How ERI is Funded

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Newsgroups: soc.culture.burma, soc.culture.britishFrom: [email protected] (John Mayor)Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 15:31:20 GMTLocal: Sun, Oct 14 2001 12:31 amSubject: TotalFinaElf, Premier Oil deny Burma human rights abuse accusations

AFX Press, 13-10-2001

TotalFinaElf, Premier Oil deny Burma human rights abuse accusations

LONDON (AFX) - TotalFinaElf and Premier Oil PLC denied they are involved in human rights abusesafter testimony before the European Parliament yesterday which accused them of complicity in anddirect knowledge of "egregious human rights abuses for the benefit of western oil companies."

The testimony from Earth Rights International (ERI) accused the companies of employing soldiers who

subject local peasants to forced labour, extortion and beatings, according to the Guardian newspaper.

Premier Oil corporate social responsibility consultant Richard Jones said it "takes seriously" reportssuch as ERI's but is convinced measures it has taken have ensured its human rights standards are metin the region.

A TotalFinaElf spokesman reiterated that it is "unimaginable" that the company would have recourse toforced labour.

"Our workforce in Burma is exclusively adult, voluntary and its remuneration is equivalent to thestandards that we apply everywhere," he said. "All these rules have been respected in Burma the same as

everywhere else."

Premier Oil's Jones however said his company has "accepted there is enough of a concern," noting thecompany's training and monitoring programme implemented over the last year.

Jones said he could not rule out that the soldiers -- who he stressed are employed by the government butdo provide security for Premier Oil facilities -- have been guilty of such abuses.

However, he said that for the past year Premier Oil has been training these soldiers to meet thecompany's "aspirations" for human rights.

And for the last six months a monitoring programme has been in place which has shown theseaspirations are being met, he said.

According to the Guardian though, ERI backed up its allegations with a report containing hundreds ofwitness statements taken in Burma as recently as last month which, it said, proved that the situation wasas bad as ever.

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The Burma Project Grant 1997Source: http://www.soros.org/burma/grant97.html

$1,498,000Awarded To The Following ProjectsGrants made or administered by the Burma Project:

ALBERT EINSTEIN INSTITUTION (USA)Translation and distribution of From Dictatorship to Democracy intoBurmese and other ethnic languages

ALERT LITERATURE CLUB (THAILAND)Newsletters and office running

ALL ARAKAN STUDENTS AND YOUTHS CONGRESS (THAILAND)Humanitarian support for Arakanese youths and students at Thai-Burmaborder

ALL BURMA STUDENTS LEAGUE (INDIA)Information network and newsletter

ALL BURMA STUDENTS' DEMOCRATIC FRONT (INDIA)E-mail set-up; equipment for News & Information Unit; office inBangladesh

ALL BURMA STUDENTS' DEMOCRATIC FRONT (THAILAND)Information network and newsletter

ARTICLE 19 (UK)Burma Censorship Law Project

BRITISH BROADCASTING SERVICE (UK)Production of multi-part radio series

BULLETIN OF CONCERNED ASIAN SCHOLARS (USA)Compilation/production of a resource guide on Burma

BURMA CENTRUM NEDERLAND (NETHERLANDS)Campaign to inform the Dutch society on developments in Burma;

publication of Behind the Facade, a handbook on Burma in Dutch

BURMA COORDINATING GROUP (THAILAND)Cross-border humanitarian assistance

BURMA INFORMATION GROUP (THAILAND)Documentation and Information Services


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BURMA ISSUES (THAILAND)General support

BURMA LIBRARY (INDIA)Acquisition of books/newspapers for Delhi and Aizawl

BURMA PROJECT USA (USA)General support; distribution of Voices of Hope

BURMESE BORDER CONCORTIUM (THAILAND)Humanitarian relief for Burmese refugees at Thai-Burma border

BURMESE WOMEN UNION (THAILAND)Travel expenses of members of BWU in Thailand, China and India toattend the BWU Conference in Mae Hong Son

CAFOD (UK)Purchase of 20 candle-producing iron blocks for the convent in Burma

CANADIAN FRIENDS OF BURMA (CANADA)Publication of Burma Links newsletter

CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS (USA)General support

DEMOCRATIC PARTY FOR NEW SOCIETY (THAILAND)Publication of General Aung Sann's biography in Burmese; participationof a member of DPNS to attend the Diplomacy Training Program in Sydney

DEMOCRATIC VOICE OF BURMA (NORWAY)Burmese-language radio broadcasts into Burma

EARTHRIGHTS INTERNATIONAL (THAILAND)Support for Indigenous Projects

FELLOWSHIP OF RECONCILIATION (USA)General support

FORUM-ASIA (THAILAND)Support for Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma; participation of two

Burmese at the Regional Study Sessions on Human Rights

FORUM OF DEMOCRATIC LEADERS IN THE ASIA PACIFIC (KOREA)Young leaders workshop to promote democratic processes in Asia

FOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRACY IN BURMA, INC. (USA)Celebration for the Golden Jubilee of Burma's Independence Day on 4January


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HARRISON INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC LAW (USA)Education and research projects for the Free Burma Campaign

HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION OF MONLAND (THAILAND)Publication of Human Rights Reports

IMAGES ASIA (THAILAND)Documentation, dissemination of human rights abuses

INDOCHINA MEDIA MEMORIAL FOUNDATION (THAILAND)Radio journalism training for DVB stringers in Mae Hong Son, Thailand

INFO BIRMANIE (FRANCE)Advocacy; French website; internships

INITIATIVES FOR INTERNATIONAL DIALOGUE (PHILIPPINES)ASEAN-Burma Internship Program for Burmese participation

INSTITUTE FOR ASIAN DEMOCRACY (USA)General support

INTERNATIONAL RIVERS NETWORK (USA)Free Burma: No Petro-dollars for SLORC campaign

KACHIN INDEPENDENCE ORGANIZATION (THAILAND)Computer equipment

KALAYANAMITRA COUNCIL (THAILAND)

Campaign to oppose the Yadana gas pipeline

KAREN NATIONAL UNION (THAILAND)Support for Htee Moo Kee High school

KAREN OFFICE OF RELIEF & DEVELOPMENT (THAILAND)Office running expenses

KUKI STUDENTS' DEMOCRATIC FRONT (INDIA)Handlooms and humanitarian assistance for Kukis at Indo-Burma border

MON NATIONAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (THAILAND)Education projects in Mon State

MON UNITY LEAGUE (THAILAND)Setting up Mon Literature & Culture Committee

NATION COUNCIL OF MON (THAILAND)Publication of Bop Htaw -- Mon language newsletter; office runningexpenses


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NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE UNION OF BURMA (THAILAND)Support for Foreign Affairs Committee; library

NATIONAL CATHOLIC COMMISSION ON MIGRATION (THAILAND)Assistance to refugees and asylum seekers in prison and medicalassistance to refugees and asylum seekers not recognized by UNHCR

NATIONAL COALITION FOR DEMOCRACY (USA)Free Burma Coalition's public education and campus-based projects

NATIONAL HEALTH & EDUCATION COMMITTEE (THAILAND)Phase one of distance education project in collaboration with anAustralian University; meetings, office and library

NCGUB (THAILAND)Office equipment

NEW ERA JOURNAL (THAILAND)Publication/distribution of Khit Pyaing (New Era Journal) in Burmeseand English

NONVIOLENCE INTERNATIONAL (USA)Seminar on minority rights in Aizawl, Mizoram, India

OREGON HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY (USA)Shipping audiovisual educational materials to the library in Burma

OVERSEAS MON NATIONAL STUDENTS ORGANIZATION (THAILAND)Computer equipment

PA-O PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ORGANIZATION (THAILAND)Support for first congress of PPLO in March 1997

PEOPLE IN NEED FOUNDATION (CZECH REPUBLIC)

Publication of Respekt supplement for Days of Burma project in Prague

PEOPLE'S PROGRESSIVE FRONT (PPF)Missions into Burma to monitor current situation; reproduce articles,journals, etc. from inside for distribution outside

RADIO FREE BURMA (AUSTRALIA)


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Burmese-language radio broadcast via the internet

REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL (USA)Design, layout, printing, mailing of Burma Debate; internship program

REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE OF KACHIN AFFAIRS (THAILAND)Computer equipment

SANTI PRACHA DHAMMA INSTITUTE (THAILAND)Burmese Sangha Social Training (BSST) for 20 Burmese monks from Burma

SHAN HERALD AGENCY FOR NEWS (THAILAND)Video camera to record human rights violations at Thai-Burma border

SHAN HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION (SHRF)Publication of periodic reports on the human rights situation in ShanState

SOUTH WAYNE BAPTIST CHURCH (USA)Entrepreneur development program including participation of a Burmesein Grameen program

THAI ACTION COMMITTEE FOR DEMOCRACY IN BURMA (THAILAND)Manual looms self-reliance project for Burmese refugee women inThailand

UCLA DEPT. OF WORLD ARTS & CULTURES (USA)Participation of two Burmese artists (from Burma) and one US basedartist to travel to APPEX Summer Institute Inroads/Asia conference

WOMEN RIGHTS AND WELFARE ASSOCIATION OF BURMA (INDIA)

Participation in Regional conference on Trafficking in Women andChildren; nursery school

WORLD AID (USA)Advocacy campaign in the Seattle area

WORLD VISION FOUNDATION OF THAILAND (THAILAND)


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Support for Primary Health Care Phase II Ranong

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http://www.soros.org/burma/grant98.html

The Burma Project Grant 1998

$1,498,000Awarded To The Following ProjectsGrants made or administered by the Burma Project:

ALERT LITERATURE CLUB (THAILAND)

Publication of Alert Paper Series and Flash News bulletin in Burmese;administration and management course for members of Alert LiteratureClub

ALL BURMA STUDENTS' DEMOCRATIC FRONT (INDIA)Medical supplies for Indo-Burma border clinic; publication of healthmanual and communication costs

ALL BURMA BASIC EDUCATION STUDENTS' UNION (THAILAND)

Educational seminars and publications on diplomacy, democracy andpolitical education among students in exile in Thai-Burma border

ALL BURMA YOUNG MONKS UNION (THAILAND)Office running expenses and publishing ABYMU journal

ALTERNATIVE ASEAN NETWORK ON BURMA (THAILAND)General support

AMERICAN REFUGEE COMMITTEE (USA)Purchase of training and educational supplies, medical and programsupplies for training Burmese refugees at Thai-Burmese border

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY (USA)Fundraising event to help Burmese refugees at the Thai-Burma border


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ARAKAN LIBERATION PARTY (THAILAND)Publication of Rakhaing Life quarterly magazine

ARTICLE 19 (UK)Burma Censorship Law Project

AUSTRALIA MON ASSOCIATION IN CANBERRA (AUSTRALIA)Publication/distribution of Mon booklet What is the MilitaryDictatorship (SLORC) Burma?

BUDDHA SASANA FOUNDATION (USA)Media outreach

BURMA ACTION GROUP UK (UK)General support

BURMA CENTRUM NEDERLAND (NETHERLANDS)Information dissemination/campaigning on Human Rights &Democratization in Burma

BURMA FUND (USA)Policy & planning, ethnic reconciliation and media training

BURMA INFORMATION GROUP (THAILAND)Publication of Irrawaddy newsletter


BURMA SUPPORT GROUP (NORWAY)

Releasing/distribution of a CD/cassette by Dennis Mun Aung

BURMESE BORDER CONSORTIUM (THAILAND)Humanitarian relief for Burmese refugees at the Thai-Burma border

BURMESE RELIEF CENTRE (THAILAND)Income generating projects for ethnic communities at Thai-Burma


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border; bi-monthly magazine in Karen language

CANADIAN FRIENDS OF BURMA (CANADA)Conference and consultation for Members of Parliament on democracy,good governance and peace building in Burma; publication of BurmaLinks Newsletter

CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS (USA)General support

CHIN LITERATURE AND CULTURE COMMITTEE (INDIA)Translation and publication of the PHUNTUNGTU book into the Laidialect of the Chin

CHIN NATIONAL FRONT (INDIA)Publication of Chin National Journal in English and Burmese

CHIN RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE (BANGLADESH)Laptop computer, internship and publication of Chin folk stories

CHIN STUDENTS' UNION (INDIA)Publication of Voice of Hornbill monthly bulletin in Chin and English

CHIN WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION (INDIA)Pre-nursery and primary school for Chin refugee children in New Delhi

COMMITTEE FOR NON-VIOLENT ACTION IN BURMA (INDIA)Recording and distribution of satirical chorus, typical ofThaingyan-Burmese New Year celebrations

DEMOCRATIC PARTY FOR NEW SOCIETY (THAILAND)Equipment for Research and Documentation Center

DUKE UNIVERSITY/ASIAN AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TRANSNATIONAL LAW (USA)Tuition/living expenses for one Burmese to attend the Asia-AmericaInst. in Transnational Law

EARTHRIGHTS INTERNATIONAL (THAILAND)General support


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ESSENTIAL INFORMATION (USA)Retreat for 14 Burmese activists

FELLOWSHIP OF RECONCILIATION (USA)Advocacy and human rights campaign

FILM ARTS FOUNDATION (USA)Distribution of Ellen Bruno film Sacrifice to NGOs involved in Burmaissues and groups concerned with human rights and trafficking issuesin the region

FORUM-ASIA (THAILAND)Participation of Burmese at the 2nd Annual Asian Regional Study

Session on Human Rights

FORUM OF DEMOCRATIC LEADERS IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC (KOREA)Young Leaders Workshop to encourage active participation of youths inbuilding a solid environment of Asian civil society

FOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRACY IN BURMA, INC. (USA)Publication of Voice of New York newsletter in Burmese by Burma ActionGroup New York

HARRISON INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC LAW (USA)Education components for public officials and human rightsconstituencies

HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION OF MONLAND (THAILAND)Monitoring human rights situation in Mon territory and human rightsreports publication

IMAGES ASIA (THAILAND)Alternative Media Intervention Program for Human Rights & DevelopmentInitiative for Burma and Thailand and humanitarian help at Thai-Burmaborder

INDIANA UNIVERSITY (USA)Summer tuition and books to support five Burmese students


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INITIATIVES FOR INTERNATIONAL DIALOGUE (PHILIPPINES)ASEAN-Burma internship program

INSTITUTE FOR ASIAN DEMOCRACY (USA)General support

INTERNATIONAL MONITOR INSTITUTE (USA)Burma Archive project

INTERNATIONAL RIVERS NETWORK (USA)Free Burma: No Petro-dollars for SLORC campaign

KALAYANAMITRA COUNCIL (THAILAND)Legal struggles against the Yadana gas pipeline

KAREN COMMUNITY INFORMATION SERVICE (THAILAND)Communication equipment

KAREN OFFICE OF RELIEF & DEVELOPMENT (THAILAND)Office running expenses

KAREN SOLIDARITY ORGANIZATION (THAILAND)Publication of KSO journal and leadership training for Karen youth

KARENNI TEACHERS UNION (THAILAND)Textbook publication

KWIA BURMA GROUP (BELGIUM)Compiling an easy-to-use, low-cost educational pack in cooperation

with the indigenous peoples of Burma

LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION - MONLAND (THAILAND)Office running expenses

LIGHT WORK (USA)Publication of a book on photo collection of Burmese refugees at the


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Thai-Burma/Indo-Burma borders

MARYKNOLL FATHERS AND BROTHERS (USA)Leadership training for heads of Roman Catholic women's religiouscongregations in Burma and seed money for developmental projects

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, GOVERNMENT OF KARENNI (THAILAND)Karenni Foreign office and communication costs

MON-KAREN COOPERATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN BURMA (THAILAND)Collecting and disseminating information

MON NATIONAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (THAILAND)Support for Mon teachers

MON UNITY LEAGUE (THAILAND)Book publication: 8 years in Monland

MONLAND RESTORATION COUNCIL (THAILAND)Publication/distribution of the Monland Restoration Council newsletter

MUSLIM LIBERATION ORGANIZATION OF BURMA (THAILAND)

Computer equipment

NAGA NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR DEMOCRACY (INDIA)Health and Educational projects for Naga people in the Sumara Hills

NATION COUNCIL OF MON (THAILAND)Printing/distribution of Mon language newsletter Bop Htaw; support foroffice

NATIONAL COALITION FOR DEMOCRACY (USA)Office running expenses for the Burma UN Service office

NATIONAL COALITION GOVERNMENT OF THE UNION OF BURMA (THAILAND)Library in Bangkok


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NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE UNION OF BURMA (THAILAND)Constitutional Seminar in New Delhi

NATIONAL HEALTH & EDUCATION COMMITTEE (THAILAND)Phase II of Distance Education Program

NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR DEMOCRACY - LIBERATED AREA (THAILAND)Publishing the Burmese translation of "Letters to a Dictator"


NOH POE REFUGEE CAMP (THAILAND)

Special English program to prepare refugee students to study GEDcourse

OREGON HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY (USA)Shipping of books to library in Burma.

PA-O PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ORGANIZATION (THAILAND)Pa-O community network, dissemination of information on human rights,minority rights and project on refugee welfare

PANN ZAGAR (INDIA)Publication of Pann Zagar magazine in Burmese language

PD BURMA SECRETARIAT (NORWAY)International network of political leaders promoting democracy inBurma

PEOPLE'S DEFENCE FORCE - BURMA (THAILAND)Communications network

PEOPLE'S PROGRESSIVE FRONT (THAILAND)Library in Thongphapoom area for 350 Burmese households inKanchanaburi province


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POLITICAL DEFIANCE COMMITTEE (THAILAND)Ethnics on Line project; continuation of telephone campaign, internalmovement and purchase of a laptop

REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL (USA)Publication of Burma Debate; Burmese students internship

SENG TIEN (THAILAND)Publication of Candle Light Journal in Shan language

SHAN HERALD AGENCY FOR NEWS (THAILAND)Support for monthly Shan newspaper Independence

SHAN HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION (THAILAND)

Publication of periodic reports on human rights violations in ShanState

THAI ACTION COMMITTEE FOR DEMOCRACY IN BURMA (THAILAND)Seminars; computer equipment; Burmese Migrant Worker Project

THEATRE WORKS (SINGAPORE) Ltd (SINGAPORE)Participation of 6 Burmese artists in the multi-disciplinary programin theatre, dance and music in Singapore

TOURISM CONCERN (UK)Human Rights Campaign

UNIVERSITY OF BUCKINGHAM (UK)Publication of Burma conference papers organized by European Unionsponsored Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik

WA, PALAUNG & LAHU HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE (THAILAND)General support

WHITE ORCHID PRESS (THAILAND)Publication of rare Burmese monographs

WOMEN RIGHTS AND WELFARE ASSOCIATION OF BURMA (WRWAB)


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English classes for Burmese, primary school in Delhi, vocationaltraining for women

ZED BOOKS (UK)Donation of one copy of new edition of Martin Smith's Burma:Insurgency and the Politics of Ethnicity to libraries in Asia andelsewhere

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$1,498,000AWARDED TO THE FOLLOWING PROJECTSGrants made or administered by the Burma Project:

ALL BURMA STUDENTS' DEMOCRATIC FRONT (INDIA)Indo-Burma border projects: e-mail set-up, free medical camp, primaryschool and a library, publication of Community Health Worker manual,computer training

ALL BURMA STUDENTS' DEMOCRATIC FRONT (THAILAND)Computer training, equipment

ALTERNATIVE ASEAN NETWORK ON BURMA (THAILAND)Regional Team meetings and Exposure program

ARAKAN LEAGUE FOR DEMOCRACY (INDIA)Publication of human rights violations in Arakan State

ASIA PACIFIC CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE (USA)Project on trafficking of Burmese women

AUSTRALIA KAREN YOUTH PROJECT (AUSTRALIA)Art program on Thai/Burma border


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BOARDING MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR ORPHANS (THAILAND)Textbooks and equipment

BRITISH MUSEUM (UNITED KINGDOM)Outreach program and marketing of education programs related toBurmese Lacquerware exhibition in April 2000

BUDDHA SASANA FOUNDATION (USA)Media Outreach project

BURMA CAMPAIGN UK (UNITED KINGDOM)General support

BURMA CENTRUM NEDERLAND (NETHERLANDS)Guide to Burma Resources project that will be accessible to scholars,researchers, journalists and activists; internship for Burmese student

BURMA FUND (USA)Conference on Humanitarian Aid

BURMA INDEPENDENT NEWS AGENCY (THAILAND)Publication of Moe Gyo newpaper

BURMA INFORMATION GROUP (THAILAND)Publication of Irrawaddy newsletter

BURMA ISSUES (THAILAND)Documentation center

BURMA LIBRARY (INDIA)

General support

BURMA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (THAILAND)Office running expenses

BURMA RELIEF CENTRE (THAILAND)Internships for two Burmese students


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BURMA WRITERS AND JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION (AUSTRALIA)Computer equipment to publish Burmese language magazine

BURMESE BORDER CONSORTIUM (THAILAND)Humanitarian relief for Burmese refugees at Thai-Burma border

BURMESE COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER (INDIA)First community center for Burmese in India to oversee variouscommunity projects

CHIN FORUM (CANADA)Office running and education projects

CHIN HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION (CANADA)Publication of Rhododendron news bulletin

CHIN LITERATURE & CULTURE COMMITTEE - LAI (INDIA)Publication of Phunpungtu magazine

CHIN NATIONAL FRONT (INDIA)Publication of Chin National Journal

CHIN NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR DEMOCRACY (INDIA)Publication of Zalenpar magazine

CHIN WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION (INDIA)Chin school in Mizoram

CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY - ISIS (THAILAND)

Transition & GlobalizationComparative Strategies conference inDecember

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY (USA)Human Rights advocacy training

COMMITTEE FOR NON-VIOLENT ACTION IN BURMA (INDIA)


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Burmese satirical songs Than-Gyat for the Burmese New Year in April

COMPATRIOT NETWORK GROUP (THAILAND)Refugee newsletter

DEMOCRATIC VOICE OF BURMA (NORWAY)General support

EARTHRIGHTS INTERNATIONAL (THAILAND).General support

FELLOWSHIP OF RECONCILIATION (USA)Advocacy and human rights campaign

FORUM-ASIA (THAILAND)Human Rights study session, Burma office support

FORUM OF DEMOCRATIC LEADERS IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC (KOREA)New NGO Strategy for Democratization of Burma conference in June

FREE BURMA COALITION (USA)Human rights campaign

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY (USA)Teacher training for Burmese teachers

HARVARD UNIVERSITY (USA)Course on Conflict Management for one Burmese student

HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION FOR MONLAND (THAILAND)

Publication of Mon Forum newsletter

IMAGES ASIA (THAILAND)Internship for two Burmese students; 500 copies of All Quiet on theWestern Front

INDIANA UNIVERSITY (USA)


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Summer tuition for three Burmese students

INDO-BURMA-BANGLADESH FRONTIER INDIGINEOUS PEOPLES ORG (GERMANY)Scholarships for Chin students in India

INITIATIVES FOR INTERNATIONAL DIALOGUE (PHILIPPINES)ASEAN-Burma internship program

INSTITUTE FOR ASIAN DEMOCRACY (USA)Advocacy campaign

INTERNATIONAL RIVERS NETWORK (USA)Free Burma: No Petro-Dollars for SLORC campaign

KALAYANAMITRA COUNCIL (THAILAND)Legal struggles against the Yadana gas pipeline

KAREN (PWO) DICTIONARY COMPILING COMMITTEE (THAILAND)Publication of Karen (Pwo)-Burmese-English dictionary andEnglish-Karen (Pwo)-Burmese dictionary

KAREN OFFICE OF RELIEF & DEVELOPMENT (THAILAND)

Office running expenses

KAREN REFUGEE CAMP WOMEN'S OFFICE (THAILAND)Internship for two Burmese students

KAREN REFUGEE CAMP WOMEN'S GROUP (THAILAND)Libraries in refugee camps

KAREN SOLIDARITY ORGANIZATION (THAILAND)Office running expenses for KSO office, self-reliance projects,publication of KSO Journal

KARENNI FOREIGN OFFICE (THAILAND)Office running expenses


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KARENNI NATIONAL PROGRESSIVE PARTY (THAILAND)Internship for two Burmese interns

KARENNI SOCIAL WELFARE COMMITTEE (THAILAND)Pamphlet dissemination, e-mail set-up

MAE TAO CLINIC (THAILAND)Internships for three Burmese students

McKEAN'S REHABILITATION CENTRE (THAILAND)Organic agriculture training for Karen Refugees

MIGRANT ASSISTANT PROGRAM (THAILAND)Internship for one Burmese student

MIZZIMA NEWS GROUP (INDIA)Distribution of independent news

MON NATIONAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (THAILAND)Education projects in Mon area inside Burma. Includes textbookpublishing, English training, teaching materials, office running, andmonitoring projects

MOE MA KHA GROUP (THAILAND)Publication of Moe Ma Kha newsletter

MULTI-CULTURAL YOUTH THEATRE OF BURMA (THAILAND)Youth performance project

MUSLIM SALVATION ORGANIZATION OF BURMA (THAILAND)Publication of Muslim Salvation newsletter

NATIONAL CATHOLIC COMMITTEE ON MIGRATION (THAILAND)Internship for two Burmese interns

NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC FRONT (THAILAND)Publication of book on ethnic nationality movement


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NATIONAL COALITION FOR DEMOCRACY (USA)Office running expenses for Burma UN Service office

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE UNION OF BURMA (THAILAND)Computer equipment; publications


NATIONAL HEALTH & EDUCATION COMMITTEE (THAILAND)Internship for one Burmese student, Chiang Mai Library

NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR DEMOCRACY/LIBERATED AREA (INDIA)Production of cassette tape of Chin revolutionary songs

NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR DEMOCRACY/LIBERATED AREA (THAILAND)Internship for one Burmese student

ORCHESTRA BURMA (THAILAND)Internship for one Burmese student

OVERSEAS ARAKAN NATIONAL ORGANIZATION (THAILAND)Publication of Dannyawaddy journal

OVERSEAS KAREN REFUGEE'S SOCIAL ORGANIZATION (THAILAND)Karen Migrant Worker project, seminar project, and special publication

OVERSEAS MON YOUNG MONKS' UNION (THAILAND)Publication of semi-annual pro-democracy periodical

OXFORD SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL (INDIA)Tuition for four Burmese refugee students

PALAUNG STATE LIBERATION FRONT (THAILAND)Publication of special journal on the Palaung people


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PAN KACHIN DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY (THAILAND)Maijayang College project; internships for two Burmese students

PANN ZAGAR (INDIA)Publication of Pann Zagar newsletter

PEOPLE'S DEFENCE FORCE (THAILAND)Human rights training inside Burma

PETROL OR BURMA ACTION (BELGIUM)General support

RADIO FREE BURMA (AUSTRALIA)

General support of radio station

REFUGEE RELIEF COMMITTEE (THAILAND)Publication of Nong Tung monthly magazine

SANGKHLABURI CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL LIBRARY (THAILAND)Burmese Library

SENG TIEN GROUP (THAILAND)Publication of Seng Tien Journal; publication of English-TaiDictionary

SHAN HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION (THAILAND)Reports on human rights violations in Shan state.

SHAN HERALD AGENCY FOR NEWS (THAILAND)Publication of Independence newsletter

SIAM SOCIETY (THAILAND)Publication of special edition of Siam Society journal

STUDENTS AND YOUTH CONGRESS OF BURMA (THAILAND)Internship for one Burmese student


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TAVOY WOMEN'S UNION (THAILAND)Primary school

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - BERKELEY (USA)Lai-English dictionary

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - LOS ANGELES (USA)Asia Pacific Performance Exchange Program

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN (USA)Production of sound recordings of Burmese classical songs

WEAVING FOR WOMEN (THAILAND)

Weaving project for refugee women in Sangkhlaburi

WILLIAMS COLLEGE (USA)One year Master of Arts program for two Burmese students

WOMEN'S EDUCATION FOR ADVANCEMENT AND EMPOWERMENT (THAILAND)Internship for one Burmese student

WOMEN RIGHTS AND WELFARE ASSOCIATION OF BURMA (INDIA)Free medical clinic for Burmese refugees in Delhi

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$ 879,665AWARDED TO THE FOLLOWING PROJECTSGrants made or administered by the Burma Project:

ALL BURMA FEDERATION OF STUDENTS UNION (ABFSU)General support


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ALL BURMA STUDENTS' DEMOCRATIC FRONT (INDIA)Indo-Burma border projects: free medical camp, health and educationalassistance, primary school, AIDS awareness program, Community HealthWorker training for ethnic people

ALL BURMA STUDENTS' DEMOCRATIC FRONT (THAILAND) Computer equipment

ALL BURMA YOUNG MONKS UNION (THAILAND)Operating costs

BAN DON YANG MIDDLE SCHOOL (THAILAND)Library at Ban Don Yang Camp

BOARDING MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR ORPHANS (THAILAND) Educational projects

BURMA CAMPAIGN UK (UNITED KINGDOM)Organizational fund raiser; general support

BURMA INDEPENDENT NEWS AGENCY (THAILAND)Publication of articles on women's issues


BURMA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (THAILAND)Health conference

BURMA RELIEF CENTRE (THAILAND)Capacity building program for indigenous relief and development

organizations

BURMESE BORDER CONSORTIUM (THAILAND)Humanitarian relief for Burmese refugees at Thai-Burma border

BURMESE STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION (THAILAND)Weaving training


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CHIN FORUM (CANADA)School in India; and general support for programs

CHIN HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION (CANADA)General support and publication of Rhododendron news bulletin

CHIN NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR DEMOCRACY EXILE WOMEN'S WING (INDIA)Hindi language classes for refugees

CHIN WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION (INDIA)General support for Chin refugees in Delhi

COMMITTEE FOR NON-VIOLENT ACTION IN BURMA (INDIA) Support for culturalprogram at Burmese New Year

DEMOCRATIC PARTY FOR A NEW SOCIETY (THAILAND) Publication of book (inBurmese) on world religions and philosophy

EARTHRIGHTS INTERNATIONAL (THAILAND).Investigative report on human rights violations in Burma; computer equipment

ETHNIC COOPERATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND ENVIRONMENT (THAILAND)Training for various ethnic groups on issues relating to human rightsviolations and environmental abuses

FREE BURMA COALITION (USA)Human rights campaign

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY (USA)Legal support for Burma campaigns in USA; agriculture courses for

ethnic Burmese

GREEN CENTRE FOR NON-WESTERN ART (UNITED KINGDOM) Ethnic historydocumentation project

IMAGES ASIA (THAILAND)Internship and training programs; human rights research and


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documentation

INDIANA UNIVERSITY (USA)Support for Burmese students

INDOCHINA MEDIA MEMORIAL FOUNDATION (THAILAND) Photojournalismtraining

INFO BIRMANIE (FRANCE)Burma campaign in France

INSTITUTE FOR ASIAN DEMOCRACY (USA)Advocacy

INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE (USA)Legal assistance for Burmese asylum seekers in Thailand

KAREN (PWO) DICTIONARY COMPILING COMMITTEE (THAILAND)Publication of English-Karen (Pwo) dictionary

KAREN OFFICE OF RELIEF & DEVELOPMENT (THAILAND)General support

KAREN WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION (THAILAND)Resource center in Mae Sot

KARENNI NEWS AGENCY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (THAILAND) General support andhuman rights documentation project

KAYAN WELFARE SOCIETY (THAILAND)

Publication and video on Kayan culture

MAE KHON KHA REFUGEE CAMP (THAILAND)School for refugee children

MAHAMAKUT BUDDHIST UNIVERSITY (THAILAND) HIV/AIDS Education training


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MARYKNOLL (THAILAND)Publication of Basics of Mon-English Grammar

MARYKNOLL SISTERS (PHILIPPINES)Burmese women education project

MERGUI-TAVOY STUDENTS WORKING GROUP (THAILAND) Books and periodicalson learning English

MIGRANT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (THAILAND)Internship program

MIZZIMA NEWS GROUP (INDIA)

Support of independent news service

MON NATIONAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (THAILAND)Education projects in ethnic Mon area. Includes textbook publishing,English training, teaching materials, office running, and monitoringprojects

MON UNITY LEAGUE (THAILAND)International conference on Mon affairs

MUSLIM SALVATION ORGANIZATION OF BURMA (THAILAND)Computer equipment

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE UNION OF BURMA (THAILAND)Capacity building project and general support

NATIONAL HEALTH & EDUCATION COMMITTEE (THAILAND)

Internship for one Burmese student; publication of ethnic dictionaries


ORCHID PRESS (NORWAY)


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Publication of Thai edition of "On the Road to Mandalay" and Englishedition of "In search of Sunlight"

OVERSEAS KAREN REFUGEES' SOCIAL ORGANIZATION (THAILAND)Office running expenses; equipment; publication

PALAUNG YOUTH NETWORK GROUP (THAILAND)Human Rights Documentation project

PAN KACHIN DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY (THAILAND)Maijayang College project; student internships

PA-O WOMEN UNION (THAILAND)General support

PA-O YOUTH DEMOCRATIC ORGANIZATION (THAILAND)Publication of human rights yearbook in Pa-O language

PEOPLE'S DEFENCE FORCE (THAILAND)Human rights training; general support

RAKHAING PATRIOTIC LITERATURE CLUB (THAILAND)

General support

RAKHAING WOMEN UNION (BANGLADESH)General support; training

REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL (USA)Publication and distribution of Burma Debate

SANGKHLABURI COMMUNITY LIBRARY (THAILAND)General support

SHAN HERALD AGENCY FOR NEWS (THAILAND)Publication of Independence newsletter

SHAN HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION (THAILAND)


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Reports on human rights violations in Shan state

SPIRIT IN EDUCATION IN MOVEMENT (THAILAND)Grassroots leadership training for Burmese in Thailand

STUDENTS AND YOUTH CONGRESS OF BURMA (INDIA)Workshop on education for Burmese refugees in India

STUDENTS AND YOUTH CONGRESS OF BURMA (THAILAND)Computer equipment; capacity building training

TAVOY WOMENS UNION (THAILAND)Publication of women's journal

TAVOYAN HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION (THAILAND)Publication of human rights reports

THE BURMA FUND (USA)Conference on Transition in Burma; UN advocacy; general support

THE COMMITTEE FOR LESBIGAY RIGHTS IN BURMA (THAILAND) AIDSEducation project for lesbian and gay communities

THE THAI-RAMAN ASSOCIATION (THAILAND)Publication of Mon-English dictionary

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - SANTA CRUZ (USA)Burmese arts preservation program

UNIVERSITY OF IOWA (USA)

International Writing Program

WEAVING FOR WOMEN (THAILAND)Weaving project for refugee women

WOMEN RIGHTS AND WELFARE ASSOCIATION OF BURMA (INDIA)Medical clinic for Burmese refugees in Delhi


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WORLD LEARNING INC (USA)English language program

YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER NEW YORK (USA)Internship

ZED BOOKS (UNITED KINGDOM)Distribution of "Living Silence:Burma Under Military Rule"

ZOMI INFORMATION CENTER (INDIA)Computer equipment

How ERI is Funded

Documents

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