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Issue

01 August, 2010

DEEP SOCIAL NETWORKING NEWSLETTER

This Issue Connecting the Global Community P. 1

The Lives of Kayan Women P. 2

Blogging Tips P. 2

What Are People Saying?

P. 4

“START FROM WITHIN.....”

FEATURED BLOG POST

Posted by Julia Manganip on

esadanga.ning.com at November

29, 2009 at 12:01am

Once there was a man born with

strong ideals. And he had this

really huge dream. He said, "I will

go out and change the world! I

will make it a perfect habitat for

all of us to live".

And he dreams!

As he was graduating in elemen-

tary, he realized he could not

change the world that he reduced

to just change the country. He

said, "I'm very much sorry that I

couldn't change the world. I've

decided to change the country

instead".

He goes around still dreaming!

Looking out to his country, he

gets frustrated that he was not

able make it as perfect as he

wants it to be. So the man said,

"Okay, I can't change my country

but give me this chance. I will

change my community!" He was

then a grown man and still spend-

ing his time dreaming.

Frustration but came when he

realized he can't even change his

community. He then decided to

just change his family.

He goes about dreaming of how

he could achieve his dream!

continued on next page

Written by Francisco Violich, Four Directions DSN

Coordinator

The Deep Social Networking (DSN) program has been

implemented by Four Directions International over

the last 2 years as part of a regional initiative by the

Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development

(FORUM-ASIA) and Southeast Asia Regional Coopera-

tion on Human Development (SEARCH), with the full

support of the Canadian Government. The goal of

DSN is to advance the understanding of the Internet,

social networking, and social media among our Indig-

enous People and Ethnic Minorities, for the promo-

tion of their human rights, child protection, youth

empowerment, and advocacy.

Deep Social Networking was inspired by statistics

that point to an ever growing youth population of

66% of people in Southeast Asia being under the age

of 25, as well as, the need for the nearly 250 million

Indigenous People living in the region, to be connect-

ed to the Internet.

Even as more and more Indigenous roots can be

seen in the urban centers of Southeast Asia, most

Indigenous and Ethnic People still live in rural and

mountainous terrain. The benefits of connecting the

people of these isolated communities with each oth-

er, as well as, the world, are numerous.

The Internet provides an outlet to the unforeseen

world with just the click of a mouse. Connecting these

isolated communities provides them with an oppor-

tunity to not only learn from the rest of the world,

but also to teach the rest of the world, about their

cultures and traditions.

Potentiality

With the advance in digital technology over just the

past 5 years, the Internet has drastically changed to

allow it’s users to create the actual content that we

read on the web, today.

In the past websites would cost thousands of dollars

and were very expensive and difficult to keep updat-

ed.

continued on page 4

Connecting the Global Community

&Partners SEARCH

Impact of Increased Military Presence

P. 5

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helped schools and we can find

schools only in some village. The

Kayan ethnic tribe studies only until

the end of primary level and after

that, they are sent to the cultiva-

tion field to learn how to cultivate

and farm for food. For the family

planning, they goal is to have as

many children as they can and as-

sume pregnancy is the gift of the

God. According to the religious

teaching, they object using contra-

ception medicine or condom. That's

why; they have from seven to six-

teen children in every family. Alt-

hough there are public clinics in

some village, the doctors and nurse

are not in full-time duty. There is

not even one clinic in every twenty

villages. In emergency cases, alt-

hough the villagers come from very

far village to the village where pub-

lic clinic is located, there is no doc-

tor and nurse or medicine some-

time in that village. Therefore, the

villagers cure their health problem

with local traditional medicine as

they believe in long time ago.

The Kayan girls marriage is ar-

ranged by their parent in age of 16

or 17. Many quickly become preg-

nant after marrying. They are con-

tinuously working such as culti-

vating in high lands or collecting

woods for fires even though they

have pregnancy. They always face

the abortion because of these hard

labors. When they deliver the ba-

bies, they use traditional midwives.

Therefore, most of the mothers

died during their delivery. The

Kayan region is also known as Ma-

laria region.

continued on page 3

Here are some tips to stop the

skimmers dead in their tracks with

your blog posts and articles.

Have a strong headline.

Most people scan headlines looking

for important information. Without

a good headline your article will be

ignored. “A” list bloggers and pro-

fessional copywriters spend about

80% of their time writing a new

article on the headline alone.

How do you write a great headline?

You copy other great headlines!

Check out www.copyblogger.com,

the writers on this blog are experts

at writing headlines and they even

have articles that can teach you

how to write better headlines. Look

at the big news websites such as

www.nytimes.com. Also take a

close look at any headlines that

convinced you to read an article.

continued on page 3

The Kayan tribe lives in the valley

area and their region is difficult for

transportation. If we look carefully

their demographic figures, they are

living in the periphery area of each

state.

The Kayan ethnic tribe use Kayan

language as their ethnic language

and only the people who live in big

cities can speak Burmese properly.

Their religion is Catholic and some

are Buddhist as well as believe all

creation has a spirit. They don't

give much attention to the educa-

tion for their children. The schools

are the Kayan regions are only pri-

mary schools and self-

Only some people know them as

Kayan and mostly they are known

as Padaung. The Kayan national

ethnic are living in the region

known as far southern Shan State,

far northern Karen State, some

parts of Kayah State and far eastern

part of Madalay Division located in

Burma. Although they are living

together as the group, they are

divided by different state and divi-

sion within Burma and discriminat-

ed by other ethnic people. The

estimate population of Kayan peo-

ple is about over 200,000. The

Kayan tribe is mostly living as local

farmer and they are lack of under-

standing in business.

By Tom Litchfield, DSN Tech Team

Writing a great article or blog post

is often not enough to get your

article read by visitors passing by

your website. You could have ex-

tremely valuable, must-have news

to share, but if that information is

buried somewhere in long para-

graphs or your article has a weak

headline, your visitor may move on

to the next website.

On today’s internet, there is so

much information available that

people have trained themselves to

scan and skim for interesting and

valuable news.

The Lives of Kayan Women

BLOGGING BEST PRACTICES & TIPS

“START FROM WITHIN.....”

Lying on his deathbed and was

about to leave the world, he

uttered this "Its very sad that I

was not able to change the

world, my country, my commu-

nity and even my family. If I had

only thought of what I can do

to myself then I could have

improved my family, I could

have contributed to my coun-

try's progress which might even

have a great impact in this

world. “

“I should have started with

myself, now I cant do anything

I'm dying..."

Featured Blog Post

(continued from page 1)

DSN HIGHLIGHTS

By Mu Sophia

FWII.net

The Four Worlds International

Institute's (FWII) deep social

network that is dedicated to

actualizing the Fourth Way, a

principle-centered, culturally

respectful path that transcends

assimilation, resignation, and

conflict through the spirit of

cooperation, healing, compas-

sion, for creating partnerships

with all members of the Human

Family.

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Mostly, these women don't know

how to take care the family and

they don't understand their hus-

band and their family. Therefore,

they have a lot of problem within

family. As the Kayan region is pe-

riphery, the government officers

never reach to this region. Right

now, although a lot of NGOs are

working inside Burma, they don't

run projects in Kayan region as the

region is very far and remote area.

So, other people don't know much

about the situation of Kayan who

are living in the valley area. There

are some Kayan who are internally

displaced as refugees because of

mega government projects. They

have to find new land and home for

their new lives. Those Kayan people

face more difficult for cultivation as

they move to new place and new

environment, they have to stop

schooling and they face health

problems in new places. Moreover,

they also have economic difficulty

in the new place. As they cannot

cultivate paddy in their new land,

they cultivate opium instead of

paddy. Therefore, they definitely

use opium by cultivating it in the

future.

As they are not modernized in edu-

cation and knowledge, they don't

know about their rights. Although

there are so many right abuses

cases in the area where the people

don't understand their rights, they

don't know these are violation of

their human rights. There are a lot

of right abuses such as relocation,

land confiscation and forced labor.

Under this situation, the Kayan

region needs a lot of education,

health and knowledge attaining

projects.

The heritages are given only to sons

and give priority to sons in educa-

tion. The sons are accepted as the

carrier of the family's glory and the

daughters are known as other's

own. The lives the women are end-

ed in working as house wives.

The region where the Kayan ethnic

tribe are valley region and difficult

in transportation, far from the city

and they are lack of knowledge and

education, therefore, they are un-

modernized in everything. Among

the people, the women are more

un-modernized as they are mostly

uneducated.

(continued from page 2)

They never use mosquito net, not

boiling for drinking water and never

use toilet until today. As they have

big extended family, the difficulty

for living is very common.

For the young ladies, they became

malnutrition because they deliver

so many babies or they cannot feed

their children nutritiously because

they have so many children or they

cannot send to school their chil-

dren and only struggle for their

living. The children are also malnu-

trition and infant mortality rate is

increasing year by year. The father

is respected as household god.

(continued from page 2)

Think about what it was about the headline that got your attention. When

you see a good headline, you can use it by swapping out some words.

Here’s an example taken from the NY Times:

Targeted Killing is New U.S. Focus in Afghanistan

Now, if I were writing an article on military activity in Burma, I might write

something like this:

Random Killing is Junta’s Focus in Ethnic Areas of Burma

Different words but the main idea and strength from the original headline

is maintained. Writing strong headlines does not have to be hard when you

have great headlines handy for inspiration.

Here are more tips for your blogging and article writing efforts.

Use short paragraphs, 1 to 3 sentences long.

Use lists, or bullet points when possible.

Add subtitles to break up areas with too much text.

Use images when appropriate.

Always, always, always end your article with call to action! “…make a

donation… ”, “…leave a comment…”, “…share this with someone who

cares…”, “…bookmark this page…”

For more tips and help with your website, please visit my new forum at

www.techiediy.net.

The Lives of Kayan Women (cont.)

BLOGGING BEST PRACTICES & TIPS

DON'T REFUSE TO DO

SOMETHING YOU CAN DO

A song written by the

Kayan Youth

Look at the eyes of your people

They are talking to you....

Can you see their sorrow

through their eyes?

Let's give our hands to heal

their suffering.......

Use your freedom and then

save your people

Spread your love and give it to

your people

Be the shelter for your own

people

When heal the world, we heal

ourselves

Don't refuse to do something

you can do......

Look at our mother the earth

She is losing her friends......

She cannot survive without her

friends

Let's give our hands to heal her

suffering.......

Use your freedom and then

save our earth

Spread your love to all around

the world

Be the shelter for mother the

earth

When heal the world, we heal

ourselves

Don't refuse to do something

you can do......

We are the earth, you are the

earth

Don't let ourselves to become

the murderer.......

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At the start of our first ever DSN

training with the Colorful Ethnic

Youth in Chiang Mai, Thailand in

March of 2009 we asked our partic-

ipants if any of them had created

any social media, one of them had

and he brought a copy of his video

with him. We posted his movie as

part of our DSN training and by the

end of the day it had already been

viewed 40 times.

All of the participants gained a

strong sense of empowerment that

day; they realized then that their

videos can be seen all over the

world. As of August 1st, 2010 his

video had been viewed 2,532

times.

Connectivity

NGO’s and Indigenous Youth Or-

ganizations can now reach out to

an exponentially greater audience

than ever before.

Not long ago it was extremely diffi-

cult for NGO’s, CSO’s, and especial-

ly small organizations to get their

message heard on the major media

outlets; but with the advance of

communications on the Internet

the global Non-Profit community

now has an unprecedented oppor-

tunity to trade their often short

and rare segments on TV (which

usually can be seen only one time)

for a 24/7 online interactive

“network of networks” where hu-

man rights and peace building

based social media and discussion

can be shared freely. What makes

this so special is that after human

rights videos or documentaries are

shared on-line; everyone that has

access to the Internet has the right

to express their personal insights,

thus creating a global dialogue on

any issue. It truly is amazing how

much we can all learn from each

other, on the Internet.

On today’s Internet there are nu-

merous platforms that allow you to

easily create and update your very

own website, for free. The content

of these websites is constantly up-

dated automatically by member’s

contribution and are extremely

socially interactive. It is now possi-

ble for any willing individual or

group with access to the Internet,

to reach out to their global commu-

nity with websites and social media

that they themselves create. The

result is a feeling of empowerment

that the entire global population is

their audience and the world is at

their fingertips. This has created an

online global community that is

exceptionally active in discussing

human rights struggles, among

many other global issues.

Even as the Internet becomes wide-

ly available to a constantly growing

global community; it is of great

importance that we ensure the

voices of all the world’s cultures are

heard, regardless of class, economic

background, gender, culture, race,

etc. If we do not ensure that all

cultures are involved then a digital

divide will be created, in which the

world is not properly represented

on the Internet.

Connecting the Global Community (continued from page 1)

DSN HIGHLIGHTS ColorfulEthnicYouth.ning.com Colorful Ethnic Youth is an Indige-

nous Youth Network represented

by the Lahu, Hmong, and Ahka

Indigenous People's of Northern

Thailand.

LahuGreenland.ning.com A Hpo Ko Ya Aw Pon. Welcome to

Lahu Greenland a place to learn

about Lahu cultures and traditions.

eSadanga.ning.com eSadanga is an online community

formed by Indigenous Youth for

the people of Sadanga, located in

the Cordillera Mountain Region of

The Philippines.

i-sadangaak.ning.com I-Sadanga Ak is an online communi-ty formed by Indigenous Youth for the people of Sadanga, located in the Cordillera Mountain Region of The Philippines.

KarenniYouth.ning.com Karenni Youth is a social network center striving to unify the Karenni Youth.

SCommunity.ning.com Kayan News Network for the Bur-mese and International communi-ties to know about current events effecting the Kayan People.

For more information and further developments in DSN

please visit:

www.deepsocialnetworking.wordpress.com

The Impact of Increased Military Presence

By KNGY

The move to the new capital by the

SPDC of Burma has had profound

impacts on the Kayan people.

There has been an increase in mili-

tary personal due to the need for

increased security and land confis-

cation. This has led to forced labor,

tremendous affects on livelihood,

and insecurity for the Kayan wom-

en, education and health.

The Meaning of Forced Labor:

“Forced or compulsory labor shall

mean all work or service which is

exacted from any person, under the

menace of any penalty and for

which the said person has not

offered himself voluntarily”

Force labor can take the form of

portering army supplies, guiding

army patrols, messenger duty for

army colonels, collecting building

materials, constructing fences and

buildings at military camps, build-

use of forced labor is through

changing the rhetoric used for talk-

ing about it. First, they said that

they have no forced labor in the

country, they have only free labors,

but nowadays they changed the

term free labor to “voluntary ser-

vice”. They said that the people

who live in the country are only

doing service for their country.

continued on page 7

ing and repairing roads, forced

agricultural programs, and other

tasks. According to the ILO Conven-

tion of 1930, Burma’s government

has an obligation to eliminate all

forms or practices of forced labor

in Burma.

Despite the fact that uses of forced

labor in Burma has been reported

by various human rights groups in

the region, the SPDC has been

denying its use for many years.

One way that SPDC has denied the

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will go far...that's for sure..I was so

glad to hear that there has been a

number of internet connections

back at Tamenglong. we are getting

into it slowly..It might take some

time but it won't be long when all

of our younger generations back at

our hometown will start surfing

right at a young age..

Reply by Jim Rongmei on August

31, 2009 at 12:33am

That sound great Herina...

Sometime I log in into Nagalim and

other site like Tangkhul and Pou-

mai etc... it’s nice to see many Na-

ga youth "rolling along with the

time.."..I am afraid I might stay

behind when others are moving

forward.

I appreciate you guys for this con-

tribution...let it spark even the

youths back home...

My challenge is, let's engage our-

selves more even as we play our

part to contribute to our people... I

am not into cyber field but all I can

do is only participate here by

posting in this forum.

I hope many members here will

come up with such creativity to

share one another's experience.

Let's keep it up guys...!!!!!

Reply by Puanthanh Gangmei on

October 15, 2009 at 5:43pm

Forget about the Internet. How

many Rongmei own a personal

computer at home? I will not be

wrong to say that most people

(Rongmei) accessing internet are

students and working peoples re-

siding outside. This is not to offend

anyone. I am just telling a fact.

Internet is not just about making

friends, chatting etc. There is a

whole lot more. Internet is making

life easier. The biggest amount of

money I ever earned in my life is

through the internet via my blog.

We have to reach out to the people

"What is internet?" and why it is

useful

Reply by Herina Gangmei on De-

cember 1, 2009 at 10:23pm

Yeah exactly uncle Puanthanh, very

few families own a personal com-

puter.

It's most of the students and work-

ing people who are beginning to

realize how much internet can do.

The basic things like chatting, join-

ing networking sites and such is

just a start. I believe all those stu-

dents and working people will real-

ize chatting is not all about the

world of internet and soon unfold

the power of it.

continued on next page

Posted by Jim Rongmei on August

30, 2009 at 12:16pm in Political

Discussion

No offense guys!! I don't really

know how much Rongmei youth

are being exposed or engaged in

internet world. Some are addicted

to it which is not good. But in to-

day's modern world, this is so far

the best mechanism for business

world, media, communication etc..

Are we active as Rongmei in partici-

pating? Do we engaged ourselves

or exposed to others and to the

world?

Reply by Herina Gangmei on Au-

gust 30, 2009 at 11:03pm

There are still a lot of rooms for our

people to reach out the world out-

side but I do feel we have really

grown in areas such as cyber world.

It's not been so long since there

has been a constant growth in net-

working sites such as facebook,

orkut.. The number are still grow-

ing and this is one which shows we

are really getting into it. And I be-

lieve there has been a realisation

working on everyone of us that the

world of internet is such a powerful

tool for today's world.. The number

of our people will keep rising and

What Are People Saying Online? This is an example of a deep online discussion taking

place on the Rongmei Social Community website

(http://rongmeinaga.ning.com)

“ARE WE (RONGMEI) LACKING BEHIND IN THE INTERNET WORLD?”

Peacestar.ning.com

Peacestar is focused on justice,

peace and humanity in Kayan Re-

gion, Burma. It connects with peace

builders, Indigenous People and

human rights advocates around the

world.

Rongmeinaga.ning.com

Rongmei Network is a platform for

the Indigenous Rongmei communi-

ty of Northern India, committed to

the expansion of learning through

sharing and dessemination of infor-

mations, ideas and awareness

through community cooperation

and participation.

UGFONation.ning.com

UGFO Nation Unity Gives Fruitful

Output is an Indigenous Youth Or-

ganization based in the Cordillera

Mountain Region of The Philip-

pines.

USKILA.ning.com

USKILA , Unity Solidarity Knowledge

Integrity Loyalty and Accountability

for all Indigenous People to use a

different kind of learning tool.

KNGY.org

Kayan New Generation Youth is a

network dedicated to spreading

Human Rights awareness by provid-

ing current events, news as well as,

research resources online. It is also

dedicated to promoting peace,

education and democracy to the

Kayan community.

DSN HIGHLIGHTS

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from it and we have also, as much

as we want, that we can give and

share. For instance, we create a

blog and write up our experiences

and whatever we want to talk

about. People come read your blog

and they in some way or the other

learn or even get touched by your

write up there. This is one way of

sharing and getting the world clos-

er to more understanding of each

other.

We gain so much of information

from it that sometimes we feel we

don't need much of books again. Of

course internet can never replace

books (I don't know what you guys

would say to this). My brother does

home schooling and most of his

curriculum are being backed up by

some research I do from the inter-

net sources. Sometimes we can't

really get what we want or rather

takes long time to get to what we

want exactly, it gets too bulky. But

it sure does help a lot. Nowadays,

It would be hard to imagine life

without the internet. Talking of

most of the merits it's hard to deny

that Internet is one of man's big

achievements.

Reply by jianlung on January 23,

2010 at 11:59pm

i think we r not lacking in anything,

we r just lagging n need n motiva-

tion.

what is reqd at this moment is not

discussing drawbacks. we must

seek solution. friends, take every

problems as solution findings and

not as problem. share good things

n motivate others. for wise people

there is opportunity in every obsta-

cle? i hope i;m right if not suggest

me.

Reply by Francis G Gengmei on July

11, 2010 at 2:06am

INTERNET... wooooo

Its really a big thing to discuss

about.....

I have read the valued discussion of

our valued people....

Every one is correct....

But r we discussing the same with

other away from the computer???

R we education our people, as we

go back home in village or any-

where else...???

R we sharing our knowledge and

learning with our fellow RONGMEI,

who did not know about all

this...????

I think we should feel responsible to

educate our own people, who are

not aware of this technological

advantage......

I think the access rate of an inter-

net of our people will grow faster

by that way...

This is just my suggestion.....What

do u guys say???

Thanks

Reply by Herina Gangmei on De-

cember 1, 2009 at 10:23pm

(continued from previous page)

For it's the students and working

loads who can make a difference.

We can get far no matter how slow

the pace is...

We just need more of an aware-

ness and guidance from people

who already have living proofs of

how much cyber world can get us.

Reply by Jim Rongmei on December

1, 2009 at 11:31pm

Internet is not about just chatting,

doing idle business, making friends,

networking etc. I agree. It is "why

we do what we do". Its not just

about making money either. But its

about how technology can help

people step into discovering life

more easier and be prosper.

There's lot more in it,even to give

rather than what we can get from

it.

"It is why one do what he/she do".

Reply by Herina Gangmei on De-

cember 2, 2009 at 5:54pm

I was just pondering on how inter-

net has really made things easier…

and I get too far thinking of it.. It's

a powerful tool in today's world. It

can do so much, much beyond

what we can think of. One can

share his views and ideas to the

world. It's just a matter of a click

away from where we are. We can

acquire so much

Platform for Indigenous Rongmei Community!

(continued) The online discussion continues...

“ARE WE (RONGMEI) LACKING BEHIND IN THE INTERNET WORLD?”

August 11th

Webinar on Keyword Re-

search

9:30 AM Online

August 12-15th

Cambodian Indigenous Youth

Alliance DSN First Training

Cambodia

September 1-12th

ASEAN People's Center DSN

First Training

Location TBD

September 1-12th

Jakarta Urban Youth musi-

cians First Training

Jakarta

October 24-30th

Mountain Province State Poly-

technic College

Philippines

For details on these events

please see the back page.

UPCOMING DSN EVENTS

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The local people do not want to

grow the seeds that the authorities

order them to grow twice a year

because they know it will not grow.

However, the people cannot deny

the order because if they do so,

they will lose their lands.

Moreover, Kayan villages located in

Naypyidaw Division are forced to

carry rations, especially during the

rainy season. The roads are not

good in the rainy season.

“We are forced to carry the ration

for the army camp on foot, village

to village. They said that they will

pay money for that but we did not

get any payment for carrying the

rations. Additionally, we could not

care for our families while carrying

the ration.”

The local people cannot work on

their farms when they are forced

to carry the rations. Therefore,

they lose the jobs that allow them

to support their family. Sometimes,

the officers pressure every villager

to come for working in the army

areas. Also, they requisition the

local people’s properties such as

motorbikes, machines, tractors and

livestock for the work. They often

even collected money to support

the army camp.

The SPDC are exploiting the Kayan

people. They have unfit powers

which allow them to force women,

children, and even elderly people

to work as porters, on farms, to

maintain road, construction and a

range of other tasks. Sometime,

this work was carried out for the

benefit of private individuals.

“The army official not only confis-

cated the lands but also extorted

the livestock from our local peo-

ple. They did not consider for our

families and they supported their

families as they got money from

us. It is not fair.”

(continued from page 4)

In fact, the SPDC wants to show the

world that they do not use forced

labor in the country. However,

although SPDC changed the terms

to more beautiful words, forced

labor is still happening in every

state in the country.

The local people are facing many

kinds of forced labor in Naypyidaw

Division. They are forced to grow

plants, weed the farms, cut bam-

boo to build fences, build govern-

ment departments, helicopter

landing pads in the village, repair

the roads, and carry rations, just to

name a few.

“The local people are called in

rotation for weeding castor plants

farms, mango farms, djenkol bean

farms, paddy farms and other

farms in the military agriculture

areas. If some people cannot go

when they are called to provide

labor, the absent persons must

pay a day’s wage as a fine.”

In addition, the dictatorship gov-

ernment forces the villagers to

grow some seeds on their farms

such as castor plants and different

kinds of paddy seeds which cannot

grow on their farms due to the land

and water conditions.

The Impact of Increased Military Presence (continued)

EMIPSEA.ning.com

EMIPSEA is part of a thematic

programme of FORUM-ASIA

that covers seven countries:

Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines,

East Timor, Vietnam, Laos, and

Cambodia. The programme

seeks to build capacity for advo-

cacy, enable access to justice

and the rule of law, and insure

the enjoyment of human rights

for ethnic minorities and Indige-

nous Peoples.

KayanPho.ning.com Kayan Pho is for Kayan People around the World to promote Human Rights, Democracy and to protect the Environment.

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Khaungyaypuepuelay is a net-

work to protect the ENVIRON-

MENT, to share the POLITICAL

situation and to improve ENG-

LISH SKILLS. Don't Refuse to do

something for your people &

your environment!

DSN HIGHLIGHTS

Written by KNGY staff. For more

information on further develop-

ments in Burma please visit:

www.KNGY.org

There are so many ways human

beings learn. Some people

learn by watching a video, by

listen to a song, story telling or

simple by doing. A vital compo-

nent of our DSN project is help-

ing our participants create

deeper social media. With the

advances in technology in the

past few years, it has become

very easy and accessible to be-

come a filmmaker, musician,

The Power of Deep Social Media A Spotlight on Two DSN Videos

journalist, web designer and pho-

tography and most importantly

give yourself and your community

a voice that may never been heard

before. Below are two of our fea-

tured DSN videos. Next time you

are at your computer take the time

to check them out on Youtube!

Just search on YouTube.com for

the following:

Environmental Impact in Kayan

Communities: This short film was

produced in five days during a so-

cial media-training program in

Northern Thailand near the Thai/

Burma boarder. It was made by

Kayan Indigenous youth who are

fighting for justice and peace for

their Indigenous peoples living in

Burma. For more information on

how you can help please visit:

Khaungyaypuepuelay.ning.com

Lahu 2: This was a summer video

project directed and produced by

one of the DSN participants,

Maitree, who is an up and coming

Indigenous filmmaker. It recreates

a traditional Lahu story of a young

man who takes revenge for his

community who was wrongfully

treated. It is a fantastic short film

with special effects and in just over

a year has gotten 2,532 views on

Youtube!

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Upcoming DSN Events Cambodian Indigenous

Youth Alliance

DSN First Training

August 12-15th

ASEAN People's Center

DSN First Training

September 1-12th

Mountain Province State

Polytechnic College

October 24-30th

Philippines

Keyword Research Webinar

August 11, 9:30 AM

Learn the basics of keyword re-

search from DSN Tech Staff mem-

ber Tom Litchfield. Improve your

blog’s or website’s Google rank-

ing. Help people interested in

your work find you on the web.

For those interested in register-

ing, please send a quick email to

NoteForTom@gmail.com

and you will receive registration

details.

SEARCH & Partners Newsletter Issue 01 August 2010

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http://www.deepsocialnetworking.wordpress.com

November Regional Conference

Time and Place TBD

Community leaders will be informed

about this exciting event planned for

November. Announcements will also

be posted at

Deepsocialnetworking.wordpress.com

Jakarta Urban Youth

Musicians

DSN First Training

September 1-12th

For more information and updates on DSN events

please visit:

www.deepsocialnetworking.wordpress.com

2010 SEARCH DSN Team

Deloria Many Grey Horses, deloriamgh@gmail.com

Francisco Violich, francoviolich@gmail.com

Sian Phairotsuphasin, sianbike@gmail.com

Tom Litchfield, notefortom@gmail.com