The donation ceremony was held at Vickery Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas on Jan. 28.
CHIANG MAI, Thailand — A group of ethnic Chin Zomi from Burma living in the US recently donated $13,013.90 to assist Kachin refugees displaced by the ongoing conflict in northern Burma.
The donation was made by the World Zomi Congress (WZC), an organization representing Chin Zomi people across America. WZC general secretary Pu Thang Lian delivered the funds at a ceremony held at the Vickery Baptist Church in Dallas Texas on January 28.
The funds were received by the secretary of the Kachin Culture and Literature Body of Dallas, Lahtaw Zau Yin, who thanked the WZC for their support.
During the ceremony Pu Thang Lian told the audience that his group fully supports the Kachin people in their struggle against the Burmese military regime.
Good relations have existed between the Chin Zomi and Kachin communities for many years, both groups became majority Christian around the same time. Like the Karen, many Kachin and Chin Zomi served in the colonial Burmese army. All three ethnic groups tend to have a far more favorable view of the British colonial period than their Burman countryman.
Unlike the Karen, representatives of both the Chin Zomi and Kachin communities took an active role during the 1947 Panglong conference. The agreement General Aung San reached with the Chin, Kachin and Shan politicians who attended Panglong was an important precursor to Burma gaining independence.
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