Camp Community Workers: $30
 Unlike the majority of refugee camps in other parts of the world, the camps along the Thailand-Burma border are largely run by the refugees themselves, through Camp Committees that handle the administrative responsibilities for the camps. These Community Workers ensure the camps are run smoothly, handling day-to-day activities and working closely with local authorities, non-governmental organisations, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and the refugees in the camps. They have to deal with a wide range of issues that includes the distribution of supplies, health, education, camp affairs, security, transportation, justice and other matters.
 Camp Committees recruit these Community Workers from their communities to assist with administration, food storage and food distribution. Stipends are paid to members of the Camp Committees and the individuals who volunteer to assist. Community participation and leadership is an integral part of TBBC’s philosophy. Working with refugee organisations such as the Karen, Karenni and Shan Refugee Committees, TBBC builds and strengthens the capacity to manage their own affairs in the communities they serve.
TBBC aims to support Refugee Community Workers to administer the camps in which they live. You can help support one Community Worker with an annual gift of $30.
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Support to Thai Villages: $2,000
TBBC provides assistance toThai villages in the vicinity of refugee camps in recognition of the fact that that they are also often poor communities which do not have access to any other assistance and which may feel neglected when support is given to refugees in their neighborhood. Refugee Camps are situated in border provinces and are mainly located in very remote, rural or forested areas. The majority of villagers are subsistence farmers or engaged in small scale agricultural enterprises. In most cases, the villagers are of the same ethnic group as the refugees in the adjacent camp.
TBBC’s current policy aims to focus local support (approximately 90%) on villages less than 30 kilometers from the refugee camps. Examples include providing educational supplies to schools, supporting development projects, distributing blankets in the cold season and assisting on a number of occasions with flood relief. The exception to this will be in the event of an emergency in which TBBC would administer assistance to any area within the relevant province.
In addition to this TBBC has regularly assisted with the cost of repairing the roads near refugee camps, which are also access roads for local Thai villages.
You can support one of these Thai villages for an annual gift of $2,000.
Read more about Thailand Burma Border Consortium’s Assistance to Thai communities.
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Sangklaburi Safe House: $600
 Thirteen years ago, TBBC sought a solution to problems faced by sick and mentally ill people from Burma who were being deported to the border by the Royal Thai Government. The Sangklaburi Safe House was established to provide temporary care for these individuals until they were well enough to return to Burma to be reunited with their families.
Today, the Safe House continues to address the needs of the sick and the mentally ill. Many cannot leave because they are not well enough to care for themselves, while some no longer know where they came from in Burma. Still others are stateless, and therefore have no country of citizenship to which they can legally return. The Safe House now also provides care for individuals facing other problems, including work-related exploitation and abuse.
 A safe haven is essential for deportees and others who are struggling with illnesses and situations that threaten their wellbeing. Your annual gift of $600 will support the cost of care for one resident for a year, furthering TBBC’s efforts to give ongoing care to those who cannot care for themselves, while ensuring a place where those who need it can access the temporary additional support offered by the Sangklaburi Safe House. 
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Mon National Education Committee aims to provide education to ethnic Mon children in their mother tongue through both Mon national and government-run schools throughout Mon State. MNEC supports over 800 teachers in 180 schools with a monthly salary to ensure the continuation of the Mon language and free education in Mon national schools. 