Tender Shoots

The Tender Shoots organisation seeks to develop a youth-led environmental education and action network in Ywangan Township, Southern Shan State, Myanmar.

The Indigenous people of Ywangan Township once lived in a culturally and environmentally diverse region but the current situation is quite the opposite due to the irresponsible exploitation of resources and poor understanding of environmental conservation. While the region has experienced economic development, internal tensions prevent its communities from acting in a unified manner, leading to environmental degradation and the erosion of local biological diversity.

Tender Shoots seeks to shift this current situation by empowering and educating indigenous youth around:

  • Climate change
  • Sustainable development
  • Gender
  • Approaches to building a movement around responsible environmental and social practices.

It will work with schools, youth organisations, and other community-based organisations and individuals. Education by teachers and environmentalists will facilitate youth-led projects such as tree planting, and waste management, leading to responsible and sustainable communities over the coming years.

Through this work Tender Shoots seeks to revive the indigenous systems and knowledge that has formed the basis of Ywangan’s sustenance for decades; preparing young, dynamic and authoritative leaders.

  • Community, Ecosystems, Landscapes, Networks
  • 2025
  • Intentional Projects
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Project information

  • Burmese and English
  • No 1001, U Paw Oo Street, 16 District, Shwe Pauk Kan Township U Paw Oo Street Yangon 11031 Myanmar