The Best Friend Library Mae Sot (Thailand)
The Best Friend Library – Mae Sot is a library and information center operated completely through the efforts of volunteers and donations from supporters. It is a hotspot for Burmese migrants, refugees and interested people from all over the world who come here to learn more about the situation of Burmese migrants and Burma. more >>
The Best Friend Library Chiang Mai (Thailand)
The Best Friend Library – Chiang Mai is a non-profit library and information center operated completely through the efforts of volunteers and donations from supporters. more >>
The Best Friend Library Nupo (Thailand)
The first The Best Friend library inside a refugee camp. This library is run by U Lin, a 61 year old Burmese refugee who earned his ‘stripes’ in the pro-democracy movement and was an important player in the organization of the 2007 Saffron Revolution and other activities in Burma. more >>
The Best Friend Library Thaphyay Aye Village (Burma)
We are currently fundraising to build a new The Best Friend library inside Burma in Ashin Sopakas’ birth Village Thaphyay Aye. more >>
Burma Voices
For decades, the people of Burma have been silenced by a brutal regime that cracks down every peaceful opposition with brutal force. The Burmese people can and want to speak out though, and recent technology has enabled them to do so better. more >>
Rubbish Dump of Mae Sot
Along the Thai-Burma border the rubbish dump of Mae Sot, Thailand has become a refuge for many migrant families from Burma. Houses, constructed from bamboo and plastic materials currently exist at the rubbish dump. The Best Friend offers monthly rice donations, health care and has started a relocation project. more >>
Peace Campaign
The Best Friend Project’s Peace Campaign commenced in 2006 with a 29-day peace march from Cologne to Berlin led by Ashin Sopaka. Since then it has evolved into much more: from The Best Friend’s home in Mae Sot, the campaign also involves the distribution of ‘peace dove’ clocks, flags, and t-shirts to schools and businesses, and the spreading of more than 30,000 ‘peace stickers’.more >>
