News and Updates

Luckily there was no casualties caused by the fire, but 194 houses were damaged (151 totally burned down , 43 dismantled) and 5 community buildings were destroyed. RTG authorities, UNHCR, TBC and other INGOs working in the camp have been coordinating the response with the community. The day after the fire TBC sent out an Emergency Funding Appeal to obtain the necessary funds to cover the costs for the response.

In order to cover the costs related to the support to the families affected by the fire in Ban Mai Nai Soi refugee camp TBC has issued an Emergency Funding Appeal.

On Tuesday the 7th of April a devastating fire broke out. Fortunately no casualties occurred but 185 houses and 2 community buildings were complete destroyed by the fire.

TBC was one of three finalists competing for the annual cash prize who presented their projects to a panel of five experts before the Ceremony at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, England on the 24th of February 2015.

As part of the ceremony the Ockenden prize TBC presented a 3 minutes video, titled “Building Preparedness for Return”. The video, produced by Karen News, can be seen here.