Lahpai Seng Raw (born 1949), Burmese founder of Myanmar

Lahpai Seng Raw

1949

Founded in 1997, the group runs healthcare, agriculture and peace projects in Kachin State. A psychology major graduate in Rangoon University, Seng Raw started to work with the internally displaced people from Myanmar-China border from 1987 up to 1997. During that period, she became the development officer-in-charge in Kachin Independence Organization"s humanitarian wing (ROKA). In 1997, she started the Metta Development Foundation, a non-government organization that helps displaced people of war afflicted zones in the country.

Lahpai Seng Raw

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University of Yangon.

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Founded in 1997, the group runs healthcare, agriculture and peace projects in Kachin State. A psychology major graduate in Rangoon University, Seng Raw started to work with the internally displaced people from Myanmar-China border from 1987 up to 1997. During that period, she became the development officer-in-charge in Kachin Independence Organization"s humanitarian wing (ROKA).

In 1997, she started the Metta Development Foundation, a non-government organization that helps displaced people of war afflicted zones in the country.

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In July 2013, she was awarded a Ramon Magsaysay Award.

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