Category Archives: The Lifestyles
The Harrowing Tale of a Refugee Mother Named Rahima, Part 4
And to conclude…read part one, part two and part three Rahima came to Mae Sot when all hope was lost for a good life in Burma. Now, after being left by two husbands, she is a single mother of two … Continue reading
Filed under Internal Displacement, Military, Perspective, Refugees, Reports, The Lifestyles, The People
Pic of the Day: Karen Farm Girl
Ethnic Karen in mountain regions are mostly rice farmers, such as this young girl. They are attacked by the Burmese Army in the fall right after the rice harvest so they cannot survive for the year. The harvests are burned … Continue reading
Filed under Photography, Pic of the Day, The Karen, The Lifestyles, The People
The Harrowing Tale of a Refugee Mother Named Rahima, Part 2
The story continues for Rahima, an Arakanese refugee mother in the border town of Mae Sot, Thailand… Read part one here “After that we moved across the country to Moulmein [Mon State], Burma where we found some farmland and started … Continue reading
Filed under Internal Displacement, Military, Perspective, Refugees, Reports, The Lifestyles, The People
The Harrowing Tale of a Refugee Mother Named Rahima, Part 1
“Living in a daydream is the only we can get through this. If I focus like a human being and think about my existence then life is just not possible. I used to spend a lot of time thinking. I … Continue reading
Filed under Internal Displacement, Military, Perspective, Refugees, Reports, The Lifestyles, The People
Pic of the Day: School Kids
School children in native dress in Central Karen State. The Karen are the most modest in dress of all Burma’s ethnic groups. Simple smocks are woven by village women on hand looms – white and red smocks being the prevalent … Continue reading
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Some Perspective From Worldwide Impact Now (WIN)
Attitude matters for the Karen youth who are fighting for the survival of their once prosperous culture that is over 2000 years old. WIN’s objective is to free oppressed peoples worldwide through human development, empowerment and enablement initiatives. We have … Continue reading
Filed under Photography, The Initiatives, The Lifestyles, The People
