While wide smiles and firm handshakes between presidents forecast an optimistic future for the Burmese economy, President Thein Sein’s recent visit to the White House isn’t enough of an affirmation for migrants and refugees from Burma who hope to one day repatriate back to their home country. CityNews’s Anna Brooks explains why… [more]

As many of you know, the staff and volunteers of The Best Friend Library in Chiang Mai have worked incredibly hard over the past four years to sustain our programs with small donations and the slight profits received from selling our fundraising items. We are now ready to launch our first-ever, large-scale fundraising campaign, and we need your help to make it a success! [more]

It has been just over one week since we first shared the situation of Khong Naitun (Ko Naing Tun), the migrant worker from Burma who lost both of his arms after a horrifying electrical accident at his worksite in Chiang Mai, Thailand, earlier this year. Today, The Best Friend is very pleased to announce that we have now collected the total amount required for Khong Naitun’s two new prosthetic arms! [more]

The Best Friend will be holding a very special gala charity dinner and dance on Saturday 1 June at The Imperial Mae Ping Hotel in Chiang Mai, Thailand. ‘Burma in the Spotlight‘ will feature an expansive Burmese buffet dinner, live music and dancing, cultural performances, presentations, a remarkable keynote speaker, a handicrafts exhibition, a silent auction of some amazing paintings by Burmese artists, door prizes, and a great deal more. [more]