The Burmese Refugee Project is a non-profit organization seeking to build participatory models for community development and education in various Shan communities in northern Thailand. We believe that by building a well-educated, healthy, and economically robust Shan community, we are laying the foundations for self-governance should Burma one day become a democratic nation.

Our goals are:

1. •To educate future participants in a democratic Burma.
   

2. •To create a supportive, participatory, and  prosperous community.
   

3. •To provide social work to persons in need.
   

4. •To preserve Shan cultural values among future political and community leaders.
   

5. •To reclaim the rights of displaced peoples.
   

The Burmese Refugee Project plays no role in political organizing and we have no religious affiliation.