What The MY STORY Project Does

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Cheques may be made out to MSppa and mailed to: Sue Lane Box 353 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 2010

5 years and counting. MSppa has come a long way since 2006 when we started with 5 students and 5 cameras. To date the project has trained 115 students and mounted 15 exhibitions. The images just keep getting stronger and we are all still laughing.

In 2010 we will be working at a Thai-Karen school just outside of Mae Sot and we hope to send our new teachers to IDP areas inside Burma.

Stay tuned!