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24
May
2010




Peace
Walk
2010


MARCHING
FOR
PEACE
IN
BURMA
AND
THAILAND



Members
of
The
Best
Friend
Education
Project
invite
all
members
of
the

community
to
join
the
second
annual
Mae
Sot
“Peace
Walk”
on
Sunday
30
May

2010.
Supporters
are
called
upon
to
join
the
walk
through
Mae
Sot
in
order
to

raise
awareness
about
ongoing
violence
in
both
Burma
and
Thailand,
and
to

spread
a
message
of
peace.




With
approval
from
the
Mae
Sot
Police,
participants
will
meet
at
8:30
a.m.
in

front
of
the
UNHCR
(United
Nations
High
Commissioner
for
Refugees)
Office
in

Mae
Sot
(34/5
Mae
Sot‐Mae
Tao
Road).
“Peace
Dove”
t‐shirts,
stickers,
and
flags

will
be
distributed
to
supporters.
The
march
will
end
at
the
Science
and

Knowledge
Park
in
Mae
Sot
at
about
10
a.m.
Speeches
and
live
music
will
follow.



The
Best
Friend
Education
Project,
established
in
1999
by
Burmese
monks
in

exile
along
the
Thai‐Burma
border,
seeks
to
raise
awareness
about
Burma
by

spreading
the
wish
to
end
violence
and
suffering.
The
Best
Friend
coordinates
a

diverse
range
of
projects
to
help
Burmese
people
inside
and
outside
of
their

homeland.




For
further
information,
please
go
to
http://www.thebestfriend.org/
or
contact

info@thebestfriend.org.



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