Karen Student Networks group was founded in 1996 at the 6 of July. After a few years our Karen Student Network Group flag had setup. Our flag was setup in 1999 at the 29 of December.

The color of our KSNG flag was sky blue , and it include with the face of Karen cultural drum, and around the face of the drum there were nine stars around that, and also the Karen national flag including in that. The Karen national flag should be four by one of our Karen student network group flag wide and high was three by one.

The Karen national flag was located at the top of the KSNG flag in the corner of the left side. The drum and the nine stars were located in the middle of the flag. On the flag of Karen student network group every picture or signs are had meaning, sky blue is the color of the sky so it means our students should be in the highest places, the face of the drumwas the sign of our Karen nation sign, and the nine stars means the students. Number nine is the biggest number in the world.

We hteekawkee student network group was foundedin 1996 at mission high school. The founder was saw law pla min, and heselected a group of people as the executive committee who manages the daily affairs and maintains its functionality.

The first leader of Htee Kaw Kee wereSaw Gay Nay Htoo and saw SharPla Min. This is the first network group among the KSNGsothe KNU leader did not know this organization, its objective, andits activity. At first most of the leader of KNUdid not allow with us to foundHtee Kaw Kee student network group, because they worried thatthere would be following-up problems for them.

At that time the executive committee had to meet with the local leader and to report every of our activities, aims and objectives. In this way, they got clear what we were doing and they started to encourage and facilitate our work. After Saw Gay Nay Htoo and saw SharPla Min,Thara mu Paw LahSoe was promoted as the new leader.At that same time there were a lot of conflicts surrounding DKBAand SPDC. They came to our area and persecuted us.So we were afraid of that very much and then we had to leave our area and to move to other places. Werun very toughlyin the jungle for many monthsand in theend we took refuge at Noh Poe camp.

When we fled around like this, the daily functioning of our organization was stopped for a few months. The first time we were relocated innoh Poe camp TharaSher Nay Taw controlled it and after one year they organized an election in Noh Poe camp so the new leader of hteekawkeecould start to manage this organization again.

In 1998 hteekawkee congress majority election was held and the person who won the election was saw Ra Ah. Therefore Saw Ra Ah took the hold ofhteekawkee student network group from 1998 to 1999. After thara Saw Ra Ah, saw Eh Tha Yu and NawPwoPwowere in office from 1999 to 2002


2002-2003
Saw Eh Tha Yu
Naw Chi Mu Paw

2004-2004
Saw HtooKler
Saw Htoo Lay

Karen student activate group was founded in December1996 at the first assembly of Karen student network group in mea la camp.

The aim and objective of this activate group was to unite the students graduated from high school in camps and Karen state.The group works as a platform where ideally all Karen students could communicate with each other. . This kind of networkalso makes it possible for every student, especially those living abroad, to contribute to Karen community.

Those students who are not KSNG members and graduated from high school before the foundation of KSNG could also become members of Karen Student Activate Group. This grouphasbeen officially registeredunderour network group.

The structure of the Karen Student Activate Group

(1) Group leader

(2) Secretary

(3) Joint secretary

1996-1997

(1)Group leader –Saw Kaw Htoo

(2)Secretary –Naw Eh Ler Min Min

1997-1998

(1) Group leader – Saw Moe Aung( toe bee bai)

(2) secretary- Naw Eh Ler Min Min

1998-2003

(1)Group leader-Saw kwai Say ( K' Po Tar Tee)

(2) Secretary – Naw Eh Ler Min Min

(3) Joint secretary- Saw Rocky Ku

2004-2005

(1)Group leader- Saw Poe Eh ( Bee Bu Nyo Dah )

(2)Secretary – NawLahjone Paw Win Rose

Student activate group does not have a strict structure as other network groups because committee members are usually not working in the same office. However, there is an annual election which is necessary.

Group activity

As we area network group under the main group of Karen student network group, weare responsible to support them through suggestions, fundraising, cooperation and donation

And also we try to search for the higher education opportunity for our Karen students who havefinished their high school among local community, training workshop and other training for developing our organization.
Our activate group also gives advice to the executive committee of KSNG. What’s more, we visit and encourage the studentsin every camp, in Karen state and other places. We inform them every of our activity and the information from KSNG, and if they are interested they can joinus every time. We welcome everyone who are interested in joining us, without limitation of age. Our activate group also has annual meeting every year for evaluating our activitiesand draftingour new work plan for the coming year

A group of students from the University of Hong Kong visited KSNG MaeSot office several days ago. They came here both with the curiosity to know more about Karen and the wish to help.

1. To seek out local educational opportunities for Karen students.

We sell KSNG T-shirt, traditional Karen cloths, bag and organize art exhibitions, party and performances to raise funds by charging the tickets. However, that is far from sufficient for our daily operation. Therefore, your donations make a large and immediate impact on our ability to achieve our objectives of uniting and empowering Karen youths.

We welcome volunteers from any background to work with us for a certain period of time. You can go to refugee camps and IDPs areas with our staff to teach.

In April 2004 KSNG started a new activity called “Theatre for Social Change”. In a creative way, we incorporate social and political issues in dramas and reach out to different people in Karen community. Each play is followed by a discussion session where people can talk about the subjects being presented. In this way, not only are people entertained, but also their critical thinking developed.

KSNG has supported Internally Displaced students for a couple of years and support internally displaced School in Mutraw and Dooplaya a district. We distribute stationaries which are collected from KSNG’s working groups in the camps. These students often have to escape their lives from the government military’s brutal torture. Furthermore, they have no stable shelters as they are forced to move from place to place. It is our hope that those underprivileged children would be able to read and write with our help.

Since 1995, KSNG has been trying to set up a community media program in order to empower the grassroots people to have their voices represented in politics, to increase the self-confidence and self-motivation of the community, and to build trust both within the community and beyond the community.

There are 10 Student Working Groups of youth and student and there are more than 3,000 registered members in the following members groups.