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CHRO to provide vocational training for IDPs

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20 November 2020 – The Chin Human Rights Organization is in full preparation for starting vocational training courses for internally displaced persons in Sami, Paletwa Township. The three-month courses will include sewing, masonry, carpentry, knitting and embroidering, motorbike and boat repair, and vehicle driving, with some training providers from Matupi Township. Continue Reading
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Change

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11 November 2020 By #YAW I was somebody when you hold me tight.The music inside my heartmade the whole world stopwhile looking at you who was staring at me. Then you needed a space of your own.All the red roses lying on the floor are dying and yet you don’t careNow, I am nobody for […]Continue Reading
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Reclaim Your Rights with All Your Might

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Salai Za Uk Ling16 November 2020 As a sea of cloud blankets the hills below,And the morning ray touches the darkest shadow,A sparkling silver engulfs the cloud above;Bringing light in the darkest hourLike everything has a silver-liningEvery moment has its own shining; As noises of boot steps disturb the soundAwakens cries from the ancient groundAncestral […]Continue Reading
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Cries of Paletwa

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(Photo: CHRO) C. Van Lian Tu15 November 2020 Children cry in fear when they hear the noise;In their ears is the echo of bombing and shooting.Frightened as if being threatened by lightning,They flinch and run for refuge, girls and boys. Villages become battlefield and hence civilians victims;They flee empty-handed amidst black fumes and flames.With the […]Continue Reading
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Tears of Paletwa

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(Photo: CHRO) C. Van Lian Tu14 November 2020 Thousands flee their homes and familiesAway from loved ones and communities;Mothers carry babies piggyback across hillsWhile the elderly puff and pant as they trail. Ah, they run away not from floods or famine;This time, neither Tatmadaw nor COVID-19,But from cruel and inhumane acts of Double A,Unwelcome strangers […]Continue Reading