The Branch Foundation has been working with the inspiring community at Koung Jor Shan refugee camp since 2009. Koung Jor, which is located on the Thai-Myanmar (Burma) border is home to over 500 people who have fled violence and persecution.

The goal of this project is to give community members direct access to individual donors via the means of online crowdsourcing platforms, social media and photography/video. By achieving this goal, not only will we ensure a voice for marginalised communities but will also lessen the need, and therefore the necessary overhead costs, of an actively involved middleman (NGOs, CBOs etc.). Essentially, we are hoping to provide a platform from which communities can speak directly to a worldwide audience and are also able to generate funding for important community projects such as helping the youth obtain an education and for their families to generate an income.