Category Archives: Support Programs
The Harrowing Tale of a Refugee Mother Named Rahima, Part 3
The story continues for Rahima, an Arakanese refugee mother in the border town of Mae Sot, Thailand…read part one and part two In Burma, soldiers are given total power and often stationed far from home, creating what has been dubbed … Continue reading
Filed under Internal Displacement, Military, Refugees, Reports, Support Programs, The Initiatives, The People
Pic of the Day: Karen Freedom Fighters
Karen villagers are defended only by a small force of a few thousand irregulars, who face 400,000 regulars from the Burmese Army. Karen soldiers have lost both family members and their community in their long resistance against Burmese oppression. They … Continue reading
Filed under Military, Photography, Pic of the Day, Support Programs, The Karen, The People
Medical Aid Beyond Borders
Karen farmers return to farm lands where the Burmese Army has placed landmines. Mobile medical clinics and backpack medics are the only care these farmers have in the war zone. In Eastern Burma, decades of civil war, wide spread human … Continue reading
Filed under Landmine Victims, Medical, Military, Photography, Support Programs, The Initiatives, The Karen, The People, WIN
