Final Report Hway Ka Loke

HWAY KA LOKE BOARDING SCHOOL SKILLS, CAPACITY, AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT FOR AN ETHNIC COMMUNITY FROM MYANMAR Ting He Jade Luo Kazuhisa Motoyama Varistha Nakornthap Huda Wajih 1 HWAY KA LOKE BOARDING SCHOOL TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ..................................................................................................................... 3 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................ 7 THE CLIENT .......................................................................................................................................... 7 Hway Ka Loke Boarding School............................................................................................................................. 7 BACKGROUND .................................................................................................................................. 9 Overall Migrant and Refugee Situation in Thailand ........................................................................................ 9 Education for Migrant Children in Thailand .......................................................................................................10 Myanmar Political Reforms .....................................................................................................................................11 The Karen Ethnic Minority in Burma and Thailand ..........................................................................................12 OBJECTIVES ....................................................................................................................................... 14 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ......................................................................................................... 15 Phase 1: Desk Review and Preparation for Field Research ..........................................................................15 Phase 2: Field Research and Needs Assessment ...............................................................................................15 Phase 3: Problem Definition and Hypothesis .....................................................................................................17 Phase 4: Field Research and Capacity Assessment ..........................................................................................17 Phase 5: Analysis and Recommendations ...........................................................................................................18 Interviews and Focus Groups .................................................................................................................................18 Risks and Challenges with Interviews and Focus Groups ................................................................................ 19 JANUARY TRIP: NEEDS ASSESSMENT ....................................................................................... 21 Stakeholder Engagement ........................................................................................................................................21 Preliminary Findings from the Need Assessment ............................................................................................22 MARCH TRIP: INTERVENTION AND CAPACITY ASSESSMENT ............................................ 25 Intervention: Storytelling Workshop ...................................................................................................................25 Intervention: Marketing Workshop ......................................................................................................................26 FINDINGS .......................................................................................................................................... 27 Internal: School level .................................................................................................................................................27 1. Administrator of HKL Boarding school ........................................................................................................... 27 2. Teachers at HKL Boarding school ...................................................................................................................... 27 3. Students at HKL Boarding school....................................................................................................................... 28 External: Community Level ......................................................................................................................................29 1. Capacity and Strengths of Different Players in Mae Sot ....................................................................... 29 2. Management and Sustainability: Mae Tao Clinic and Suwannamit Foundation ..................... 29 3. Teaching and Quality of Education ................................................................................................................... 30 4. Cultivating Student Potential and Capacity .................................................................................................. 30 5. Potential for Local Mentorships and Coaching ........................................................................................... 31 6. Other Players in the Community: Parents ..................................................................................................... 31 External: National/ International Level ...............................................................................................................32 1. International Donors for Migrant Schools .................................................................................................... 32 2 HWAY KA LOKE BOARDING SCHOOL 2. Legal Constraints ........................................................................................................................................................ 32 External Outreach and Recruitment: ....................................................................................................................34 Internal Management: Reallocation of Tasks and Expanding Capacity ..................................................36 Fundraising strategy: Reshaping the Narrative ...............................................................................................37 Long term solutions in locally-based mentorships...........................................................................................38 CONCLUSION ................................................................................................................................... 39 Applications for other Migrant Learning Centers.............................................................................................39 REFERENCES ....................................................................................................................................... 40 APPENDIX .......................................................................................................................................... 42 Appendix A. Cover Letter template ......................................................................................................................42 Appendix B: List of Potential Donors ...................................................................................................................43 Appendix C: Introduction of Stakeholders .........................................................................................................44 Appendix D: Stakeholder Analysis (Part 1) ........................................................................................................45 Appendix D: Stakeholder Analysis (Part 2) ........................................................................................................57 Appendix E: Problem Tree .......................................................................................................................................58 Appendix F: Leadership Workshop Guide .........................................................................................................59 Appendix G: Marketing Workshop Guide .........................................................................................................64 Appendix H : Interview and Focus Group Guides ...........................................................................................66 3 HWAY KA LOKE BOARDING SCHOOL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We would like to thank Hway Ka Loke and the headmaster S’Aung Zaw Min, known to us as Jim, for introducing us to various stakeholders in Mae Sot, Thailand, and for supporting us throughout our research and findings. We also would like to thank local NGOs, schools and community for providing us with any information that we requested. We would like to show our gratitude to faculty advisor, Fumiko Sasaki for sharing her pearls of wisdom with us during the course of this research. We are immensely grateful to her continued support, and her comments on earlier versions of the report. Lastly, we thank Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) for providing us with the opportunity to conduct this research. We especially thank Eugenia McGill and Ilona Vinklerova for providing insight, expertise and logistical support that greatly assisted our research. 4 HWAY KA LOKE BOARDING SCHOOL ACRONYMS AIESEC Association internationale des étudiants en sciences économiques et commerciales BMTA Burmese MiGrant’s Teacher Association CDC Children’s Development Center CTDCEP

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