Local humanitarian actors in Myanmar have become humanitarian leaders who demand greater support, respect and decision power in the humanitarian response. They communicate these demands with much authority and urgency, as they are the backbone and the forefront of the humanitarian response in Myanmar, which is utterly dependent on what is referred to as localization.
Since 2013, Mother Nature Cambodia has systematically and relentlessly exposed environmental damages caused by economic projects and the sellout of natural resources, often linked to the highest level of the Cambodian government. Through viral campaigns on Facebook, the organization galvanized and educated a broad base of young supporters. Mother Nature Cambodia’s investigative activism made the organization a target of intimidation, surveillance and persecution by the Cambodian regime.
Today, Myanmar ranks second after China in the list of the most repressive countries concerning internet freedom. But the digital development that already took place cannot be reversed, just like the drive, anger and creativity of a young generation deprived of freedom and aspirations cannot be broken.
