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STUNG TRENG & KRATIE, CAMBODIA – Communities that relied on fishing in the Mekong River along the Cambodia-Laos border have seen their catches – and incomes – drop dramatically since work started on the Don Sahong hydropower dam in Laos. [1]

Thailand’s longstanding business-as-usual approach to local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) will soon be a thing of the past. [2]

Clean Yangon was launched in 2017 as a group of young volunteers determined to promote a clean city and reduce the impact of waste on the environment. [3]

RANGOON — Lower House Speaker Win Myint has appealed to parliamentarians to inform him of workshops, meetings and trainings beforehand in order to gain official approval for such events; the request applies to sessions to which MPs have been invited ... [4]

DHAKA — Bangladeshi police in Cox’s Bazar district stated in an internal report that local and international non-governmental organizations and UN agencies were discouraging Rohingya Muslim refugees from being repatriated to Myanmar. [5]

A recently published Bangladeshi government strategy paper would make it a crime to shelter Rohingya if they are not legally residing in the country, Kaladan Press reported on Wednesday. [6]

RANGOON—The American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) Myanmar is currently surveying business practices in order to give annual awards recognizing corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities by US companies in Burma. [7]

In the summer, Myanmar’s rural areas face water shortages almost every year. Government assistance and private donations help ease the strain, but they aren’t enough. [8]

Sources
[1] TH mekongeye.com · 2023-02-27 · 85% match

Cambodia’s fishing industry under threat as catches shrink

STUNG TRENG & KRATIE, CAMBODIA – Communities that relied on fishing in the Mekong River along the Cambodia-Laos border have seen their catches – and incomes – drop dramatically since work started on the Don Sahong hydropower dam in Laos.

[2] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2021-05-12 · 75% match

Examining the Implications of Thailand’s New Draft Law on NGOs

Thailand’s longstanding business-as-usual approach to local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) will soon be a thing of the past.

[3] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2023-12-28 · 75% match

People Helping People: Myanmar Volunteers Deliver Food, Medicine, Shelter to IDPs

Clean Yangon was launched in 2017 as a group of young volunteers determined to promote a clean city and reduce the impact of waste on the environment.

[4] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2016-07-26 · 75% match

MPs Asked to ‘Seek Approval’ for Civil Society Engagements

RANGOON — Lower House Speaker Win Myint has appealed to parliamentarians to inform him of workshops, meetings and trainings beforehand in order to gain official approval for such events; the request applies to sessions to which MPs have been invited

[5] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2018-09-14 · 75% match

Bangladesh Police Say NGOs Discourage Rohingya Repatriation

DHAKA — Bangladeshi police in Cox’s Bazar district stated in an internal report that local and international non-governmental organizations and UN agencies were discouraging Rohingya Muslim refugees from being repatriated to Myanmar.

[6] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2013-06-06 · 75% match

Bangladesh Strategy Paper Would Make Sheltering Rohingya a Crime

A recently published Bangladeshi government strategy paper would make it a crime to shelter Rohingya if they are not legally residing in the country, Kaladan Press reported on Wednesday.

[7] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2016-09-22 · 75% match

AmCham Urges US Companies to Practice CSR in Burma

RANGOON—The American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) Myanmar is currently surveying business practices in order to give annual awards recognizing corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities by US companies in Burma.

[8] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2018-03-22 · 75% match

NGO Helps Water-strapped Communities Help Themselves

In the summer, Myanmar’s rural areas face water shortages almost every year. Government assistance and private donations help ease the strain, but they aren’t enough.

[9] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2019-08-08 · 75% match

Hotels in Myanmar’s Capital Struggling to Survive

NAYPYITAW—Hotels in Myanmar’s administrative capital of Naypyitaw are struggling to survive, hoteliers told The Irrawaddy. Of 65 hotels in total, only 48 are currently operating, with most suffering annual losses, they say.

[10] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2025-02-20 · 75% match

Thailand Shuts Myanmar Migrant Aid Office After Junta Halts Worker Scheme

Thai authorities sealed off the office of the Aid Alliance Committee (AAC), an organization helping Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand’s Samut Sakhon, on Thursday morning.

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