One Myanmar
Documenting the lives, struggles, and resilience of Myanmar’s people.
Articles
When a coup empties the banks: life under Myanmar's new economy
Frozen cash withdrawals, money moved through informal agents, and prices ten times what they were — a first-hand account of Myanmar's economy since the coup.
Living under watch: checkpoints, two phones, and the draft
What daily life looks like under military checkpoints in Yangon and Mandalay — phone searches, two digital identities, tracked payments, and mandatory service.
One person's account of the Myanmar coup
A first-hand account of the 1 February 2021 military coup in Myanmar — how it unfolded, the Civil Disobedience Movement it sparked, and the resistance that followed.
About One Myanmar
One Myanmar documents the real lives of people across Myanmar — their struggles, their resilience, and their determination to be heard.
Through honest storytelling, we preserve personal experiences that might otherwise go unseen. Our stories explore how conflict, displacement, censorship, economic hardship, and the loss of basic freedoms affect ordinary people from different ethnic backgrounds.
But One Myanmar is not only a record of suffering. It is a record of courage, dignity, and human agency. We listen first, allowing people to share their experiences in their own voices without speaking for them or reducing them to victims.
By documenting these stories, we hope to deepen understanding, protect human dignity, and remind the world that behind every crisis are real people whose lives and voices matter.
Why it matters
The people facing the greatest danger rarely become visible. Their safety often depends on remaining quiet, which means their experiences can go undocumented and their struggles unnoticed.
By preserving and sharing these stories, One Myanmar helps the world understand what Burmese people are actually facing, from surveillance and censorship to inflation, restricted banking, and the inability to safely communicate or move value across borders.
Awareness is only the beginning. These stories can connect trusted partners, builders, educators, and funders with the communities that need them. Together, we can expand access to practical freedom tools, including secure communication, privacy preserving technology, open source software, and Bitcoin.
These tools cannot end a war or remove a dictatorship. But they can give people greater control over their identity, information, money, and future. Our responsibility is to listen first, understand what people truly need, and help keep pathways to freedom open.