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They are able to channel the fund directly to local volunteer groups in Central Myanmar who will be distributing the funds and supplies to the affected communities.
For security issues, they can’t reveal their identities. I trust them and I believe you can trust them too.

If you are looking for a way to help the earthquake victims in Myanmar but worried that your donation might be abused or lost due to whatever reason, here’s a donation channel set up by my Burmese friends.

www.myanmarearthquakehelp.com/en

Submissions Open for 2025 Sigma Awards, GIJN New Host of Data Journalism Award GIJN is proud to announce that it is the new administrator for the annual SIGMA data journalism awards, which are now accepting submissions for the 2025 round.

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🏆 Sigma Awards 2025

As with previous editions, the award will maintain its no-category rule and will have experts in data journalism from around the world constituting its jury and prize committee.

Deadline: March 7, 2025
More: https://twp.ai/1TaJrR

Fruits of spoil: Laos' forests disappearing as fruit farms flourish The country’s improved railway connectivity facilitates fruit exports to China but has also sparked a boom in foreign-owned banana and durian farms, leading to forest clearance

First part of the series:
www.mekongeye.com/2024/12/16/f...

So I'm very proud of the 2 reports that have been published. I hope more people will be able to read them and somehow lead to some positive impacts for the local people in Laos.

On-the-ground reporting is also difficult due to security risk and the fear among the farmers and villagers to speak against the powerful corporates and government.

From identifying the locations of the banana plantations, the Chinese and Vietnamese companies behind them, to the impacts of the plantations on the soil, we've used different investigation tools and techniques including satellite images, OSINT, Douyin, corporates databases, and lab tests.

Banana boom, soil bust Long-term intensive chemical use in Laos' banana farms has degraded the country’s once-fertile soil, and it may take nearly half a century to restore it

In the past one year, I've been working with journalists on this investigation into the social and environmental impacts of foreign-owned banana plantations in Laos.

www.mekongeye.com/2025/02/17/b...

I created an AI chatbot to speak to my country’s budget. Here’s how I did it Filipino journalist Jaemark Tordecilla explains how he created and refined a tool that makes it easier to report on public spending in his home country.

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Filipino journalist Jaemark Tordecilla explains how he created and refined an AI chatbot to speak to his country's budget. A piece that we think will be useful for reporters around the world #AI #journalism
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/i-creat...