Mon Teachers on the Run
Our contact sent a sound file of two interviews with Mon teachers hiding in a small village. One particularly affected us… her voice started trembling with emotion as she told us about her predicaments. It was sad we could only give a K100,000 per family (which is equivalent to $61) due to our fund limitation and the huge number of CDM civil servants now in need. But the help was so gratefully received as any amount is now lifesaving! Teachers have to give up and risk so much to remain in CDM…. thank you for supporting their courage and conviction despite this risk.
Thank you so much on behalf of the people of Myanmar for your generosity.
“My father is at the moment in robes. He is a monk. I hope they won’t go and do anything drastic to him if they can’t find me.”
“As I have to stay away from home, it is difficult. They said they would arrest me, so I did not dare go out during the day. My health is not so good, and I could only go to the clinic the other day after it got dark. Even then, I had to keep my face down for fear of being recognized and arrested. As we are not being paid anymore, I just wish they would fire us instead of threatening us and even our innocent family members with arrest and torture.
I am doing CDM because I don’t care if I’m fired.
But these threats make me worried. I still have a father. My mother passed away recently. My father is at the moment in robes. He is a monk. I hope they won’t go and do anything drastic to him if they can’t find me.
I do not want to work under the military council. That’s the reason I joined CDM. Of course, there are many problems. These problems I see as stepping stones. I think CDM will be successful only if we reach the top. In our village we heard that this coming 7th, 8th and 9th days, they would come in and arrest us. We are thinking of leaving somewhere tomorrow.
I'm not depressed. We must keep up our spirit.
Having a family, I am selling whatever little jewelry I have bought before to survive. But the military announced that we would now have to repay loans from the banks and the civil servant loan scheme! The support fund we received today will help pay for that, which is a huge help. For the food, we can get by.
I have been in service for 28 years so it was a bit sad to give up my position and pension.
But I feel so sorry for the children who are risking their lives for the country and for all of us. It is important that our government return to power. Please support and encourage CDM workers.”