The Mae Sot Education Project is a volunteer project to assist Burmese refugee and migrant children on the Thai-Burmese border, and to educate Canadians about the plight of people displaced by repression and conflict.
In recent years, more than a million Burmese people have been forced by economic hardship or political repression in Burma (Myanmar) to relocate to towns and refugee camps in Thailand. The Mae Sot Education Project is a small project that hopes to support the Burmese people in their struggle to create a new society free from military dictatorship in Burma by contributing to the education of Burmese migrant children in Thailand. It also tries to promote friendship and solidarity between the Burmese, Thais and Canadians and to deepen the global understanding of youth volunteers and other people in the Eastern Townships of Québec as well as in other parts of Canada.
For more information visit the Mae Sot Education Project webpage or contact:
Mary Purkey
marypurkey@gmail.com
(819) 564-3666, ext. 210
