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Thailand
Posted by The.IRC on December 23rd, 2010
Peter Biro, the IRC’s Bangkok-based senior communications officer, writes in Slate about urban refugees in Thailand and presents a gallery of photos. more »
Posted in Thailand | Tags: refugees, Burmese refugees, humanitarian, urban refugees, photos, news, conflict |
Posted by Peter.Biro on December 3rd, 2010
It is early morning in Wat Maha Wong, a Buddhist temple overlooking the muddy Moei River on the Thailand side of the border with Myanmar. Hundreds of ragged and exhausted people huddle on straw mats waiting for food and medical care. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Thailand | Tags: refugees, Burmese refugees, emergency, health, humanitarian, water, myanmar, Thailand, photos, conflict | 2 Comments
Posted by Peter.Biro on November 22nd, 2010
I recently spent a day with Tanaw, one of 15 IRC-trained midwives in Tham Hin, a patchwork of bamboo huts housing nearly 8,000 Burmese refugees on the Thailand-Myanmar border. more »
Posted in Health, Asia, Thailand | Tags: refugees, Burmese refugees, health, humanitarian, midwives, conflict |
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on October 29th, 2010
Every day my IRC colleagues and I deal with numbers -- big numbers, small numbers, sobering numbers – numbers that add to the sum total of human suffering. But no matter how grim the statistics from the crisis zones where we work, there are other numbers that add up to one thing: hope. more »
Posted in Resettlement, United States, US - Atlanta, GA, US - Phoenix, AZ, US - San Diego, CA, Haiti, Thailand | Tags: refugees, aid workers, humanitarian |
Posted by The.IRC on October 14th, 2010
Today marks World Sight Day, an annual day of awareness to focus attention on blindness and visual impairment. Since 1997, the IRC has helped hundreds of thousands of visually impaired refugees and other victims of war restore their vision through a unique program that offers free glasses and access to eye surgery. more »
Posted by Peter.Biro on August 30th, 2010
The Mae Tao clinic, on the outskirts of the town of Mae Sot in northeastern Thailand, is the only source of medical care for thousands of Burmese along the volatile Thailand-Myanmar border. I visited the clinic this spring and took these photos. more »
Posted by Peter.Biro on June 9th, 2010
In the northern Thai town of Mae Sot, the IRC’s Peter Biro recently met U Mya Aye, a Burmese farmer being treated for tuberculosis at the IRC-supported Mae Tao Clinic. more »
Posted by Peter.Biro on March 26th, 2010
Ban Puta, a hamlet on the Thailand side of the border with Myanmar, is nestled on a small hill overlooking paddy fields and dense jungle foliage. Most people who live here have fled conflict and economic collapse in Myanmar for a more peaceful life in Thailand. more »
Posted in Health, Asia, Thailand | Tags: refugees, humanitarian |
Posted by Peter.Biro on March 11th, 2010
In an unassuming house on the outskirts of the Thai city of Mae Sot lies the office of Social Action for Women (SAW), an IRC-supported organization that helps survivors of rape, domestic violence, trafficking and other abuse. On a recent visit to their shelter, I met Ngelay, a 16-year-old Burmese girl who narrowly escaped being sold into marriage by her mother. more »
Posted in Women, Thailand | Tags: refugees, humanitarian, Sexual Violence, Trafficking | 2 Comments
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on January 11th, 2010
Today I’m in Bangkok, visiting an IRC office that helps refugees in Asia who can't return to their home countries make an informed decision about whether to apply for resettlement in the United States. more »
Posted in Resettlement, Asia, Thailand | Tags: refugees, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bangkok, culture, humanitarian, Karen, OPE |
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