Lahpai Seng Raw (
Burmese: လဖိုင်ဆိုင်းရော်) is the founder of
Myanmar's largest civil society group, Metta Development Foundation. Founded in 1997,[1][2] the group runs healthcare, agriculture and peace projects in
Kachin State. In July 2013, she was awarded a
Ramon Magsaysay Award.[3][4][5][6][7]
Biography
A psychology major graduate in
Rangoon University, Seng Raw started to work with the internally displaced people from Myanmar-China border from 1987 up to 1997. During that period, she became the development officer-in-charge in
Kachin Independence Organization's humanitarian wing (ROKA).[8][9] In 1997, she started the Metta Development Foundation, a non-government organization that helps displaced people of war afflicted zones in the country.