Journalists Thin Lei Win and Kelly Macnamara founded The Kite Tales in 2016 as a non-profit storytelling platform to chronicle the lives, culture and memories of people across Myanmar.

Following the 2021 military coup, The Kite Tales shifted to featuring the voices of people taking part in the anti-coup protests. One year later, it launched a fund to support a handful of journalists and illustrators, who either went underground or had fled their homes to avoid arrest.

“We hope that by sharing these personal stories, people will learn more about what’s happening in Myanmar beyond just the conflict,” said Thin Lei Win, the co-founder of The Kite Tales, at the Tales of Resistance exhibit hosted by Greenhouse in Chiang Mai, Thailand on Dec. 13.

The art and illustrations in The Kite Tales: Tales of Resistance exhibit includes QR codes to allow people to read the accompanying stories.