Center for Diversity and National Harmony

What Center for Diversity and National Harmony does

The Center for Diversity and National Harmony (CDNH) is a Myanmar-based non-governmental organization founded in 2015 and headquartered in Yangon, with additional offices in Sittwe, Maungdaw, Thandwe, and Mandalay. CDNH works on conflict prevention and management, anti-human smuggling and trafficking, public outreach, research, and training, serving government officials, youth and community leaders, religious leaders, civil society activists, and disadvantaged students across all 7 states and 7 regions of Myanmar. Its core programs include seven-day residential youth camps for participants aged 16-35 (approximately 50 per cohort), Rakhine Scholarships providing USD 200 per month for up to four years, and a multi-track training curriculum for officials and civic actors.

CDNH's principal technical asset is its Violence Monitoring and Early Warning System, a national conflict database that underpins its research and advisory work. The organization has produced 36+ publications and 25+ daily newsletters, making research output a core deliverable alongside direct programmatic interventions. Its distribution and trust footprint — five physical offices and a neutral convener brand position across ethnic and religious lines — is itself a key operational asset in a polarized environment.

CDNH is funded by a small set of Western government donors: the Embassy of Denmark, the Peace Support Fund, the Norwegian Foreign Ministry, and the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. It operates with a staff of 11 and does not disclose earned-income, fee-for-service, or individual giving streams. The business model is therefore grant-funded program delivery with research and policy advisory as ancillary outputs.

Name

Center for Diversity and National Harmony

Legal name

Center for Diversity and National Harmony

Website

https://cdnh.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CDNH is a Myanmar peacebuilding non-profit founded in 2015, operating across all 14 states/regions with offices in five cities. It delivers conflict prevention, anti-trafficking, youth, and scholarship programs, supported by a national violence monitoring database and Western government donor funding.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Peacebuilding and Social Harmony Services

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPADAEAK

Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus & Resilience Programming

Business & Public Services/International Organizations & Development/International Development & Technical Assistance

Keywords

• Conflict prevention programs
• Civic education services
• Community peacebuilding
• Anti-trafficking initiatives
• Social harmony research

Headquarters

HQ city

Yangon

HQ country

Myanmar (Burma)

HQ region

Asia

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. International Donor Funding: CDNH carries out its activities with financial and logistical support from international donors including the Embassy of Denmark, Peace Support Fund, Norwegian Foreign Ministry, and Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Center for Diversity and National Harmony (CDNH) is an independent non-governmental organization that delivers research, training, conflict prevention, public outreach, and scholarship programs across Myanmar. Its core program areas include Anti-Human Smuggling and Trafficking, Conflict Prevention and Management (anchored by a violence monitoring and early warning database), Public Outreach (civic education forums and school curriculum), Research (Political Processes and Social Harmony; Telescope thematic project), Training (Youth Camps), and the Rakhine State Scholarship program for disadvantaged higher education students.

Product overview

CDNH is an independent non-governmental organization that operates as a research and civic education organization rather than a technology product company. Its portfolio consists of five core program areas: Anti-Human Smuggling and Trafficking, Conflict Prevention and Management, Public Outreach, Research, and Training (Youth Camps). Supporting these programs are publications including research reports on social harmony across Myanmar's states and regions, civic education materials for K-10 students, and the Rakhine Scholarships initiative. The Research Department conducts the Political Processes and Social Harmony project and the Telescope thematic research project. There is no unified software platform or technology product; rather, the organization produces publications, delivers training programs, and maintains a conflict monitoring database.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Anti-Human Smuggling and Trafficking Initiative
• Conflict Prevention and Management
• Public Outreach
• Research
• Youth Camps Training
• Rakhine State Scholarships
• Telescope Project
• Political Processes and Social Harmony Research
• Civic Education Materials

Quantifiable outcome

• Research coverage across all 7 states and 7 regions of Myanmar

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Mercy Corps: Large international humanitarian and development NGO with substantial Myanmar programming on peace and governance — broader in scope than CDNH but operates in the same donor-funded conflict-prevention space.
• The Carter Center: Global conflict resolution and democracy-promotion organization with country-specific peace programs; broader portfolio but overlapping conflict-prevention methodology with CDNH.
• Norwegian Refugee Council: Large humanitarian organization with Myanmar operations focused on displacement, peacebuilding, and civic engagement; a larger incumbent in the same funding ecosystem (Norwegian government donor overlap).

Direct peers

• International Alert: Dedicated peacebuilding NGO with multi-year Myanmar programming on conflict prevention and social cohesion — directly comparable to CDNH's peace and social harmony mandate.
• International Crisis Group: Global conflict research and policy advocacy organization with sustained Myanmar coverage; closely parallels CDNH's nationwide research and government coordination work.
• Conciliation Resources: Peacebuilding NGO combining research, dialogue, and capacity building in conflict-affected societies including Myanmar — closely aligned with CDNH's training and civic education focus.
• Search for Common Ground: International peacebuilding NGO that combines conflict analysis, media programming, and community-level training in Myanmar — directly comparable to CDNH's research-plus-training-plus-policy model.
• Swisspeace: Swiss-based peace research and policy institute that supports conflict analysis in Myanmar; directly comparable to CDNH's research-driven peacebuilding approach and shares a Swiss donor ecosystem.
• Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (CPCS): Peace studies and practice organization active in Southeast Asia with conflict-prevention training and research — directly comparable to CDNH's peace education mandate.

Regional players

• Paung Sie Facility: Myanmar-based interfaith peacebuilding platform and a documented CDNH partner (logo on CDNH site) — a local peer with overlapping interfaith and reconciliation programming.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/center-for-diversity-and-national-harmony

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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