How to complete the application forms (student applications as well as vacancy applications) 1) Click on the link for the relevant application form. A PDF document will open. 2) Click File > Save Page As then save the form to your computer. 3) Open the saved PDF document from your computer and complete all fields. 4) When completed […]
2009 Synopsis Save the Children’s work in Myanmar includes involving children, community based groups, civil society and the government to establish child protection systems at all levels. Their Child Protection Programme is built on listening to children’s views on the violence, abuse, exploitation and neglect they face in their lives, and working with them and […]
2009 Synopsis In 2008, the UN Secretary-General launched UN Cares, the UN system wide workplace programme on HIV. In Myanmar the UN Cares team began a two-day training programme for UN staff at 35 sites around the country. The aim of these workshops was to increase HIV awareness and reduce HIV-related stigma and discrimination among […]
2009 Synopsis Since 1995, the Forestry Department has awarded renewable thirty-year community forestry permits to local communities. These permits enable local people to manage and benefit from their forests and protect their legacy for future generations. So far the Forestry Department has handed over 40,900 hectares of land to locals. In gentle yet heartfelt tones, […]
2009 * * * AWARD WINNER BEST DOCUMENTARY 2013 AT FREEDOM FILM FESTIVAL YANGON * * * Synopsis When the Paungdaw Oo monastic school was founded near Mandalay in 1993 the aim was to provide orphans and children from disadvantaged families with a decent education. Fifteen years later, the school has swelled to 7200 pupils […]
2010 Synopsis A rare glimpse into the life of one of Myanmar’s more privileged teenagers. As he guides his father’s comfortable saloon car around the dimly lit streets of Yangon by night, high school graduate Htet Linn Aung guardedly but tellingly shares his thoughts on friendship, his artistic ambitions and his fear of being poor. […]
2010 Synopsis It’s the Buddhist full-moon festival of Thadingyut and talkative, star-struck teenager Khine Myat Noe is struggling to study for her exams while her large extended family causes chaos around her. As her food-loving uncle ‘Porky’ prepares culinary offerings for a stream of passing monks, Khine’s younger cousins and siblings vie for her attention […]
2010 Synopsis A humorous look at an endearing teenager living in Yangon. Tall and skinny ‘Little Baby’ finally gets up at noon to begin his day of watching television, playing video games and singing off-key with his mates in a karaoke bar – rounding things off with a game of football in the evening. “As […]
2010 Synopsis Every day, fourteen-year-old Pho Htet Aung gazes longingly at the girl he wants to marry as she passes the charcoal shop where he works: she’s on her way to school and he’s busy sorting bags of coal and selling them to local families. After a long day he scrubs the black grime off […]
2011 Synopsis The cut and thrust of Myanmar kickboxing – as seen by four of its proponents. As title defender Saw Nga Mann and challenger Yan Gyi Aung prepare to face each other in the ring, the game’s promoter, the referee and the two opponents mull over the sport’s attractions and dangers. Credits Director: Okkar […]
