Drafted Agendas for statewide Dee Ku Festival

The celebration will start at 8am on Sunday, August 12^th, 2012.

Drafted Agendas for statewide Dee Ku Festival

1. Opening Remark by our KnCT President
2. Welcoming Speech by our KnYT Chairman/ or Vice Chairman
3. Wine tasting competition
4. Dee ku wrapping competition
5. Dance competition (Amarillo)
6. Dance competition (Fort Worth)
7. Dance Competition (Dallas)

Funeral Program Presentation

Grandmother Oo Meh has passed away

Dear all, 

A Karenni Grandmother named Oo Meh (born on 1937) lived here in Amarillo passed away yesterday morning 7-7-2012 at around 9 am. She was born in a village called Daw Hso Kyar and came to the refugee camp 1 in 1996. She came to Amarillo, TX in August 2009 with her son, daughter in-law and 5 grand children. She has always been living with this family for most of her live. She has not been sick lately, but she had not been able to eat well for awhile as she did not taste or had no appetite to foods. it's sad to loose a loved one, but we don't make the choice when the day had come. I will be working closely with the family for funeral arrangement and will let you know soon when the burial is going to be. Again, thank you all for all your unity and supports in the time of hardship. Let's keep working together for our Karenni people. 

 May God Bless you all

In solidarity 
Mr. Lu Kayahphu

Deceases in 2012

Karenni that passed away in 2012

1. Ma Rea (Dallas)  2/15/2012
2. Ti Meh (Fort Worth) 4/6/2012
3. Naw Hla Hay (Amarillo) 5/17/12
4. Oo Meh (Amarillo) 7/7/12

A Karenni is missing

Tee R. Beh

 A mute 50 years old Karenni, Tee Reh Beh, was reported Sunday to the missing persons database, two days after his disappearance.
He was last seen Friday night around 9 or 10pm, five miles away from his residence, according to a neighbor. 

First Draft of Audit

Membership fees for 1st Conference
Houston	1580
Austin	320
Dallas	540
Fort Worth	210
San Antonio	1060
Amarillo	1020
Nacogdoches	?
Total	5210
Expenditures for the celebration
Shelter	1570
Food	928
Supply	560
Guest speaker’s trip	250
Leftover balance	1902

A founder of KnCT, Luiza Moe

Luiza Moe, one of the founders of KnCT

She always speaks of "no education, no English" but everyone knows that she is one of the most active volunteers, stunning everyone's expectation. She co-founded KnCT. 

Brief History of Karenni Community of Texas

Karenni people fled the civil war in Burma. They all hoped to find a better place elsewhere after being in refugee camps for so long and not being able to return home. Therefore, for a better future, many of us chose to resettle in the United States and other third countries. However, arrival in the land of opportunity called United States does not always guarantee peace, stability, and security, at least for the moment. 

San Antonio Youths singing Karenni and American National Anthem

President of KnCT, Lu Kayahphu

Lu Kayahphu, current President of KnCT

Competing against 15 candidates, he was elected President on June 16th, 2012, with the majority of votes. He said he is happy to serve the community, and he will be looking forward to forming a stronger and better working team. 

Forth Worth Youths at 1st Conference

KnYFW

Youth and Media facilitator

Shar K. Reh, Youth and Media for KnCT

Address and Contact for our First KnCT Conference

June 16th, 2012 (Saturday)

8:30AM to 8:00PM

St. Patrick Catholic Church

9643 Ferndale

Dallas, TX 75238

Sara Buri Samuele (214-875-6805)

Ngeh Reh (214-431-6439)

Luisa Moe (817-877-6704)

Agendas for Karenni Community of Texas Conference 2012

Part A (830am to 11am)

1. Singing of American and Karenni National anthems
2. KnCT Vice-President Bure Samuel’s opening remark
3. Multi-ethnic dance by Houston youths
4. Story of KnCT by Shar Reh
5. Unity song by Dallas youths
6. The ever-changing social and economic challenge of the century by Neineh Plo
7. Modern Karenni Dance by Amarillo boys and girls
8. Youths and educations by Fr. Paul Tinreh
9. A group dance by Fort Worth youths 
10. Personal experience by KnCT President Lu Kayahphu
11. A dance by San Antonio youths
12. Funeral contribution presentation by Oo Reh Sor

Part B (11am to 12pm)

Election board committee will take over from 11 to 12pm.
(Election committee officer Andrew Max)

Part C (1pm to 3pm)

1. Announcement of KnCT’s new officers
2. Discussing current and future challenges
3. Laying out actionable future goals
4. Officiating KnCT’s statement release
5. Taking pictures and interviews

1. Youths Conference to be started at 1pm
2. Laying out youths-related action plans
3. Re-election of our KnCT youth officers

Part D (4pm to 8pm)

Singing and dancing sessions
Agendas will be posted soon
There will be at least 18 agendas here

Oo Reh Sor and Weaving Women

Texas, USA - A Karenni woman passed away

A karen-kayah woman, Naw Hla Hay, in Amarillo, Texas, passed away on May 17th, 2012. And she was buried on May 23rd at Llano Cemetery, Amarillo. 

Singing

To listen to Karenni singer Shar Reh's Musics???????

Karenni soccer players in Austin

Karenni girls dancing in Dallas

Karenni girl singing