What is the first thing that comes into your mind when you hear the word “YCDC”? To us, we think of an orange-shirt-wearing figure who collects the trash we throw on a dirty garbage truck or grey-colored-uniform-wearing officers who leave utility bills at our doors. Guess what, now we have a chance to elect their … Continue reading Voting is Our Responsibility

Last week, we found out that Refinery29 published a Money-Diaries story about a foreign worker with $4,000 monthly income, working in Myanmar. (Thanks to Baelachaung!)  Money-Diaries is basically a person’s daily journal entry on finances. This girl is a 25-year-old with student loans, working in Yangon as a program coordinator at a nonprofit and her … Continue reading A Week of Non-Expat Living in Yangon

International Women’s Day was observed a week ago and I was thrilled to see a ton of formal and informal discussions about women empowerment, women’s rights and women-related issues in general. Formally, since I work in non-profit, these is no escape from events of all kinds in such kind of days. Informally, much thanks to … Continue reading Men Can Do Anything