Mystery of Mra

Disruptions to Fishers' and Farmers' Livelihoods by Shwe Gas Project The Onshore Gas Terminal located in Prine Sate Kay village, Kyauk Phyu Township “We don’t want projects that will make our future disappear,” said a villager in Made Island. People in Kyauk Phyu township have long been suffering the impacts of Shwe Gas pipeline project since it was started in 2009. The livelihoods of fishers and farmers have been disrupted by Shwe Gas Project since farmers have faced land confiscation for the construction of pipelines and fishers have lost their fishing grounds and fishing nets resulting in decreased income leading to others social impacts such as children drooping out of the school and migration to others places to find for jobs. Farmers faced land grabbing from the government when the pipelines were constructed and some farmlands were destroyed by chemical and others kinds of waste from the pipeline construction. In consequence, people lost their farmlands which ...

 Who Creates Climate Change and Who Suffers?   When I was 19 in 2015, I experienced the most serious flood of my life in Mrauk U which is my hometown. The water level was increasing immediately and the flow of water was too strong, if you passed it, you can be floated with the water flow even if you can swim. Me and my sister were sent to neighbor's house from the highland area. My mom and dad were being busy with keeping the household accessories in the place where they thought the flood could not reach. There were a few boats in the flooded main road in front of our house. Here was the question that came up in my mind after flooding. What made this flood happened? At the age of 19 who was in the second year of University, I could not really figure out the answers for the question. However, I come to know gradually that flooding is that the problem that me, my family and my community has been facing. It is obviously a worldwide problem. There are some ...