What The MY STORY Project Does

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Cheques may be made out to MSppa and mailed to: B.Baker Box 538 Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia Canada B0S 1A0

The My Story photo project (MSppa) provides digital cameras and training in basic photo techniques to Karen and Burmese refugees on the Thai/Burma border.

The training is about 'seeing'. 'Seeing' as a photographer. Participants look at and discuss each other's pictures, and at the end of the session edit their work into a yearly exhibition that travels from Borderline Gallery in Mae Sot, Thailand to Canada and the United States. After the training, students use their cameras to document their work and lives on the border.

Photographs are for sale, with proceeds split 50/50 between the photographer and MSppa.

In the process we have a lot of FUN!

MY STORY photo project 2012

As the MY STORY photo project starts its seventh year, we'd like to take a minute to thank the 225 photographers who made hundreds of images and the MY STORY photo workshop teachers; Der Lweh Htoo, Yawla, and Eh Shoe, who worked so hard to get the best out of their students.

Thanks to all the people like you who came to the MY STORY exhibitions, bought prints, and gave money to buy cameras, transportation, and sometimes rice and chilies for the photographers.

In 2012, we will be going to Colombo, Sri Lanka, to work with a group of environmentalists, helping them to document their work towards sustainable agriculture. We will also work with the Karen Baptist Convention, running a teacher training program for their outreach staff so they can teach community workers how to tell their stories from inside Burma.

Nat and Susan Tileston will return to Mae Sot, Thailand, where they will work with the Karen Youth Organization and other community based organizations.