Green Life


Green Life is nonprofit environmental conservation and social development group in Myanmar. It was formed by villagers with 48 members in 2011 at Sagaing Region, Sagaing Township, Tabuyin Khwe village.
Now, Green Life's members are 280 youths from the local community. Its headquarter is located in Sagaing Township, Tabuyin Khwe village. In June 2018, the group received an award from State Counsellor of Myanmar Aung San Su Kyi.

Established summary

In 2011, Thumpa Dipa Humanitarian Organisation had given workshop on environmental conservation at Tabuyin Khwe village. After the five-day workshop, Green Life group was formed by the villagers with 48 members. It was originally led by youths and founded in 8 April 2011.

Group activities

From start group to until now for fund, they are add five hundred kyats in each month to purchase the Penang bag for households. And then, they give them to add plastic trash and told them to add only plastic garbage. At Village, they make sure Penang bags are available in every house. They are placed trash buckets at streets corner. They are forsaken the trashes at once per 15 days. They are trashing at no cultivation SILLY land with a small vehicle. The villagers had been given educate the negative impacts of plastic by Green Life. Now, the entire village is involved and supplied in their activities. In addition, they had planted paduck, teak and eucalyptus trees at village-owned land near the village. Green Life are spreading their services and awareness raising campaigns to seven neighboring villages and other places.

Award