In 2009 Partners started working with the Shan Health Department to train healthcare workers. At that time there were really only two medics who could treat patients in the area. Since that time we have trained over 200 people. Hundreds of people and several organisations have been a part of supporting this ambitious undertaking. I was at the training site on the border yesterday for the graduation of 2011 students. There I witnessed a medical marvel, perhaps even a miracle.
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Karen National Union (KNU) signs ceasefire
Both parties must now commit themselves to human rights, accountability and justice
(Jan. 12, 2012, Oslo, Norway) – The Karen National Union signed a ceasefire agreement Thursday, January 12, with the government of Burma. This is a major step toward ending one of the longest-running ethnic armed conflicts in the world, and both parties should use the opportunity to advance human rights, accountability, and justice for the battered Karen civilian population, Norway-based Partners Relief & Development (PRAD) said today. (more…)
"We are healthy because we eat a lot of vegetables"
This is Rev. John Maw (Not his real name). He is 78. His wife is Pah Luu (Not her real name). She is 72. They live in an abandoned cement building together with a few hundred others who recently fled their villages.
“We did not want to leave our village,” Rev. John says. “We love our home in the mountains and we have lived in the same village since 1965.”
“But we didn’t have a choice. We had to leave when the army started attacking us and using chemical weapons. It is not good for children and pregnant women when there are chemical weapons in the area. We are very sad that we had to leave our village.” (more…)
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