Karen Culture and Social Support Foundation Inc

20/06/2018

Please watch this beautiful video during Refugee Week.

Thirteen pupils from seven countries have drawn on their imagination and personal experiences to create the story of a 10-year-old and his family and their s...

21/05/2018

Invitation for Karen children and families in Bendigo this weekend - Sat 26 and Sun 27 May

16/05/2018

There are Kachin Buddhists as well as Kachin Christians, and both Buddhists and Christians are facing genocide from the Burmese Army. Karen people have experienced the same suffering as our Kachin brothers and sisters and we pray for peace and human rights for them.

While global attention is fixed on the Rohingya crisis, another ethnic minority is at risk of being crushed by the military

27/04/2018

Many Karen people in Bendigo and in Australia come from the area where the war has started again, but the hearts of all Karen people are breaking.

On March 4th, the Burma Army began the largest and most coordinated deployment of troops into Karen State’s Mutraw (Hpapun) district since 2008. More than 1,...

30/11/2017

http://melbournecatholic.org.au/News/buddhists-christians-must-reclaim-values-that-lead-to-peace-pope-says

Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service Christians and Buddhists are called by faith to overcome evil with goodness and violence with peace, Pope Francis said during a meeting with leaders of Myanmar's Buddhist community. Quoting St Francis of Assisi and Buddha, the pope insisted that in a land where th...

16/08/2017

Traditional Karen Wrist Tying Festival in Bendigo, Australia. Our Karen culture is a bridge to build relationships with the whole community.

11/08/2017

This is the whole documentary from KESAN - watch it!

To mark the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, the Karen Environmental and Social Action Network (KESAN) and the Kawthoolei Forestry Depart...

09/08/2017

Today is World Indigenous People Day. Please watch this documentary from Karen Environmental and Social Action Network (KESAN) about our indigenous Karen people in the Salween River valley and their desire for peace.

“The Kheshorter: Indigenous Karen’s Community Forestry”, explores and exposes how militarization and the implementation of large-scale development projects c...

10/07/2017

A Karen Christian working for peace between Christians, Buddhists and Muslims in Burma. A real follower of Jesus: 'Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the children of God.'

Portraits of Diversity is a series of videos that celebrates five individuals in Myanmar, and shows how their work and passion attempt to bridge the divide i...

27/06/2017

Australia is becoming more culturally diverse, has increasing number of Buddhists and less Christians.

Australia is older, more ethnically diverse and less religious than ever before, according to the 2016 census results released today.

30/05/2017

Venerable Tayzar Dipati is a Buddhist monk from Shwebo, northwest of Mandalay. He grew up in the monastery as a young novice monk and today, his chief role i...

24/02/2017

Yarghu Festival at Karen Culture Social Support Foundation in Bendigo