NGOs in the Golden Land

of Myanmar

one-stop resource website for development

workers and organizations operating within
Myanmar.

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History
 Late 2005 – Early 2006
 YAMS
 Four people who had experiences working with NGOs and UN in Myanmar
conceptualize this idea of resource website. YAMS is the first initials of those
four persons.
 Early 2006 – September 2006
 NGOs in the Golden Land website was hosted on a free server.
http://www.freewebs.com/ngoingoldenland/index.htm
 November 2006
 NGOs in the Golden Land website was moved to googlepages.
http://ngoingoldenland.googlepages.com/
 Volunteer recruitments started.
 December 2006
 Domain name www.NGOinMyanmar.org was selected and purchased.
 January 2007
 Launching of www.NGOinMyanmar.org on the 4th of January 2007.
 February 2007
 All the website contents have been integrated on a new professional web server.

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The Organizing Team

Sr. Name Location

1 Khin Khin Soe Myanmar
2 Myoe Myint USA
3 Nang Cho Sandar Htun USA
4 Phyo Win Latt Thailand
5 Sithu Wai Europe
6 Soe Moe Kyaw Myanmar
7 Theingi Aye Singapore
8 Thinzar Tun Myanmar
9 Ye Mon Myint USA
10 Yu Yu Aung Australia
11 Zaw Lynn Dwe Myanmar

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Objectives

1. To promote the participation of non-profit organizations

in social development of Myanmar.

3. To accelerate career and professional development of

young people who are currently working or interested
to work in social organizations.

5. To strengthen a network of development professionals

who are interested in Myanmar.

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Activities for Objective 1

 To promote the participation of non-profit organizations in social

development of Myanmar.
 Activities:
 Providing up-to-date comprehensive social organizational
directory service
 Providing web space for social organizations operating within
Myanmar
 Providing email service for those organizations (??)

 Providing information on

 Geographical & program coverage of organizations

 Funding opportunities mainly for organizations in Myanmar

 Useful resources for NGO management and development

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Activities for Objective 2

 To accelerate career and professional development of young people

who are currently working or interested to work in social
organizations.
 Activities:
 Providing information on:
 Job vacancies (local, regional, international)

 Scholarships

 Degree/non-degree programs

 Self-learning courses

 Internships, and

 Volunteers opportunities

 Linking up youth and organizations that are willing to take interns

 Provide professional advice through MDCF network

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Activities for Objective 3

 To strengthen a network of development professionals who are

interested in Myanmar.
 Activities
 Hosting Myanmar Development Community Forum (MDCF) for
sharing information, and ideas on the issues related to social
development of Myanmar.
 Updating an inventory of development professionals who are
interested in Myanmar

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Percent Distribution of Website Visitors
(by Country)
17%

6% Myanmar
48% USA
7% Germany
Thailand
China
9%
Others

13%

Total hits: > 6600 (as of 1/03/2007) Avg. Daily hits: 55

Avg. Monthly hits: 1650 Avg. Daily hits (February): 113

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Funding

 NGOs in the Golden Land of Myanmar is

 totally voluntary and member supported initiative

 not affiliated with any organization

 Organizing team members and advisers contribute their

 Time

 Technical advice

 Ideas

 Financial

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How you can help?

 We would like to request you

 To share this information to your staff who might
benefit from the contents.
 To participate in MDCF

 To update us your addresses, projects’

geographical and sector coverage.
 To update us with job vacancies from your
organization.
 To contact us if you are interested to receive
interns.
 To link us up with organizations that might want to
have a website.
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Acknowledgement

 Dr. Cynthie Tin Oo for making this briefing to iNGO meeting

participants.
 All the
 Initiators

 Supporters

 Advisers

 Sympathetic bystanders

 Organizing Team Members

 CBI
 Ko Zwe Thar Win and Webwise Workz for giving us website
space and providing IT assistance.

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“Let’s make the Golden Land a better place”

Visit: www.NGOinMyanmar.org
Share your wisdom at: MDCF

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