Karen Environmental and Social Action Network (KESAN)

The Karen Environmental and Social Action Network (KESAN)was the first wholly Karen indigenous organization to address social and environmental problems that the people of Kawthoolei have faced over many decades. KESAN was founded on November 18th, 2001 by Paul Sein Twa and members of the Karen Nature Conservation Group (KNCG) that had been formed by a group of motivated young Karen students and teachers on the Thai-Burma border.