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Passion and people’s power defend free-flowing Salween
Legal powers threaten people’s power When Laofang was just a child living in a Hmong indigenous community in Mae Hong Son province on the mountainous border with Myanmar he first experienced the unjust...
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Seeking World Bank accountability on Boeung Kak Lake
Fighting evictions The Boeung Kak community in Phnom Penh, Cambodia has gained recognition internationally as a community that has struggled since 2007 to resist eviction at the hands of the Royal...
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Lawyers defending the public interest
Sor.Rattanamanee Polkla’s career spans the past fifteen years of public interest lawyering in Thailand, and she has been involved in many of its most significant recent cases. After working for years...
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Young people and social activism in Thailand
Everyone is familiar with the phrase ‘the youth are the future’. But far too often we are found guilty of forgetting to listen to or including the voices of younger generations, especially when it...
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Holistic health care in the Mekong region
Ensuring good health and access to health care is a key issue for the Mekong Region, especially for the poor. Dr. Peera Bunjong, a young Thai doctor in Singburi hospital in central Thailand, discusses...
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Young people act now: Help protect Mekong Delta’s natural wealth
As the setting sun gave its last light, I was travelling down the highway one evening in May. I was traveling from Ho Chi Minh City back to my hometown in Can Tho. At this time of the year, the paddy...
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Women fishers voice concerns about the Tonle Sap in Cambodia
The people of the Kampong Phluk community, a seasonally-flooded wetlands on the Tonle Sap Lake in Cambodia, are facing impacts on their culture and livelihood especially from planned dams, such as the...
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Struggling with riverbank erosion by Nam Theun 2, villagers act themselves
Phuk Pheua is a dusty village, located along the Xe Bang Fai River, in Savannakhet province, Central Laos. Traditionally, in this area people like to live along the riverbank, where they grow crops in...
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Women seek more influence in protecting Cambodia’s community forests
Women are often at the forefront of protecting forests in the Mekong region. In Cambodia, women are strengthening their voices in formal institutions and decision-making to better protect and manage...
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Vietnam’s first clean energy commune created through Local Energy Planning
“We are determined to turn Nam Cuong into the first commune using clean energy in Vietnam,” says Mr. Hoang Ngoc Sang, the chairman of Nam Cuong’s People Committee. Since 2012, this small coastal...
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A young Singaporean’s journey of self-discovery in Isaan
I’m back in Singapore – a crowded island-state two times smaller than the area of Bangkok. Singapore is my home, and familiar and comforting to me. But I find myself constantly thinking about Isaan –...
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