Rosalie SmithMar 17, 2009 (DVB), Although being in Nu Pho camp feels like being in any little village peppered with bamboo huts, no one I spoke to there seemed to feel safe. "The Democratic Karen Buddhist Army is just too close", says Kohw, an Arakan monk who has lived in Nu Pho for over a …
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Ethnic organisations appeal for border aid
Jun 3, 2008 (DVB), Shan, Karen and Karenni groups have appealed to the international community to urgently grant much-needed funding for food provision to over 140,000 refugees living along the Burma-Thailand border. The organisations said that the refugees, who have been living on the border for up to 20 years, would face difficulties due to …
Food aid to refugees faces cuts
Dec 6, 2007 (DVB), A humanitarian agency working on the Thai-Burma border has been forced to make cuts in food provisions to Burmese refugees because of funding shortfalls. The Thailand Burma Border Consortium has been providing food aid to over 150,000 refugees in ten camps along the Thai-Burma border for around 20 years. But now …