We invited everybody to join us on 22 October and see the place at Nanti monastery where we will build the new Vimutti Sukha pagoda with dhamma meditation center. Vimuttu Sukha means “bliss of liberation”.

Burma’s 2010 election to be held this November is political theater designed to legitimize the military regime that has violently held power in Burma since 1962. “This is NOT Democracy” examines the true reasons and historical context for the current election

There was an unexpected complication at last night’s event at The Best Friend Library in Chiang Mai — so many people turned up for the “No Easy Road” Book Launch that not everyone could fit inside!

Two weeks ago women from Germany started knitting Teddies for the children living on the rubbish dump of Mae Sot. To provide a Teddy for every child we need your knitting help.

The Best Friend has always been involved in education. In Burma, its members taught languages and other courses. Since we started operating from Thailand in 2008, this has continued. We now provide free education from our library in Mae Sot and we run schools in the surrounding area.