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Viewing cable 06RANGOON1036, IN BURMA, SMALL NGO EFFORTS SCORE BIG IMPACT

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06RANGOON1036 2006-07-21 09:33 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Rangoon
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RUDKIA/AMCONSUL CHIANG MAI 0533
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 RANGOON 001036 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
SENSITIVE 
 
STATE FOR EAP/MLS; PACOM FOR FPA 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
SUBJECT: IN BURMA, SMALL NGO EFFORTS SCORE BIG IMPACT 
 
 
RANGOON 00001036  001.2 OF 002 
 
 
1. (SBU) SUMMARY:  While international NGOs and organizations 
in Burma face increasing pressure on their activities 
(reftel), local initiatives to improve health and educational 
and meet other basic development needs are growing.  These 
projects, often organized by NLD-affiliated civic leaders and 
funded at least in part by donations from foreign tourists 
and other overseas sources, are generally unregistered.  They 
operate in an informal, low-key manner to avoid the need to 
seek official blessing or raise GOB concerns.  Many make a 
significant impact on their target communities, and offer us 
vehicles to develop civil society and local leaders.  END 
SUMMARY 
 
Health Care in the Inle Lake Region 
----------------------------------- 
2. (SBU) Relying largely on private foreign donations, former 
NLD Central Committee member U Ohn Maung funded the creation 
and staffing of a large clinic in his Shan hometown of 
Naungshwe.  The clinic, opened in 2005, provides services to 
50 villages daily and is open seven days a week, according to 
the clinic's resident doctor.  U Ohn Maung invites foreign 
doctors visiting the Inle Lake region as tourists to the 
clinic; many subsequently donate equipment and 
pharmaceuticals.  The clinic's resident doctor recently used 
donations to purchase blood-testing equipment in Bangkok. 
New additions to the clinic building will house a surgery 
bay, an x-ray room, and a maternity ward.  The doctor 
estimates the total value of the clinic's construction 
exceeds $100,000, though many of donations were in-kind, such 
as building supplies and equipment.  U Ohn Maung acknowledged 
that his past as an NLD MP-elect keeps security personnel 
interested, but says that they have not interfered in the 
clinic's work to date. 
 
Water and Medical Care in Kalaw Hills 
-------------------------------------- 
3. (SBU) In Kalaw, a former British hill station of Kalaw not 
far from Inle Lake, another former political prisoner and NLD 
M.P.-elect, Tommy Edzani, runs a small organization -- the 
Rural Development Society -- to provide nearby Palaung, Pa'o 
and Danu villages with basic health and nutritional care. 
Edzani said his NGO has assisted over 250 villages near Kalaw 
with water systems, health care, education, and sanitation 
since it began in the mid-1990s.  Contrasting RDS' experience 
building water systems with similar UNDP efforts, Edzani said 
that he consults regularly with local hill tribes to get 
their communities' buy-in and also provides the subsistence 
farmers in local villages with micro-credit loans.  The loans 
allow the farmers to buy fertilizer, increase yields, and 
even out income disparities between crop seasons.  Edzani 
raises funds by escorting tourists who trek the hill trails 
to mountain villages to project sites so they can see the 
needs and his work first-hand.  Many tourists continue to 
provide funding to RDS after they return to the U.S. and 
Europe. 
 
Philanthropic Monks in Mandalay 
------------------------------- 
4. (SBU) Enjoying one of the highest profiles among the 
Burma's unconventional civil society projects, the Phaung Daw 
Oo monastery of Mandalay is led by two monks, U Nayaka and 
his brother U Zateka, and has provided free education for 
over 51,392 underprivileged students since it opened for 
primary school students in 1993.  In 2001, the school 
expanded to include a high school.  The quality of the 
education at the monastery easily surpasses that of 
government schools, with a mix of the required government 
curriculum and international-standard courses in computer 
 
RANGOON 00001036  002.2 OF 002 
 
 
skills, science, and foreign languages.  Thanks to a generous 
funding from the Government of Australia and from private 
British and Australian donors, the school has expanded and 
now provides free education to almost 7,000 students per 
year.  Foreign volunteer teachers have helped the Burmese 
teachers on the school's staff of 148 instructors, resulting 
in a teaching corps with an excellent command of English and 
open, international teaching styles.  The school has a modern 
computer lab, extensive library, and well-equipped 
classrooms, far above the level of resources provided to 
state schools.  Working with the Burnett Institute, the 
school also runs an HIV/AIDS prevention program for students 
and offers an anti-TIP module in its high school curriculum. 
The school's chief concern is that it remains dependent on 
foreign funding to meet its substantial operating costs. 
 
Former Political Prisoners Running a Free School 
--------------------------------------------- --- 
5. (SBU In 2005, a mother and daughter who are both former 
political prisoners, opened a primary school out of their 
home near Rangoon for parents who cannot afford the fees 
needed to send their children to state-run primary schools. 
They currently provide free education for 130 children, 
relying on three volunteer teachers.  Funding comes from the 
community and foreigners who have provided donations of books 
or cash.  NLD Youth leader Min Ko Naing quietly assists the 
school's fundraising.  Security officials monitor the school 
closely, but it continues to operate without interference 
despite a recent tightening of GOB control over private 
education.  The mother-daughter team hope to offer their 
volunteer teachers a regular monthly salary of 30,000 kyat 
(USD 24). 
 
Buddhist Groups Helping People with AIDS 
----------------------------------------- 
6. (U) In Rangoon, a collective of Buddhist associations 
named "Yetana Metta" are providing clinic and in-home care 
for people living with HIV/AIDS, as well as caring for the 
needs of destitute senior citizens and monks.  Last year, its 
Rangoon clinic provided care for 300 persons living with 
AIDS.  Yetana Metta has worked informally since 2004, relying 
on local private donations and a small amount of UNICEF 
funding, and is applying this year for official registration 
as an indigenous NGO. 
 
7. (SBU) COMMENT: While international donors, INGOs and UN 
agencies find it increasingly difficult to overcome regime 
paranoia and obstruction of their assistance programs, 
civic-minded Burmese citizens have found new creative ways to 
offer rays of hope to those in need.  Their small scale and 
informal organization are key to their success; an enlarged 
or more formal profile would likely attract negative 
attention.  As we travel around the country, we inform these 
local groups of our small grants program.  Burmese people 
have become skillful at getting around the military.  Our 
support encourages their efforts and helps potential leaders 
develop.  END COMMENT. 
VILLAROSA