Saturday 28 November 2009
I started my visit with Steve, my husband, in Chiang Mai. We met with Chana Maung and Sandra Visbal from Earthrights International (ERI) in Chiang Mai. Like many people we will meet this week, Chana is an old friend of RIJ as RIJ has been funding the ERI Alumni programme for some years. It was good to meet Sandra who is managing the alumni programme. This time we were unable to meet students because the next education cycle has not begun. We discussed the next round of alumni proposals to help decide which projects will be funded. This programme is a good use of small grants. It gives alumni the opportunity to put their studies into practice and learn how to build stronger communities. Looking at the reports from the last round of funding, there may be a possibility of meeting the alumni in Mae Hong Son and Mae Sot - this will be very valuable.
This programme can be viewed on the RIJ website (www.refugeesinternationaljapan.org) under 'project reports' - 'Support to Earthrights International Alumni Projects'
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
0 comments:
Post a Comment