The Post-Nargis Joint Assessment (PONJA) report addressing the medium to long term needs of the Nargis survivors will be ready for release on the 21 July 2008. The report will be presented to the ASEAN foreign ministers, and concurrently released in Yangon. Data from the report has already been used by the UN in New York to launch their Revised Appeal of US$481.8 million. Surin Pitsuwan, secretary general of ASEAN said of the PONJA report, ‘we anticipate a comprehensive, credible and viable report based on the objective needs of the victims of Cyclone Nargis; a report that will be useful to , more>>
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Free primary education leaves schools in Myitkyina in a spot
12/06/2008

Over the past two years the Burmese regime has introduced the concept of free primary education, however the great idea is not al its cracked up to be. The move to make education free has coincided with the generals decision to cut its own funding to those same schools. Resident teachers from Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin state say that the regime is not providing any support whatsoever for their schools, making the opening of them for this academic year very difficult. more>>