Burma (Myanmar)

Clear View Project in Burma

Taking over the Buddhist Peace Fellowship’s Burma Project, Clear View Project has worked in Burma for many years, supporting political reforms and community development. We have built strong connections with western Buddhist centers, Burmese communities in exile here in the U.S., and Burma activist organizations.

Clear View Project has supported Burmese people politically and materially in many ways, particularly leading up to and following Burma’s Saffron Revolution in 2007. We have continued to work in Burma since the country’s major political and economic reforms began in 2011.

Clear View Project is also active in the Rohingya refugee crisis. We are working to support refugees and supporting the peace and reconciliation process in Burma.

A selection of our essays about Burma:

• “Sea of Suffering: The Rohingya and the Conundrum of Buddhist Terror,” essay on ethnic conflict in Myanmar and factors contributing to the Rohingya refugee crisis (August 2018)
• “Letter to the Myanmar State Sangha,” petition to the Myanmar State Sangha, urging them to intervene in the Rohingya refugee crisis, organized by Clear View Project/Buddhist Humanitarian Project (September 2017)
• “The Last of the Saffron Monks,” profile by Susie Poppick about the exile leaders of the Saffron Revolution (January 2011)
• “Aung San Suu Kyi is free — but what happens now?,” essay on what Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s freedom means for Burma (November 2010)
• “A Letter To President Obama & Secretary Clinton On Burma’s Election,” a statement from Western Buddhist leaders on the 2010 Burmese elections (November 2010)
• “Foundation for the People of Burma Staff Training,” report from on training in Bago, Burma, focused on team-building, diversity, and communication (January 2009)
• “Leading Saffron Revolution monk’s memoir,” article by U Pyinya Zawta on the Saffron Revolution and the history of monastic involvement in Burmese politics (January 2009)
• “Burma Comments — 20 years after the 8-8-88 Uprisings,” address given on the 20th anniversary of Burma’s 8888 Uprising (August 2008)
• “Grace Under Pressure — The Plight of Burma’s Monks,” essay on the Saffron Revolution, with interviews from monastic refugees in Mae Sot, Thailand (April 2008)
• “The Roots of the Saffron Revolution,” short essay on the origins of the Saffron Revolution (October 2007)