NGOs are preparing for refugee camps to close by starting vocational training programs.
Tag: NGO
People-power can save Asia’s forests
Asia can fight climate change and lift people out of poverty if it invests in communities living in forests, claims a Thai-based environmental organisation.
Release political prisoners ahead of election, urges NGO
The Former Political Prisoners’ Society plan to send a letter to President Thein Sein demanding the release of all political prisoners before the election.
Thai fish factories scaling down abuses: NGO
Following up on reports of poor working conditions in Thai fish factories, a Finnish NGO finds the situation improved, but problems persist for migrant workers.
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Govt to protect NGOs after 'sluggish' response to Sittwe riots
Burma vows to protect aid workers in Arakan State after a briefing by the Arakan Commission concluded the government’s response to the violence was “sluggish”.