Actresses Yadana Khin, Thinzar Wint Kyaw and Khin Wint Wah team up with Free Funeral Service Society to deliver relief supplies to victims of flooding in Hlegu, a town 40km…
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Bullet Points: 7 August 2014
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Hlegu village overwhelmed by sustained floods
A village in Rangoon Division’s Hlegu Township has been inundated by floods for the past two weeks, with no sign of water levels abating due to a block in the…
Severe flooding drowns 1,000 homes in Hlegu
About 1,000 homes have been inundated in Hlegu, Rangoon Division, after heavy rains flooded the Ngamoeyeik creek and the Pegu River.
Leprosy: suffering in silence
The Mayanchaung Centre in Rangoon’s Helgu Township houses around 140 people who suffer from leprosy — a disease that leaves its sufferers stigmatised by society.
Dr Cynthia responds to Thameelay villagers
Displaced villagers from Thameelay in Rangoon who were provided resettlement by the Democratic Benevolent Karen Army in Karen State are now receiving healthcare from Dr Cynthia Maung’s Thailand-based Mae Tao…