Karen Organization of San Diego
Karen Organization of San Diego advances educational, civic, & economic opportunities for ethnic groups from Burma (Myanmar) while honoring cultural heritage.
About Us
Established in 2009, KOSD supports Karen and other refugees from Burma in San Diego. We help refugees navigate social service systems, access leadership and employment opportunities, and stay connected to their community and culture.
Programs
KOSD’s programs are informed by community input and needs assessments, and are conducted through a Community-Self Help model:
We support the community and empower them to help themselves. Our programs are possible with funding from various Funders
Find Support
KOSD provides case management services for individuals and familieswho are refugees from Burma. Learn how you can access welfare, educational, and health resources.
News & Events
Stay up to date with the latest announcement and events from KOSD!
Ensuring we uplift voices of people marginalized by hate provides a thoughtful platform for validating lived experiences.
တၢ်မၤလီၤတံၢ်လၢပစိာ်ကဖီထီၣ်ပှၤလၢအဘၣ်တၢ်ပာ်မၢ်အီၤခီဖျိတၢ်သးဟ့တဖၣ်အကလုၢ်
န့ၣ်ဒုးအိၣ်ထီၣ်ပျဲၢ်စီၢ်ဒိၣ်ယိာ်တခါလၢတၢ်ကပာ်ပနီၣ်တၢ်အိၣ်မူအတၢ်လဲၤခီဖျိတဖၣ်အဂီၢ်န့ၣ်လီၤ.
ကျွန်ုပ်တို့သည် အမုန်းတရားကြောင့် ဘေးဖယ်ထားသော လူများ၏ အသံကို မြှင့်တင်ရန် သေချာစေခြင်းဖြင့် အသက်ရှင်ခဲ့သော အတွေ့အကြုံများကို အတည်ပြုရန်အတွက် လေးနက်သောပလက်ဖောင်းကို ပံ့ပိုးပေးပါသည်။
#stopthehateca #borderregion
In response to the devastating earthquakes that struck central Myanmar (Burma) on March 28 of this year, the KOSD community came together to host an emergency response fundraiser in order to send aid directly to impacted areas. The fundraiser was held on April 6 at the community Buddhist temple, just about a week after the tragedy, and we received a great outpour of support from community members who wished to contribute to the cause. In total the community fundraiser was able to raise $7078, and 100% of funds have been sent to Burma's mutual aid groups including local temples directly supporting the victims through cash aids, food and supply distribution. This work was made possible thanks to your compassion and generosity, so thank you so much for your support. While the community is working hard to support one another for the recovery, the state violence including air strikes in the ethnic minority areas still continues. Please refer to our original statement for the mutual aid fundraisers that KOSD recommends. Once again, thank you very much for your support in this uncertain time. Because of you, these individuals still have hope.
Original Statement:
drive.google.com/file/d/1y_Yu-Bt_YotrQaDT4YnR3eVtzEDqCXKK/view?usp=sharing
We would love to invite you all to the SoCal API Festival happening tomorrow in Downtown Oceanside Civic Center. Our youth dancers will perform at Ocean Stage at 3:40 pm. Also our Oral History Project art and transcribed stories are displayed in Oceanside Library.
