ABOUT US - KDG KACHIN

ABOUT US

WHO ARE WE

Kachin Development Group (K.D.G) (aka) Jinghpaw Wunpawng Bawngring Hpung (JBH) is a community-based organization working in the community in cooperation, collaboration and coordination with the various local development and humanitarian agencies as well with international partner organizations. Our aim is to improve the lives of poor, underprivileged, and marginalized sections of the population in Kachin state and northern Shan State through community-based initiatives, so that they enjoy happy and healthy life.

Founding Year “October 2, 2005”

Kachin Youth Consultation Meeting
2 October 2005

How K.D.G was formed

The Kachin Development Group (KDG) is an outcome of a three-day “Kachin Youth Consultation Meeting”, held in Maija Yang [a Sino-Burma town in Kachin state, Myanmar] during (September 30 – October 2), 2005. The meeting was attended by active youth leaders from different Kachin youth organizations in the country. KDG was formally founded on October 2, 2005 with the consensus of all the participants of the meeting.

FOCUS AREAS OF WORK

Humanitarian Response
To protect the rights, promote dignity and improve welfare of IDPs are the main focus of our humanitarian response. KDG has been in the forefront of IDPs humanitarian crisis response since the armed conflict in Kachin and norther Shan state resumed in June, 2011 after a seventeen-year of fragile ceasefire between Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) and the then Myanmar government collapsed. Currently KDG’s humanitarian assistance programme reaches more than 50,000 population 16 IDP camps and host communities in the hard-to-reach areas with in KIO controlled area where the presence of national and international humanitarian agencies is hardly seen. All the humanitarian assistance programmes are designed to address the immediate needs of IDPs, and capacity building activities meant to promote self-resilience and bridge to early recovery stage for the future return and resettlement plan.

Community Development
From voluntarism to professionalism and “change from within” are the bottom lines of all the programmes designed by KDG. With the aim to addressing the immediate needs and striving for sustainable development of the community KDG does not merely focus on particular proficiency but to ensure not to sideline the poor, marginalized and dis-advantaged section of the society. The followings are the current development programmes of KDG.

Our work

OUR VISION

“Happy, Healthy, and Free Society”

OUR MISSION

The world around us is plenty of scopes and opportunities to make ourselves to develop the community in a more sustainable way. In spite of all these, there still exists poverty, deprivation of rights and opportunities, and marginalization in the community as well as in the country which are posing as the greatest hindrances to society for moving toward building together a happy, healthy and free society. Bearing in mind of these odds and with careful optimism KDG is committed here to serve and facilitate the communities through grassroot development initiatives – the participatory initiatives of the community members by themselves that in the long run will lead the community as well as the whole population of the country, and the entire human race to a “HAPPY, HEALTHY AND FREE SOCIETY”.

WHAT WE BELIEVE

Towards building “happy, healthy, and free society” is possible only by bringing changes through grassroots care initiatives –the initiatives for development for community – which is a way to human freedom. Change from bottom up is the only sustaining change that we all value.

MOTTO

“Change from within”

GOAL

That poor, underprivileged, and marginalized section of the populations in Kachin state and northern Shan state in Myanmar enjoy happy, healthy life through community initiatives.

LOGO

Meanings

Ladder (Lakang) – Sustainable Development (Hkrung grin ai bawngring lam)
Square (Jut 4) – Comprehensiveness (Shimlum ai hte jahproi jahpra lam)
Yellow (Htoi ai nsam) – Virtue (Ningja)
Blue (Maw ai nsam) – Peace (Simsa Lam)
White (Hpraw ai nsam) – Truthfulness (Tengman rap ra lam)

Organizational Governance Structure

Advisory Board Members

Current Advisory Board has five persons that has been formed with the consultation and recommendation of the founding members of the organization. The following are our current honourable advisory board members.

LAMA LA RIP

Executive Director

MINZAI DAU LUM

Present Board Chair Person

LAHKANG MAYLI AWNG

Member

LAHPAI SENG RAW

Member

HPAKAWN SENG LI

Member

LAHTAW NANG AWN

Member