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Civil society and non governmental organizations in Burma (Myanmar)

 


 

 

International NGOs Operation in Burma

Government Organized Non-governmental Organizations in Burma (GONGOs)

Articles about civil society in Burma

 

 

International NGO's operating in Burma

 

Name of NGO

Address

Tel

Country Director

Emphasis and area of operation

Local partner

Action contre la Faim (ACF)

35 Shin Saw Pu Road (Windsor Road), Rangoon

95 (1) 510 162

Fax 95 (1) 510 130

 

Karine Michote

Food

Association of Medical Doctors of Asia (AMDA)

#3 Kantkaw Myaing Street, Parami Villa, Yankin Township, Rangoon

95 (1) 662 821

95 (1) 642 1332

Micki Miyamoto

Health

Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA)

72 U Wisara Road, Kamayut, Rangoon

95 (1) 275 248

95 (1) 240 900

Fax 95 (1) 283 777

U Tember Chit

Association Francois- Xavier Bagnoud (FXB)

96 Inya Road, Kamayut, Rangoon

95 (1) 526 749

Fax 95 (1) 660 673

Max-O Wey

AIDS, women

Rangoon

Bridge Asia (Japan)

 

 

 

 

No. 25 (B 5) New University Avenue Road, Bahan Township, Rangoon

95 (1) 244 045

Fax 95 (1) 244 045

Tsukashi Konishi

CAFOD

 

Women, AIDS, vocational and income-generating projects, Mandalay, Shan State

CARE (Australia)

 

 

 

 

 

No 8 Thukha Street, Myaynigone (North), Sanchaung Township, Rangoon

95 (1) 524 198

Fax 95 (1) 512 801

caremya@datserco.com.mm

Stig Olaf Engstrom

Health, AIDS, drug abuse, children

China Medical Board of NY

Grants for medical education

 

 

 

 

 

 

Institute of Community Health, Institute of Medicine Two, Institute of Medicine-Mandalay

Groupe de Recherche et d’ Echanges Technologiques (GRET)

21/A East Wireless Lane 2, Kaba Aye 9 Ward, Mayangon Township, Rangoon

95 (1) 661 091

Aung Khin

 

 

 

 

Hanns-Seidel Foundation

Works from Singapore

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Women, investment promotion

Myanmar Women Entrep-reneurs Association (MWEA), a GONGO

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

#7 Pyay Road, Kamayut Township, Rangoon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prison visits, training in international humanitarian law to regime officials, HIV/AIDs education in Shan State, exploring project in Karen State

JVC (Japanese)

 

Marie Stopes International (MSI)

Room (5), 144 Bogalay Zay Street, Botataung Township, Rangoon

95 (1) 296 228

Fax 95 (1) 512 473

Dr. Khin Tar Tar

 

 

 

Medicins du Monde (MdM)

18A Kokkine Avenue Road, Botataung Township, Rangoon

95 (1) 548 294

Fax 95 (1) 544 557

Valerie Perdessus

 

 

 

Medicins Sans Frontiere- Holland (MSF-Holland)

62-A Than Lwin Road, Bodiyeiktha, Bahan Township, Rangoon

95 (1) 530 679

Dr. Frank Smithus

 

 

Health, AIDS

Hlaing Thaya

OISCA International

#40/5 A Mya Sabai Street, Mayangone Township, Rangoon

95 (1) 667 173

Yasuaki Nagaishi

 

 

Partenaires

114 D 134th Street, Mingala Taung Nyunt Township, Rangoon

95 (1) 281 569

Frederic Pesenti

 

 

PACT

YMCA Building, Rangoon

95 (1) 294 128

U Tin Aung Swe

Population Services International (PSI)

36 Golden Hill Avenue (Shwe Tuang Gone) Bahan Township, Rangoon

95 (1) 514 473

Fax 95 (1) 527 668

Steven Honeyman

 

 

 

Health

Save the Children (SCF-UK)

62/2A Kan Yeik Tha Street, Mayangon, Rangoon

95 (1) 663 486

Fax 95 (1) 666 155

 

 

 

 

Training, street children, AIDS, education

MMWCA (a GONGO)

Save the Children (SCF-US)

YWCA Building, 119 Bogalay Zay Street, Rangoon

95 (1) 245 869

Fax 95 (1) 296 848

Daw Yin Yin Htway

 

 

Health, Yetegun natural gas pipeline area

UN Development Programme

P.O. Box 650, Yangon, Myanmar

No. 6, Natmauk Road, Yangon, Myanmar

95 (1) 542910-542919

Patrice Coeur-Bizot

 

 

 

 

UNICEF

132 University Avenue, Rangoon, Burma

unicef.yangon@unicef.org

Juan Aguilar

 

 

World Concern

24 A Aung Mingaung Avenue, Windermere, Kamayut Township, Rangoon

95 (1) 525 191

Fax 95 (1) 527 502

David Tegenfeldt

 

 

 

 

Kachin State

World Vision

 

 

 

16 Shinsaw Pu Road, Ahlone Township, Rangoon

95 (1) 525 191

Fax 95 (1) 527 502

David Chandler

 

Government organized Non Governmental Organizations (GONGOs)  in Burma


The following organizations are, with some exceptions primarily among those affiliated with religious groups, extensions of government agencies and frequently organized along military lines.  For more information on GONGO's in Burma, see Gustaaf Houtman's book on Mental Culture in Burmese Crisis Politics.


Myanmar Maternal and Child Welfare Association

Myanmar Medical Association

Myanmar Red Cross Society

Young Men's Buddhist Association

Myanmar Christian Health Workers Services Association

Myanmar Council of Churches

Myanmar Baptist Convention

Young Women's Christian Association

National Christian Leprosy Mission of Myanmar

Hindu Central Board

Zeenat Islam Boy's Home and Educational Society

Myanmar Anti-Narcotics Association (MANA)

Myanmar Nurses Association

Myanmar Women Entrepreneurs Association

The Salvation Army

Myanmar Young Crusaders Nation Reaching Nationals Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation

Forest Resource Environment Development and Conservation Association (FREDA)

Community-based Education Development Association

Myanmar Health Assistant Association

Kachin Baptist Convention

Pyi Gyi Khin Women's Development Cooperative Society

Hiking and Mountaineering League

May Chapman School for the Deaf

Myanmar Christian Fellowship to the Blind

Thirimay Women's Cooperative

Catholic Bishops Conference of Myanmar

Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)

Envipro

Women's Development Cooperative Society

Sandidaewi Health Care (Women) Cooperative Limited

Myanmar Dental Association

 

 

Articles about civil society in Burma

David Steinberg, A Void in Myanmar: Civil Society in Burma. This paper is one of four presented at the conference organised by the Trans National Institute and the Burma Centrum Nederland on December 4 and 5, 1997 in the Royal Tropical Institute in Amsterdam, 'Strengthening Civil Society in Burma. Possibilities and Dilemmas for International NGOs'.