The following is a non-exhaustive list of what you can do to help:

1)  Lobby Politicians

Your government is most likely to be democratic and won’t throw you into jail for expressing your opinions. As Daw Aung San Suu Kyi said, ‘Please use your freedom to help ours.’  Do not think that nobody will listen to you, as you are just an individual.  Write your MP a letter, outlining your concerns regarding Burma, and ask them to raise the matter with the responsible Government minister.  Make it personal, as this will have a greater impact, and offer to provide more information if the MP may desire it. 

To get you started, here are some website links to MP details in selected countries.  You can help us to provide a comprehensive list.  If your country isn’t there, and you know the link, send it to us so we can add it for your fellow countrypersons.

Australia: http://www.aph.gov.au/house/members/mi-elctr.asp

New Zealand: http://www.clerk.parliament.govt.nz/YourMP/ListMPs/

UK: http://www.faxyourmp.com/index.php3

USA: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

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2) Post your Panties for Peace!

Global action Beginning 16th October
The Burma military regime is not only brutal but very superstitious. They believe that contact with a woman’s panties or sarong can rob them of their power. So this is your chance to use your Panty Power to take away the power from the SPDC!vPost or deliver your panties to the closest Burmese Embassy ongoing from 16th October.
http://lannaactionforburma.blogspot.com/search/label/Actions

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3)   Sign a petition

Avaaz.org has a petition 'Stand With The Burmese Protesters', and they are aiming to get 500,000 online signatures

http://www.avaaz.org/en/stand_with_burma/ 

Please sign and circulate this petition below to the PM of India, to call for India to stop supporting the violence in Burma.
http://www.petitiononline.com/burma123/petition.html

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4)   Write to your local newspaper

The chances are that the local paper has never had a feature on Burma, so change that. Most local papers cannot afford to send their journalists to Burma, therefore offer them some of your work. They may just want to interview you or maybe just edit your words. You do not need a degree in English to write a one off piece for a newspaper.

Have you just come back from Burma during the protests?  Are you there now and can you get information out?  Consider sending information to your newspapers, telling your personal account.  This will personalise the Burma issue with the newspaper's reader base - as it features your experience.

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5)  Try to get an article or photos published in travel section of local, state or national newspaper.

Some newspapers have a regular spot for travellers to send in their travel stories and photographs.  Why don’t you send yours in?  It may have been some time since you've returned, but as Burma is hot in the media right now, it might make a 'sexy' story.

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6)  Tell everyone you know about Burma and what is happening.

If you've been to Burma, tell everyone your stories of when you were there.  Tell them about the how beautiful the people and place was, and how they don't deserve the current atrocities being inflicted upon them.

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7)   Ask around your local community for Burmese groups you can work wth or join in with community activites.

Migrant and exiled communities of Burmese are common all over the world.  Why don't you find one and try to get involved?  Right now, they need all the help they can get.

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8)  Join our Facebook Group

Are you on Facebook?  Join our Voices for Burma group and tell your friends too!

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6265149533

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9)   Volunteer with Burmese  groups

What is your speciality?  Working with children?  Teaching English? Law? Engineering?  Media Work?  Send us an email, as we know of some organisations you can volunteer with.  If and when things settle down in Burma, they will need you more then ever.   Furthermore, it is anticipated there will be a flood of refugees arriving in Thailand - they will need help.  Consider volunteering on the border.

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10)  Tell Voices for Burma what you experienced and your views.

We don’t bite. We will not publish your name or details, unless you want us to.  Even if you do not agree with our policies, we are still most interested in hearing from you, as at Voices for Burma we prefer debate to ritual denunciation. 

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11)  Volunteer with Voices for Burma

We can do with help!  In fact, at present we are looking for a Marketing person to come onboard on a volunteer basis.  We also welcome researchers to contribute one-off pieces or on a regular basis. 

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12)  Sign up for our newsletter. 

We only need your email address and we will not divulge your email to any third party.  Drop us an email with "Subscribe to Newsletter" in the subject to be added.  Our email address is: voicesforburma@hotmail.com.

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13)  Donate money to worthwhile charities who support projects inside Burma or to Burmese refugees. 

Here are some charities that we know of, however feel free to contact your favourite charity and see if they have any projects that support Burma or Burmese refugees. 

·         Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/

·         Oxfam http://www.oxfam.org

.         Save the Children - www.savethechildren.org/

·         Prospect Burma http://www.prospectburma.org/ 

·         Unicef http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/myanmar.html

.         Love a Child - http://www.loveachildfoundation.com/

.          Burma Children's Fund - http://www.burmachildrensfund.org.uk

.          Mandalay Students Fund - www.mandalaystudentfund.com