All Entries Tagged With: "Karenni"
The Plight Of The Karen, Karenni, Mon, & Shan People
A State of Fear By SAW YAN NAING / EASTERN BURMA OCTOBER, 2009 – VOLUME 17 NO.7 Caught in the crossfire of Burma’s civil war, hundreds of thousands of Karen, Karenni, Mon and Shan are trapped in No Man’s Land At night, my mother and I boiled rice while my sister dried our wet clothes [...]
Snapshot of Eastern Burma
Eastern Burma: Another Darfur? Source: The Irrawaddy Date: 20 Aug 2009 By SAW YAN NAING You could say it runs in the family—45-year-old Saw Lubermoo’s grandmother and grandfather were IDPs (Internally Displaced Persons), his parents were IDPs, and now he is an IDP. The ethnic Karen says he has been constantly on the move and [...]
FBR Report – Aug 6, 2009
FBR REPORT: “Train to Cry” Karen State, Burma 6 August, 2009 Dear friends, Here is a report from our FBR HQ team after the latest training of Shan, Karenni and Pao relief teams. It is about love and what can make us cry. We were there to start the training and our ethnic headquarters team [...]
