The Venerable Varasami has been working in development and social change with people from different religious backgrounds in the Mandalay area in Myanmar since 2010. His interest in dialogue with people from different religions stems from an encounter with his English teacher, a Catholic teacher fro...

Educator, Public speaker, writer and young prominent religious leader Dr. Ashin Vicittasara was born at North Chinmyitkyin,a small village in the Kanbalu  Township, Sagaing Region, Myanmar. He received his basic and higher monastic education in various Buddhist institutions and went on to study a...

Venerable Varabuddhi is a Buddhist monk from Myanmar. He is studying for his Master of Philosophy at the Postgraduate Institute of Buddhist and Pali Studies at the University of Kelaniya in Sri Lanka. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University in Chiangmai, Thail...

Youth activist, civic educator Aung Htay Myint is a youth activist from Myanmar. In December 2014, he co-founded the Siblings organization where he serves as a vice-chairman with the purpose of educating the poor and orphans. He is a civic educator at the Institute for Political and Civic Engagemen...

Human Resources Officer and Researcher, Alcalá University Ana has been a Soka Gakkai Buddhist since she was 21 and studied law at university. She works at Alcalá University as a human resources officer as well as a researcher and is currently finishing her PhD. She is the academic secretary at th...

Born in Yangon, Dr. Aung Than Oo graduated from the University of Medicine in Yangon, Myanmar. His specialty is public/community health, and his profession is treating poor and vulnerable people and providing medical and psychological support. He also obtained a Certified Public Management Analysis ...

Kaush Weerakoon is a community peacebuilder in Sri Lanka and is currently employed at the National Peace Council of Sri Lanka as a Senior Project Officer. She has contributed to establishing Communal Conflict Mitigatory Mechanisms in identified local level hotspots of religious tensions and has been...

Khonsavanh Vongvannaxay is a lecturer at the Faculty of Law and Political Science at the National University of Laos and is currently the Deputy Head of the International Relations unit at the Department of International Relations. An effective problem-solver and able to prioritize and manage heavy ...

Nang Loung Hom is a Shan ethnic from Burma/Myanmar.  Throughout her childhood, she witnessed the atrocities of civil war and various kinds of inhuman violation in her regions.  In her early 20s, same as the large majority of youth from her country suffered, she too, faced many injustice, oppressio...

The Venerable Napan founded the “For Beautiful Life Group” (FBLG) in 2001 and was the Chair until 2015. He has designed and led trainings for Buddhist community leaders in southern Thailand affected by violent conflicts to heal the victims and prevent further conflicts. In addition, ...