Solar Power for Free Burma Rangers Training Center
Summary
This project provides power for the training center of the Free Burma Rangers, a relief organization that provides assistance to many ethnic groups in Burma that have been ravaged by the military.
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
All over eastern Burma (Myanmar), indigenous people are subject to attacks, forced labor, land mines, and displacement by the army of Burma’s military dictatorship. The Free Burma Rangers relief teams carry medical equipment into the jungle of Burma, and are trained to treat patients and document human rights abuses. They are equipped with food, first aid supplies, cameras, flashlights, radios, and toys for children. With 43 relief teams making many rounds, FBR reaches up to 172,000 people.
Activities
Green Empowerment and local partners will provide all solar power equipment , plus installation, operation, and maintenance training to staff of the Free Burma Rangers training center, and will assist in the installation of the system on site.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $90
Funding Information
This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.
Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $90 . The original project funding goal was $60,000.
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
Relief teams trained by Free Burma Rangers will provide medical relief and supplies to 172,000 internally displaced Burmese people in remote areas of the jungle. Medical assistance to the people reached is not supported by any government agency.
Project Message
If the world community os bold enough to help us, then things will change
- Burmese General from Karen State, Burmese General from Karen State
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Michel Maupoux
Program Manager
140 SW Yamhill St.
Portland, OR 97204
United States
503.284.5774
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Project Sponsor
Organization
Green Empowerment
140 SW Yahmill Street
Portland,
Oregon
97204
United States
503-284-5774
http://www.greenempowerment.org
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Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Myanmar
and can also be found under 
Health.
For more information about Myanmar, read the Human Development Report on Myanmar or the Wikipedia entry for Myanmar.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on June 23, 2008
Latest Update from the Field
Free Burma Ranger installation
By Michel Maupoux - Program manager, Green Empowerment, February 26, 2009 12:04 AM
BGET and partner SEPI provided the design and installation supervision, and trained the FBR technicians on how to install and operate the systems.
Details and photographs are provided in the included report.
Thanks to our generous donors for their support!
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