to stay. If they continue to live there, they will continue to experience the effects of flooding. Most people want to cut trees and bamboo. They want to prepare farmland. They cut down a lot of tress so flooding ca affect them. In 2004, they experienced flooding. At that time, they lost a lot of materials.
Lost materials during the flooding
This paragraph will list the damaged materials from the flooding, at 10:30pm on the night of Tuesday the 26th August 2015, in Karenni Refugee Camp 1.
In Karenni Camp 1, about 700 people have been affected by the flooding. The flooding damaged 172 houses. After the flooding, there can be more affects to the community because it causes many materials to be lost or damaged. There was more damage to buildings near the stream. Also, a landslide affected the houses near the mountain. The flooding has created many different effects to our community. The flooding caused the loss of both organizational materials and personal materials.
The community lost public buildings and materials. They lost; a boarding school; the BK clinic and other materials. They also lost the clinic for babies, the ration storehouse, the coal storehouse, the pipes, the road and the bridge. All of these public buildings and materials were destroyed.
The personal materials destroyed were; houses; fences; toilets; agricultural land; rice; pots; plates; coal; firewood; blankets; glasses; saucepans; chairs; tables; shoes; clothes; hoes; blankets; pillows; bamboo; yellow beans; and other materials. All of these personal materials were lost in flooding. People also lost animals. They lost pigs, chickens and fish.
U Khu Reh and Daw Oo Meh said “When there was flooding, we lost food, chick houses and some money. We lost 10,000 baht, a ring and jewelry.”
Additionally, when there was flooding, some people lost their lives. The flooding did not only damage a few materials. The damage included all of the materials in the house. For the school, the materials that were damaged in the school were; tables; chairs; the classroom; and a blackboard.
The materials destroyed in the boarding house were; a television; documents; books; blankets; buckets; glasses; chairs; tables; banana trees; and agricultural land. For the health center, they lost; soap; mosquito nets; chairs; and all of their materials.
For BT clinic, they lost; soap; handkerchiefs; oxygen; batteries; blankets; cupboards; a stretcher; blood packets; flashlights; a television and a DVD player; and diesel. They also lost materials in their laboratory. They lost; 12 microscopes and a refrigerator.
For the rice storehouse, they lost; rice, yellow split peas; sweetened wheat; and a wall. For the coal storehouse, they lost coal. People living near the river in the Nai Soi area also lost their farmland and their roads were damaged.
All of the public in Karenni Refugee Camp 1 have experienced flooding so they spoke out about how they felt.
KSDC celebrates the 2014 – 2015 Basic Course Graduation
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| 2014-2015 Basic Course Graduation |
All of our SDC staff, students and community
are happy to announce the completion of our SDC Basic Course for 2014 –
2015. We marked the end of this course with our graduation ceremony for
the class of 2014 – 2015. We held our graduation ceremony on Saturday
the 28th of March 2015 for the 48 successful graduates of our 2014 – 2015 Basic Course.
Before holding the ceremony, students and staff prepared for the
ceremony. We invited an audience comprising of many different sectors of
our Karenni Society. Many of our alumni attended our ceremony. Other
attendees included parents, relatives, friends and supporters of our
SDC. There were also the students of the women’s study program.
A number of leaders attended the ceremony alongside the Coordinator
of SDC, Aung Sun Myint Steven. Attendees of the ceremony included the
Karenni Health minister, Karenni Refugee Committee chairperson and the
head of the Karenni Education Department. The leaders made a series of
speeches to our audience. These speeches varied from encouragement for
the future to explanations of our situation. The leaders spoke in both
Burmese and Karenni language.
This ceremony celebrated the achievements of the students in the core
subjects of Human Rights, Environment and Law. During the course, the
students also participated in research and a moot court. Additionally
for the first time, we provided SDC students with an opportunity to
participate in internships.
Our students entering the ceremony
During the ceremony, the students collected their certificates. There
were also prizes for the top students in each of the subjects. On the
stage, our students also provided our audience with singing of songs and
traditional dancing.
After the ceremony, we ate together and shared about our experiences
and our future plans. After the SDC basic course, our students make
important decisions as to their future. Some will continue their studies
on our SDC Advanced Community Management Training Course. Some of the
other students will begin working at organisations in our community.
We are very proud of our new graduates and we look forward to them fulfilling their aspirations. It was a pleasure to hold our graduation ceremony and to share our achievements with our community. We are confident we can continue to garner further success in the future.
Our graduates at the ceremony
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