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My Experiences in “the Land of Evil”
By: A Boy from Saw Mu Plaw
The lands of the Karen people have been called “Kawthoolei – the land without evil”. But this has sadly changed. The Burmese army has repeatedly attacked us with guns, artillery, and aircraft; they have relocated our villages, destroyed, and stolen our animals, crops, and possessions; they have raped, beaten, and killed us; and, they forced us into refugee camps in other countries. The Burmese army has turned our precious Kawthoolei into “the land of evil”. My name is Tamaw Karo; but in school, my friends called me Saw Htway. I lived in Ka Bu Khee village (Saw Mu Plaw village tract, Lu Thaw Township, and Mutraw (Papun) District) in Karen State. Here is the story of mine....
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Two Friends in Action:
The Best Friend project work with Migrants of the Mae Sot Rubbish Dump
By: Casey Williams
Although the rubbish dump provides a source of income for people living there, working at the site does come with risk and serious threat to health and security. Migrant workers at the rubbish dump face serious risks to their health, including skin, chronic and respiratory diseases, sickness from drinking contaminated water and nutritional deficiency due to lack of proper food.
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