The Phan Foundation is proud to announce that the 2013 Padoh Mahn Sha Young Leader Award goes to Naw K’Nyaw Paw Nimrod, a women’s rights activist from the Karen Women’’s Organisation (KWO). In memory of Padoh Mahn Sha Lah Phan, every year, the Phan Foundation recognises an … [Read more...] about Naw K’Nyaw Paw Nimrod- Winner of Padoh Mahn Sha Young Leader Award 2013
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Call for Nominations – 2013 Padoh Mahn Sha Young Leader Award
Nominations for the 2013 Padoh Mahn Sha Young Leader Award are now open. It is the sixth year the Phan Foundation has made the award. Every year, this award is granted to a young Karen person who has shown outstanding leadership in achieving the goals of the Foundation in … [Read more...] about Call for Nominations – 2013 Padoh Mahn Sha Young Leader Award
2012 Padoh Mahn Sha Young Leader Award Goes To Nant Thandar Aung
The Phan Foundation is pleased to announce that the 2012 Padoh Mahn Sha Young Leader Award has been awarded to a Rangoon-based community worker, Nant Thandar Aung for her outstanding leadership and dedication in community development and the promotion of human rights. This is … [Read more...] about 2012 Padoh Mahn Sha Young Leader Award Goes To Nant Thandar Aung
Little Daughter – A memoir of survival in Burma and the west – The Autobiography of Zoya Phan
Media Release From Simon and Schuster ‘My father marked the day of my birth with a traditional animist ceremony … He buried my umbilical cord under an ancient giant of a tree, and then he prayed for his Little Daughter. He prayed to the tree spirit on the mountaintop, because … [Read more...] about Little Daughter – A memoir of survival in Burma and the west – The Autobiography of Zoya Phan
Tribute to Padoh Mahn Sha Lah Phan on the First Anniversary of his Assassination
A year ago today our father was killed by agents of the military regime in Burma. He was killed because of his belief in freedom and democracy for our people. He dreamed of a land of peace, without poverty, where people of different cultures were accepted as different, but … [Read more...] about Tribute to Padoh Mahn Sha Lah Phan on the First Anniversary of his Assassination