Links of interest
DosVelas Pictures
http://www.freeburmarangers.org
The Free Burma Rangers (FBR) is a multi-ethnic humanitarian service movement which provide help, medicine, hope and love to people in the war zones of Burma. Teams are trained, supplied and sent into the areas under attack to provide emergency assistance and to document human rights abuses.
A grassroots organization of Karenni refugee women who have fled to Thailand to escape the multiple atrocities perpetrated by the Burmese military regime.
WEAVE was founded in 1990, with the intent to empower indigenous women and support their needs and basic human rights. Their projects attempt to address some of the problems faced by marginalized ethnic women and their children from Burma in the key areas of education, health,economic empowerment and self reliance.
A news magazine founded in 1992 by Burmese exiles living in Thailand. From its inception, The Irrawaddy has taken an independent stance on Burmese politics, although as a publication produced by former Burmese activists who fled the brutal crackdown on anti-military protests in 1988, it has always been closely associated with the pro-democracy movement.
A social community network which is helping keep the Kayan people stay connected worldwide.
Huay Pu Keng is a small village populated primarily by the Kayan (long-neck) and Kayaw (big-ears) Karenni ethnic sub-groups. It is the largest of three Kayan villages in Mae Hong Son province.
