Faced with decades of political unrest and civil wars, the different political thoughts between the Myanmar diverse ethnic groups have caused the disruption to the millions of lives, for more than half a generation. With the changes in the recent years to the political tides, many of these ethnic groups are slowly building hopes for a more stable future, especially for their next generation. It is in this context that The Learning Village with the Teewado community was conceived.

Through the community engagement design process in the ‘Building the Teewado Primary School’ Project, it was made aware that the school building is just a shell without proper access to a good learning system. As such, a more wholistic support was developed for the Teewado community, with the completed school as the common ground. The strategy was to provide skillsets training for the local youths, teacher’s training programs, sustainable farming systems and scholarship opportunities for the current students, in collaboration with different expertise around within the ASEAN region.

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