The short video features the life of Naw Thu Zaw and Ko Myo Oo who are living on the “Kaw Ku Island” in the Salween River, Hpa-an township, Karen State. As the Burma/Myanmar government is planning to construct a series of hydro-power dams on the Salween River, uncountable numbers of people in the Salween basin, like this couple, will be affected. The Salween River belongs to all the people, not just to a privileged few. Therefore, The fate of the Salween river should be in the hands of the people who rely on them.
Salween River and My Life
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