By Saw Shar / Karen Information Center / BNI Online | March 21, 2018 The Union Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief, and Resettlement has provided Ks 126.9 million to internally displaced persons (IDPs) who are taking refuge in Myaing [...]
Burma Link | February 1, 2018 This story is an update to the first part of Naw Lay Lit Ray Thaw’s story, published as part of Burma Link’s “Protracted Displacement” longitudinal interview series. Naw Lay Lit Ray Thaw comes [...]
Burma Link | January 17, 2018 Ko Kya grew up amidst conflict in Hee Poe Der village in Karen National Union (KNU) 5th Brigade. The villagers had to often hide in the jungle when they heard Burma Army was [...]
Burma Link | December 21, 2017 Today (December 21, 2017), Burma Link publishes an infographic briefer about the Karen IDP (internally displaced person) camp Ei Tu Hta. Since 2006, Ei Tu Hta has provided refuge for thousands of Karen [...]
Since 2006, Ei Tu Hta (also spelled Ei Thu Hta) has provided refuge for thousands of Karen civilians fleeing armed conflict and Burma Army abuse in northern Karen State. Ei Tu Hta IDP camp is located on the Thailand-Burma [...]
Burma Link | December 14, 2017 After fleeing persecution from the Burma Army in her native village, Naw Thein Nay found her way to Ei Thu Hta Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Camp in 2007. There, she found safety and [...]
Tea Circle Oxford| December 4, 2017 Moegyo challenges the role of development/assistance in ethnic areas and provides recommendations for vetting. With the transition in 2011 to a new hybrid civilian-military government in Burma, a number of international development/assistance carpetbaggers – [...]
By Victoria Milko / Frontier Myanmar | November 20, 2017 Food aid cuts have created further anxiety for more than 6,000 refugees and displaced people from Shan State who have endured a precarious existence for years in camps along [...]
By Jared Downing/Frontier Myanmar | November 22, 2017 After 70 years of conflict, the KNU and local NGOs are beginning to work alongside the government in providing healthcare to the Karen people. A cycle crash and a nasty gash [...]
Karen Women's Organization (KWO) | November 6, 2017 The Karen Women’s Organization and our 60,000 members support the effort of Karen people in the United States to shed light on the plight of our people and others in Burma. We know that the [...]