A Quiet Resistance

I. Rado, Seri Thongmak
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This chapter discusses the impact of a local saving group on an ethnic-minority Karen community in the Thailand–Myanmar border area. The savings group is locally referred to as Klum Omsap. It was established in 2007, with the assistance of a non-governmental organization (NGO), the Pattanarak Foundation, in order for the Karen people to overcome their economic and political marginalization in a predominantly Thai context. With time it has opened up further opportunities by facilitating the creation of new economic ventures, such as community stores, grassroots welfare schemes, and, more recently, a waste-management system. The authors are applying a diverse economies (DE) perspective in tracing the evolution of these community-driven economic ventures. The saving group has not only helped the local Karen people to overcome their exclusion from the formal economy, but it has also proved to be a driving force in the socioeconomic empowerment of local women, who now manage their own community enterprises.
无声的抵抗
本章讨论了一个地方救助团体对泰缅边境地区克伦少数民族社区的影响。这个储蓄组织在当地被称为Klum Omsap。它于2007年在非政府组织Pattanarak基金会的协助下成立,目的是帮助克伦人克服在泰国人占主导地位的背景下在经济和政治上的边缘化。随着时间的推移,它通过促进建立新的经济企业,如社区商店、基层福利计划以及最近的废物管理系统,开辟了更多的机会。作者在追踪这些社区驱动的经济企业的演变过程中运用了不同经济(DE)的观点。储蓄小组不仅帮助当地克伦人克服了被排除在正规经济之外的困境,而且还被证明是当地妇女社会经济赋权的推动力,她们现在管理着自己的社区企业。
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