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Latest news from APHEDA’s overseas projects, campaigns and events
![APHEDA People: Meet Saw Blacktown (Karen News)](https://www.apheda.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/400-x-250-Saw-Blacktown.png)
APHEDA People: Meet Saw Blacktown (Karen News)
Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA is about people working together to make things better for all.
This month we meet Saw Blacktown from Karen News (Thai-Myanmar Border).
![Promoting workplace social dialogue with union representation in Myanmar](https://www.apheda.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/400-x-250-ALR.png)
Promoting workplace social dialogue with union representation in Myanmar
Action Labor Rights (ALR) organises workers in garment and textile industries. In 2018, ALR helped establish workplace unions at 29 factories with 11000 workers joining.
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Bharat Bandh: the two days that shook India
The India General Strike (Bharat Bandh) in January 2019 exceeded the expectations of the trade unions who organised it with 200 million workers participating.
![APHEDA People: Meet Cindy O’Connor](https://www.apheda.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/400-x-250-Cindy-OConnor.png)
APHEDA People: Meet Cindy O’Connor
Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA is about people working together to make things better for all.
This month we meet Cindy O’Connor from APHEDA’s VIC Activist Group.
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APHEDA’s Partner Organisations Celebrate International Women’s Day
On International Women’s Day 2019, APHEDA’s partner organisations participated in marches, produced statements and even won international human rights awards.
![Burma Children Medical Fund (BCMF) championing healthcare on Thai-Myanmar border](https://www.apheda.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/400-x-250-BCMF-1.png)
Burma Children Medical Fund (BCMF) championing healthcare on Thai-Myanmar border
From humble beginnings in 2006, BCMF has since grown to play a major healthcare role in a region afflicted by conflict, poverty and a severe lack of funding for local healthcare systems.
![Students across South East Asia join the global climate strike](https://www.apheda.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/400-x-250-APL-YOUTH-SENTRO-climate-strike-Manilla.png)
Students across South East Asia join the global climate strike
On 15 March 2019, over 1.6 million students across the globe went on strike to demand climate justice, including APHEDA’s partner organisations in Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia.
![Food and Service Workers Organising for Human Rights in Cambodia](https://www.apheda.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/400-x-250-Phnom-Penh-Post_8-March-2019_feat-CSFWF.png)
Food and Service Workers Organising for Human Rights in Cambodia
The Cambodian Food and Service Workers’ Federation (CFSWF) organises workers to unionise and empowers them to improve working conditions, wages and OHS.
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Five Top Tips to Support the APHEDA Raffle
Here are 5 top tips to support the annual APHEDA raffle – an important fundraising initiative keeping Union Aid Abroad independent, effective and strong.