Winter 2012 Student Exposure Trip to Thai-Burma Border
Date of Trip: January 2, 2012 – January 12, 2012
WHY GO TO THE THAILAND-BURMA BORDER?
Have you been hearing/reading/thinking about Burma but want to go and
see for yourself what is happening? Every year US Campaign for Burma
brings a group of young activists to the Thai-Burma border to help them
build a stronger personal relationship with the struggle for freedom and
human rights in Burma. Those who participate will visit Dr. Cynthia’s
well-regarded Mae Tao Clinic, refugee camps, as well as meet a variety
of individuals who risk their lives to help their country.
If you have been interested or involved in Burma’s epic freedom
struggle, this trip will provide you with the knowledge and legitimacy
beneficial to elevating your efforts to help the people of Burma at an
effective level. You will leave Thailand with unique knowledge and
experience of the crisis and ways to assist the people of Burma. This is
more than just an exposure tour where you learn about what is
happening; by the end of this trip, you are expected to take the
knowledge and be a strong leader in pushing for Burma action in your
local area.
HOW DOES THIS TRIP WORK?
The group (consisting of 8-10 people) will meet up in Bangkok, Thailand
and then travel to other key sites on the Thai-Burma border for 10 days.
An experienced USCB staff member will lead the trip.
CAN I APPLY?
In order to apply to participate in this trip, you must be in good
medical condition and be able to pay for the costs of your own travel
and trip coordination. The cost will be between $1400-1500 for the
10-day trip, but will vary for each individual participant. All trip
participants must arrange their own roundtrip travel to Bangkok,
Thailand on January 2nd.
Trip itineraries will remain confidential because of the sensitive
nature of the organizations’ work. While every precaution will be taken
by the trip coordinator to ensure complete safety of the group, all
trip participants will need to sign a waiver in order to participate.
Applications are due on October 31, 2011 . If interested, please
contact Thelma Young at thelma@uscampaignforburma.org. Download the
application by clicking here.
For more information, please go to: http://uscampaignforburma.org/winter-2012-student-exposure-trip-to-thai-burma-border
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