Karenni Community of Winston-Salem

Karenni Community of Winston-Salem We are a tight-knit Karenni Community, committed to preserve our culture and heritage.

Our Wellness Program for our elders has been growing beautifully, with more members joining us each week! Over the past ...
08/13/2026

Our Wellness Program for our elders has been growing beautifully, with more members joining us each week! Over the past few weeks, we’ve been adding indoor activities alongside our park outings.

We’ve enjoyed doing yoga, following fun workout videos on YouTube, painting, and even getting back into writing. 🧘‍♀️🎨✍️

These extra meetings are more than just activities—they’re an opportunity for our elders to keep their minds active, explore their creativity, share their ideas, and have a voice in choosing what they want to try next.

Each week may look a little different, and that’s what makes it fun! Many of our elders spent much of their younger years focused on responsibilities, work, family, and simply getting through life, leaving little time or opportunity to think about fun, creativity, or themselves.

Now, we want to create a space where they can slow down, try new things, be playful, express themselves, and enjoy the simple joy of having fun. It’s never too late to explore, create, laugh, and make new memories.

We’re excited to keep growing, learning, creating, and enjoying these moments together! ✨

Mrs.Jennifer donated us with painting supplies without knowing about ours new activity right on time for us to use this week and would like to thank her for the support.

You can follow ours journey on Instagram  .phukhu_explorer

https://www.instagram.com/phumaw.phukhu_explorer?igsh=cXcybmVpY3R1dHp0&utm_source=qr

Let's continue to recognize the achievements of these graduates as they inspire and represent our Karenni community. To ...
06/12/2026

Let's continue to recognize the achievements of these graduates as they inspire and represent our Karenni community.

To all the graduates, we are proud of your accomplishments and we are committed to providing support and assistance with career development, further education, and other needs.

Up Next: Associates and High School

To celebrate our recent Karenni graduates, we are honoring them. For our refugee community, obtaining higher education i...
06/11/2026

To celebrate our recent Karenni graduates, we are honoring them. For our refugee community, obtaining higher education is a significant opportunity, and we hope to have them represented. Let’s help congratulate them and acknowledge their hard work.

First up: Masters and Bachelors

(More graduates to come…)

What a great opportunity to make connections and represent our Bamboo Roots team in this year Research Symposium.
06/11/2026

What a great opportunity to make connections and represent our Bamboo Roots team in this year Research Symposium.

Hello (ꤒꤟꤢꤧ꤬ꤚꤛꤢꤙꤢꤧ꤬ꤞꤤ꤭),This month is Mental Health Awareness Month. We would like to share resources with our community...
05/26/2026

Hello (ꤒꤟꤢꤧ꤬ꤚꤛꤢꤙꤢꤧ꤬ꤞꤤ꤭),
This month is Mental Health Awareness Month. We would like to share resources with our community members. Below are flyers in English and Burmese. Special thank you to .mental.health for the flyers. If you need mental health support, please contact us at [email protected] or use this referral form (https://forms.gle/pYzsZrKdYSTgtrzdA).

Please take care of your mental health and well-being.
ꤒꤟꤢꤧ꤬ꤙꤝꤤ ꤔꤢ ꤗꤛꤢꤋꤝꤢꤧ꤬ꤚꤛꤢꤔꤟꤤ꤯
KnC of WS (Bamboo Roots Team)

After performing and sharing ours Karenni music and dance at Creative Aging Network - NC and our dance team stopped by t...
05/04/2026

After performing and sharing ours Karenni music and dance at Creative Aging Network - NC and our dance team stopped by the beautiful park to enjoy nature with a bit of photo session for the team!!!

Registration is open for our soccer mental health program. Deadline is May 31st, 2026!
05/02/2026

Registration is open for our soccer mental health program. Deadline is May 31st, 2026!

We’re excited to launch our 2026 Va Meh Du program! Registration (interest form) is now open through May 31, 2026. Please take a moment to read all requirements carefully before signing up your children. If you have any questions, please text Htay Meh or Tay Moe Lin
This is a FREE program.

Registration link: https://forms.gle/HY2JDQqgyBZzw2AC8

Thank you and take care,
Va Meh Du Staff

We are greatful to have all the vendors who joined us on our heathfair. And special thank you to Tay Moe Lin for leading...
04/27/2026

We are greatful to have all the vendors who joined us on our heathfair. And special thank you to Tay Moe Lin for leading and making it possible!!

We are so grateful for all those who came and were part of our 4th Karenni Community Health Fair on Saturday, April 25th...
04/26/2026

We are so grateful for all those who came and were part of our 4th Karenni Community Health Fair on Saturday, April 25th. We hope vendors, volunteers, and community members found the event to be helpful. Special thank you to The Winston-Salem Foundation for supporting us with their 2026 Small Grant. This has helped provide access to resources and services that our Karenni refugee community may need.

ꤒꤟꤢꤧ꤬ꤙꤝꤤ ꤔꤢ ꤗꤛꤢꤋꤝꤢꤧ꤬ꤚꤛꤢꤔꤟꤤ (Thank you & take care),
KnC of WS & Bamboo Roots Team

04/26/2026

Thank you for joining us.

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