Kyaw Zin is the founder of “Call Me Today,” a Burmese mental health crisis helpline, an initiative that has reached more than 1,000 individuals with mental health challenges living in Burma. This program has helped people since 2018 to focus on mental wellness and stress, and is now helping people find coping mechanisms in response to the recent violence by military officials against protestors. Kyaw Zin is an alumnus of the YSEALI Academic Fellowship (2020), in which he focused on entrepreneurship and economic development.
Burma is a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and is bordered by Laos and Thailand to its east and southeast. Myanmar is the largest country in mainland Southeast Asia and has a population of more than 50 million people.
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Comments regarding the February 1 military coup in Burma:
Secretary of State Antony Blinken (State Department):
[The United States] will follow through on our pledges to continue to take action against Burmese coup leaders and those who perpetrate violence.
In Burma, the military is attempting to overturn the results of a democratic election, brutally repressing peaceful protesters, gunning down youth who are simply demanding a say in their country’s future.
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@USMission2ASEAN Chargé Melissa A. Brown
“The U.S. strongly condemns the use of violence against the Burmese people… [we] will continue to discuss the crisis…with a broad coalition of countries in many fora, & urge partners, allies, & others to act…to help end ongoing violence.” —
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U.S. Embassy Burma:
The military regime continues to show its brutality by killing children with impunity. More than 20 children have died since the coup, and yesterday yet another child was killed. Terror is not democracy.
စစ်အာဏာရှင်သည် အပြစ်မရှိသော ကလေးများကို သတ်ဖြတ်ခြင်းဖြင့် ၎င်း၏ရက်စက်မှုကို ဆက်လက်ပြသနေပါသည်။ အာဏာသိမ်းပြီးချိန်မှစ၍ ကလေးပေါင်း၂၀ ကျော်အသက်ဆုံးရှုံးခဲ့ရပြီးဖြစ်ကာ ယမန်နေ့ကလည်းနောက်ထပ်ကလေးတစ်ယောက်ထပ်မံ အသတ်ခံရပြန်ပါသည်။ ထိတ်လန့်ဖွယ်အကြမ်းဖက်ခြင်းသည် ဒီမိုကရေစီမဟုတ်ပါ။
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In the series, The Big Idea, U.S. Mission to ASEAN spokesperson Jason Seymour interviews prominent figures and changemakers from ASEAN member states.
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