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Introduction: "Last
summer,
I
met
a
young
Chin
exile
who
came
back
from
Australia
to
Yangon.
He
said
he
returns
home
once
a
year
to
do
development
in
his
village
in
Tedim
Township
in
northern
Chin
State.
According
to
this
young
man,
although
he
experienced
challenges
in
Malaysia
as
an
exile
before
he
reached
the
safe
third
country,
he
has
now
graduated
in
Australia
and
got
a
good
job.
So
he
wants
to
help
his
native
villagers
for
their
livelihood
security.
Thus,
he
set
up
a
women
group
of
weavers
in
five
villages
nearby
his
village
to
resume
traditional
textile
weaving.
He
initiated
financial
support
to
buy
them
10
wooden
frame
looms
and
all
the
required
materials
for
weaving.
He
added
?We
Chin
people
exiles
today
are
now
escape
from
poverty
and
I
am
planning
to
do
development
program
in
my
region
to
end
the
poverty.”
He
continued,
?Currently,
vision
of
many
exile
Chin
people
today
is
supporting
any
kind
of
development
in
their
native
villages
individually
or
collectively.”
In
this
paper,
I
will
elaborate
Chin
people
today
should
keep
migrating
out
to
escape
from
the
multiple
hardships
in
their
native
land
so
that
not
only
for
their
better
life
but
also
they
are
able
to
support
the
remaining
family
by
remittance
and
do
development
in
their
region
as
well.".....Paper delivered at the International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies: Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges: University Academic Service Centre (UNISERV), Chiang Mai University, Thailand, 24-26 July 2015.
Source/publisher:
International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies: Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges: University Academic Service Centre (UNISERV), Chiang Mai University, Thailand, 24-26 July 2015
Date of Publication:
2015-07-26
Date of entry:
2015-08-27
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