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Venerable [Ashin Sopaka] (IBMO-Germany) was born in Burma in 1977 and was forced to flee to the Thai-Burma border because of religious persecution. In 2003, he moved Germany where he founded the Cologne-Buddhism-Center (KBC) in the summer of 2005. He lectures on Buddhism, peace building and human rights as he visits schools, other Buddhist centers and refugee camps around the world. In March 2006, the association's register of the district court of Cologne under the name "Saints Dhamma Vihara Cologne-Buddhology Center registered association. Ashin Sopaka works very closely with Burmese monks both inside Burma and along the Thai-Burma border.  In 2008, on behalf of IBMO, he has traveled to Switzerland, Estonia, Sweden, and Finland giving media interviews and conducting interfaith services with various religious leaders.  For his efforts, he was recently appointed an Ambassador of Peace by the Universal Peace Federation.

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