Refugee-led camp management
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Karenni Refugee Camp Management
The Border Consortium (TBC)
Myanmar faces one of the worst displacement crises in the world. Act for Peace’s ‘Lead from Within’ program places refugees at the centre of decision-making in camps along the Thai-Myanmar border, helping empower them to rebuild and lead their lives.
Refugees at the centre of decision-making in camps
In Myanmar, more than three million people have been forced to flee their homes. Many of them have been displaced for decades. With no reliable access to education, food, or employment, people who are displaced become largely dependent on aid for survival.
‘Lead from Within’ provides refugees with a dignified pathway to build their leadership skills and autonomy over the decisions that impact their lives. The program focuses on supporting refugee-elected camp committees.
TBC provides training, decision-making and leadership within the camps, as well as advocacy on local integration. The camp committee is a professional body of refugees that allows for self-governance, making decisions about what aid is needed and how it is distributed.
Thanks to our supporters, Act for Peace invests in local organisations and join forces to help build positive change – driven by the community, for the community. Act for Peace is committed to backing TBC to work alongside refugee communities and address displacement together.
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“The work could not happen without the partnerships. Act for Peace has been a very supportive partner over the years. As a partner, Act for Peace is a good listener… they are a partner that is very responsive and have done their best in keeping up with the shifting needs of the refugee communities…”
~ Timothy Moore, Thailand Programme Director, TBC
The Border Consortium
The Border Consortium (TBC) has been working with refugees fleeing the conflict in Myanmar since 1984. TBC is the main provider of food, shelter and other forms of support to approximately 87,000 refugees from Myanmar living in nine camps in western Thailand. It also supports recovery and community-driven development in conflict-affected areas in southeast Myanmar.
Act for Peace has been a member of The Border Consortium for 40 years and is involved in strategy, governance, fundraising and advocacy.
Act for Peace gratefully acknowledges the support of the Australian Government through the Australian NGO Cooperation Program (ANCP).
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