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In Memorium: Joyce Gaffney [1929 - 2021]
Joyce for many decades helped her husband Juan Pedro organize concerts for Coro Hispano. Founded in 1975, the Coro Hispano de San Francisco is a chorus of the Spanish-speaking communities of the San Francisco Bay Area dedicated to exploring and performing the choral literature of the peoples of Latin America, Spain and Portugal.
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The Mission's Beloved Tonantsin was produced by Joyce
Artist Collette Crutchner recalls
"Joyce Gaffney, who feared that their freshly-painted garden wall, on a highly-trafficked stretch of 16th St., would be vandalized. Juan Pedro was the director of Coro Hispano, a chorus dedicated to preserving the musical heritage of the Spanish-speaking world, and I was lucky enough to be a member. My favorite song from our repertoire was “Dios Itla Tonantsine”, a hauntingly beautiful piece written in the Nahuatl language and combining Aztec drumming with Renaissance polyphony. Written by an Aztec maestro trained in European composition, it is a hymn to the Virgin Mary which refers to her as Tonantsin, the mother goddess of the Aztecs. I was intrigued by this free-form cultural syncretism; i had also just given birth to my second child, and the theme of motherhood in all its frightening intensity was very present to me.
Although I have now done some travel in the Yucatan and visited a number of archaeological sites, the creation of the mural preceded my knowing much about Mesoamerican cultures, and I am certainly no expert still. I painted the feelings aroused by the music, and, oddly, I found that many of the pictorial elements I included are actually attributes of Tonantsin (with the exception of the symbols painted on her skin, which I got from a book and in some instances altered). The strongest artistic influence on the piece was an exhibit of Tibetan Thangka scrolls that came to San Francisco in 1990.
The mural was popular in the neighborhood, and received an award from Precita Eyes muralists. Over the years, though, the old wooden fence it was painted on began to flake and rot. With the aid of contributions from locals and a small grant from Precita Eyes, I took on the project of renewing the piece using more weather-resistant materials. The Recology artist residency I’d recently completed led me to incorporate mosaic and relief sculpture into the new mural. Tonantsin Renace (Tonantsin Reborn) was inaugurated in 1998, and has been a much-photographed and beloved part of the Mission ever since. I’m not the only one to observe that on some foggy mornings the condensation makes her appear to weep.
Joyce Iskowitz Rosenthal Gaffney
October 22, 1929 - January 27, 2021
Who shall find a valiant woman? She is worth far more than jewels: Advantage and not hurt she brings all the days of her life: She does her work with eager spirit: She holds out her hand to the poor and opens her arms to the needy: She is clothed in strength and dignity, and can laugh at the days to come: When she opens her mouth she does so wisely; on her tongue is kindly instruction. Those who know her sing her praises: Many women have done admirable things, but you surpass them all: Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her at the city gates!
~~~~~
Born in Brooklyn in 1929, as second of three children, after her brother Arthur and before her sister Nancie, to Russian immigrant parents Nathan Iskowitz and Ida Epstein, Joyce grew up iin the culture of the apparel industry, where her father worked. At 17, she secured a job at Maidenform in New Jersey, and was quickly selected by the head of the design department to serve as model for the basic shape of Maidenform bras for the next several years. "Just think!" she exclaimed; "all the women in America are wearing me!"
In 1951 she married Murray Rosenthal and gave birth to her first three children, Marsha, Neil, and Charles. In 1963 the family drove to California and settled in the Bay Area. Noting the availability of free higher education in California (then!), Joyce enrolled in Contra Costa Junior College, earning her AA there and transferring to San Francisco State, where she completed her BA degree in a double major of Sociology and Urban Planning.
Her husband Murray died several years later.
Joyce found the love of her life in compose/conductor Juan Pedro Gaffney. They married in 1973, beginning a partnership that would have a far-reaching impact on San Francisco's cultural history.
In 1975, Juan Pedro founded the Coro Hispano de San Francisco, a community-based performing ensemble dedicated principally to the choral and vocal music of Latin America. Comprised mostly of Spanish-speaking inhabitants of San Franciscso's Mission District, the Coro served as an educational outreach to many who had music in their hearts but little or no prior music-making background.
It soon became a widely-esteemed platform for its major but hitherto unexplored repertory, drawn from two sources: folk-originate music from all corners of the Spanish-speaking World, and the immense legacy of Latin America's choral music, embracing more than four centuries of creative output by Iberoamerica's composers. As a result, the young people of the Mission District became the purveyors of their ancestors' cultural legacy, providing Bay Area audiences with 20th-c. re-premiere performances of music of the Americas from the 16th through 20th century.
Joyce understood the impact of this whole enterprise. At its inception, she worked as general coordinator of all things non-musical: printing scores and parts, organizing recruitment, publicity, audience-building - and making mid-day meals for hungry singers after a two-hour rehearsal on Saturday mornings. Coro Hispano's debut concert in March of 1976 filled Mission Dolores Basilica with an audience of over 500; in large measure, Joyce's achievement.
In 1980, she and Juan Pedro adopted two more children, Chris and Joy. They spent the next four years raising the children at Stanford, where her husband earned an MA in Early Music and Choral Conducting. On returning to San Francisco in 1984, they reestablished the Coro on a firmer basis, creating the Instituto Pro Música de California. From its inception, Joyce served as Executive Director, taking on all levels of administrative and financial responsibility, and in the process, mentoring several assistants in effective arts management.
In the ensuing five years, Coro performed at an astonishing level: three to five distinct concert repertories per year, each one performed four to six times throughout the entire Bay Area. Coro undertook three tours to Southern California, collaborated with Revels to bring its repertory to Oakland, Cambridge and Houston, participated in two regional conventions of the American Choral Directors Association, and in three international festivals in Mexico. Joyce organized all that.
For 25 years, Coro's counter-cultural observance of "The Holidays" - Día de los Reyes, in January, after Christmas and the glut of consumerism that has overtaken it - became a hallmark of San Francisco's winter arts season, presenting each year a sumptuous feast of music from all parts of the Spanish-speaking World.
Later, in collaboration with the Presidio Trust, Coro established ¡Fandango! - an annual celebration of San Francisco's Foundation Day, June 29th, with programs of choral, vocal and instrumental songs and dances from the Hispano-Mexican era of California's history. For twelve years running, every performance was SRO.
It was Joyce's work that built up both of those local traditions.
~~~~~
At 15, she started smoking. It cost her dearly to break free of it at 44; but had she not, she wouldn't have made it to 91. Drinking was never really her problem, but she had decided to join The Fellowship, to get past the 5 o'clock martini. So it was through the 12 Steps she was able to get past the cigs; there she got the support of others, and gave support abundantly to countless more. Her gift in giving counsel to others was direct, sometimes blunt, most often spiced with her ahá! sense of humor, but ever with an open and welcoming laugh.
She ran an abundant household. The front door would lead you to the kitchen, where a big pot of soup or the like was always at the ready. At out table, there was always room for you and more. For big occasions, she knew how to expand the recipe without ever losing the flavor. "Meals for millions!" her suegra once exclaimed.
Bigger than her biggest meals was the bigness of her heart. She knew how to listen, offer help without pushing, always with compassion for who you really are.
She became mama all over again in the late '90s, when she and Juan Pedro took on the care of granddaughter Leilani, full time. Joyce loves all her children, abundantly.
Joyce's genius was to look at a problem and see within it the path to its own solution; and then plunge into it and make it happen. Her mother Ida said it best: "If you want to get something done, call Joycie."
All in our family thank the St. Joseph Health Hospice Services of Santa Rosa for their splendid care through Joyce's last 3 weeks. And a shout-out to Dr Jason Cunningham and his team at West County Community Health Center, for their loving, long-term health care for Joyce and the family through the last 18 years.
Throughout her whole life, Joyce worked hard for justice and peace in all quarters of the globe, but some causes were closer to her heart than others. If you wish to honor her memory, please consider a donation to B'Tselem USA, btselem.org/donate, or to Doctors Without Borders, doctorswithoutborders.org/support.
We had planned a Yahrzeit fiesta this weekend for family and friends to join in celebrating her; but Delta, then Omicron said not yet. We hope that by next January, the plague's tide will subside sufficiently to be able to join with you for real. Meanwhile, from the bosom of Abraham, Joyce is smiling on us all. Her memory is already a blessing.
Praise God!
Published by San Francisco Chronicle from Jan. 28 to Jan. 31, 2022.
Zeiss Ikon | Leica 35mm f/1.4 Summilux-M ASPH | Velvia 50
Minamisanriku is one of the worst hit areas with nearly half their population missing.
Donate to the Red Cross or preferably to MSF(Doctors Without Borders).
Size: 6”x6”
Tesserae: Mexican smalti, Italian smalti, glass beads, red coral, gold glass, broken glass, stained glass
Artist Statement:
I became acquainted with mosaic art on my quest for inner peace and it has become my passion in life. Therefore in my art I reflect the happiness and freedom that I acquired on this path with the hope of being able to instill that in peoples’ hearts somehow.
My art brings me joy, energy and happiness. I am hoping to share those feelings with the viewers. I desire to achieve that with my abstract art, my choice of substrates, colors, textures and materials. My creativity plays an important role in my wrks. I also strive for originality in my mosaics. Freedom of expression is something that I truly value and work at.
My deepest desire is to convey the message that we are all made of pure love, light, knowledge, joy and beauty and that we are capable of being and having anything that we truly desire in goodwill. Our true mission is about unity and communion with all of nature and with each other in this and other dimensions.
Banu Cevikel
Website: banu@mocaicsbybb.com
Email: banu.cevikel@yahoo.com
Turkey
Size: 6”x6” framed
Tesserae: Found metal, nails, mixed material tesserae including glass, ceramic and Smalti on found wood backing
“I began by trawling through materials whilst reflecting on what Doctors Without Borders is about.
Pandora's box sprang to mind, more specifically, Hope.
Then I thought, why not the three!!!”
About Helen:
Helen works organically with a range of earthy material and glass finding a lot of her ancient material along the coastline, in waste sites and salvage yards. She likes to explore mosaic method and integrate it with just about any technique that suggests itself to create varied and unusual surfaces for her furniture and sculpture. Helen also commissions a professional Blacksmith for the wrought iron elements of the garden furniture designs.
Helen Nock
Website: www.helen-nock.co.uk
North Somerset, UK
Size: 6”x6” framed
Tesserae: stained glass
Crystal Thomas has been working in the mosaic medium since 1998. She primarily creates representational and abstract fine art panels and three-dimensional forms. Experimenting with use of materials in new ways, such as the use of stained glass noodles stood on-edge in ‘Black-eyed John’, keeps her inspired.
Crystal Thomas
Website: www.crystalthomasmosaics.com
Washington, USA
Beyond Borders: Mosaic Auction for DWB/MSF
September 2012
Size: 6" x 6" framed
Tesserae: Found foiled stained glass piece made in 1984, iridescent glass, stained glass, mirror, gems, millefiori
Statement:
The definition of ‘syncopation’ can mean, in music: A shift of accent in a passage or composition that occurs when a normally weak beat is stressed, such as rhythm that is syncopated. After losing a lot of my hand and arm strength during a recent injury, ‘Syncopation’ is the perfect title for this. Using music as a metaphor for my mosaic work, it was easy to compare what I felt with this definition. Having an artistic beat, albeit weak, using the rhythms from my muse, this piece came to life.
Cindy White ~ Earth Mother Mosaics
Email: earthmothermosaics@yahoo.com
Etsy: www.etsy.com/shop/earthmothermosaics
Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/mosaic_queen2008
Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/EarthMotherMosaics-Cindy-White/101...
Blog: www.earthmothermosaics.wordpress.com
Tumbler: www.earthmothermosaics.tumblr.com/
Twitter: twitter.com/ - !/EMMosaics
Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/earthmothermos/
Pennsylvania, USA
Tesserae: Recycled materials: corrugated boxes, mirror, stained glass.
Size: 6"x6"
Artist Statement:
I work primarily with recycled materials. I enjoy the treasure hunt of seeking out interesting materials, shapes and textures from among what others find worthless.
I love the alchemy of transforming an ordinary, everyday corrugated box into something new and extraordinary - simply by exposing the colors and textures hidden within.
I started creating shadowboxes from corrugated boxes because these boxes are easy to find, easy to cut, lightweight and very sturdy. Once I had built the structure from corrugated, I would then cover the surfaces with recycled papers. But I soon became fascinated with the corrugations and the slivers of cross sections that accumulated on my work table. After I peeled, sliced and dissected the corrugated boxes – I would take these pieces and re-arrange them to create new and exciting patterns and abstract designs.
One of the things I love about working with corrugated is how easy it is to cut and glue into place. But in recent years I've been learning to cut and shape glass and stone, experimenting with combining corrugated with these traditional mosaic materials. Now that I am looking, I'm amazed at how much glass and stone material is available to be diverted from the local landfills! One of my favorite dumpsters has “marble only” stenciled on it.
Luci Lytle
Corrugated Mosaic Art
Website: www.CorrugatedMosaic.com
Email: CorrugatedMosaic@gmail.com
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SOS%20Shopping%205/115/115/23
September 18 to October 2nd - This event has tons of gifts and lots of sims with the end result to benefit Doctors Without Borders.
I have always been fascinated by the work of Frida Kahlo and that is what you will find - she was my inspiration. Please join in the hunts, and gifts and more @ SOS!
Chupacabra Hunt -- 500L entry and you get great gifts from every vendor participating.
Sugar Bowl Hunt
20L
Frida Earrings 4 Textures
GIFT from me -- Maitreya Nails - Frida :) 1L
New Exclusive 100% to SOS - 195L separates and 21 Each Texture 1099L Fat Pack HUD
New Exclusive 50% to SOS - 195L and for the 64 Texture HUD 1699L
New Exclusive to SOS - 50% to SOS 195L and 1199 for the 36 Texture HUD
FURNITURE!
A new Frida Table
AND 50% to SOS -
Frida Bench With 2 Seater Poses - Copy/Mod
250L
Frida Garden Wall - Copy/Mod - 250L
Whimsy Flower Table Set - 300L
ALL EXCLUSIVE and NEW FOR THIS EVENT!
FIND THESE ITEMS HERE:
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SOS%20Shopping%205/115/115/23
AND MEANDER SHOP is HERE:
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Netherfield%20Forest/182/9...
Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: Limiting the Damage of a Protracted Crisis
www.crisisgroup.org/asia/south-east-asia/myanmar-banglade...
Rohingya Refugee Crisis Explained
www.unrefugees.org/news/rohingya-refugee-crisis-explained/
Six Years of Rohingya Refugee Crisis in Bangladesh: From Here to Where?
www.spf.org/apbi/news_en/b_240627.html
The Rohingyas are a Muslim minority from the North Rakhine State in western Burma. Over the past forty years, the Burmese government has systematically stripped over 1 million Rohingya of their citizenship. Recognized as one of the most oppressed ethnic groups in the world, the Rohingya are granted few social, economic and civil rights. They are subjected to forced labor, arbitrary land seizure, religious persecution, extortion, the freedom to travel, and the right to marry. Because of the abuse they endure in Burma, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya have fled Burma to seek sanctuary in neighboring Bangladesh. In the refugee camps along the south east coast where they settle, most are not recognized as refugees and are considered illegal economic migrants. Unwanted and unwelcome, they receive little or no humanitarian assistance and are vulnerable to exploitation and harassment. In recent years, the Rohingya have paid brokers to smuggle them by boat from Bangladesh to Malaysia and even beyond to Australia, sparking the attention of governments throughout the region.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has confirmed that the statelessness of the Rohingya is not just a Burma-related problem, but a problem with larger regional implications.
pulitzercenter.org/reporting/burma-bangladesh-muslim-mino...
pulitzercenter.org/reporting/rohingya-bangladesh-burma-my...
pulitzercenter.org/reporting/rohingya-burma-bangladesh-st...
www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/reports/2002/r...
blogs.mediapart.fr/edition/les-invites-de-mediapart/artic...
pulitzercenter.org/blog/week-review-inside-burma-presiden...
Size: 6”x6” framed
Tesserae: Glass, shells and mosaic tiles
Statement:
My mosaic is a dragonfly, a delicate and beautiful insect.
About me:
I live in a small country town in Victoria, Australia. I am self-taught and I have found a passion for creating art with mosaics. I have been very pleased to pass on this passion to others in working with people with a disability, assisting community groups to create mosaic murals in the local area, classes and workshops.
Paula Pezzutto
I am a member of: The Mosaic Association of Australia & New Zealand (MAANZ)
Victoria, Australia
"Comfort and Joy"
Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières
April 1 through April 27 at BiddingForGood.com/DWB-MSF
Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: Limiting the Damage of a Protracted Crisis
www.crisisgroup.org/asia/south-east-asia/myanmar-banglade...
Rohingya Refugee Crisis Explained
www.unrefugees.org/news/rohingya-refugee-crisis-explained/
Six Years of Rohingya Refugee Crisis in Bangladesh: From Here to Where?
www.spf.org/apbi/news_en/b_240627.html
The Rohingyas are a Muslim minority from the North Rakhine State in western Burma. Over the past forty years, the Burmese government has systematically stripped over 1 million Rohingya of their citizenship. Recognized as one of the most oppressed ethnic groups in the world, the Rohingya are granted few social, economic and civil rights. They are subjected to forced labor, arbitrary land seizure, religious persecution, extortion, the freedom to travel, and the right to marry. Because of the abuse they endure in Burma, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya have fled Burma to seek sanctuary in neighboring Bangladesh. In the refugee camps along the south east coast where they settle, most are not recognized as refugees and are considered illegal economic migrants. Unwanted and unwelcome, they receive little or no humanitarian assistance and are vulnerable to exploitation and harassment. In recent years, the Rohingya have paid brokers to smuggle them by boat from Bangladesh to Malaysia and even beyond to Australia, sparking the attention of governments throughout the region.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has confirmed that the statelessness of the Rohingya is not just a Burma-related problem, but a problem with larger regional implications.
pulitzercenter.org/reporting/burma-bangladesh-muslim-mino...
pulitzercenter.org/reporting/rohingya-bangladesh-burma-my...
pulitzercenter.org/reporting/rohingya-burma-bangladesh-st...
www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/reports/2002/r...
blogs.mediapart.fr/edition/les-invites-de-mediapart/artic...
pulitzercenter.org/blog/week-review-inside-burma-presiden...
Kinpun is a little town at the bottom of Mt. Kyaiktiyo. When you arrive it is crowded with lot of pilgrims arriving or leaving.
I took the time walking a little away of the scene and was surprised as with every step it became more and more into "usual" Burmese village. It was still very nice and clean, as expected at the Bottom of Kyaiktiyo, but you could see how quick the houses got smaller and the people poorer.
Please keep in mind:
Burma (Myanmar) is ruled by a military junta. In 1990 Aung San Suu Kyi was elected by the people and imprisoned for the next 20 years after the election by the military.
In 2010 a election was staged to keep the military leaders in their current positions. People are starving and are forced to work.
All the pictures you may see in my stream are very onesided, as it is prohibited to take pictures of the military and the police. Also I just do not take pictures of poor people on the streets and there are a lot of very poor people in Burma.
The Burmese people are the nicest people I ever met and should be supported, even if I don´t really know how.
The country needs support. I posted some links to some international organizations helping Burma.
Burma is NOT the usual travel destination! Even if I am avoided all governement fees as far as possible (partly in long hours of bus travel) I still can´t say that I am sure travelling the country helps the people or should be boycotted as proposed by some people.
The government just moved the capital to Naypyidaw. When I saw it from the bus passing it, I had tears in my eyes seeing how the "Generals" collect the money building fancy buildings and streets around them with people starving. I was so shocked that I did not even took a picture...
- Unicef
and of a smaller German organisation (I met one of the responisbles during my trip)
This is an incomplete list, I´ve also seen www.doctorswithoutborders.org and there are others.
Please help, the burmese people need it.
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SOS%20Shopping%205/115/115/23
September 18 to October 2nd - This event has tons of gifts and lots of sims with the end result to benefit Doctors Without Borders.
I have always been fascinated by the work of Frida Kahlo and that is what you will find - she was my inspiration. Please join in the hunts, and gifts and more @ SOS!
Chupacabra Hunt -- 500L entry and you get great gifts from every vendor participating.
Sugar Bowl Hunt
20L
Frida Earrings 4 Textures
GIFT from me -- Maitreya Nails - Frida :) 1L
New Exclusive 100% to SOS - 195L separates and 21 Each Texture 1099L Fat Pack HUD
New Exclusive 50% to SOS - 195L and for the 64 Texture HUD 1699L
New Exclusive to SOS - 50% to SOS 195L and 1199 for the 36 Texture HUD
FURNITURE!
A new Frida Table
AND 50% to SOS -
Frida Bench With 2 Seater Poses - Copy/Mod
250L
Frida Garden Wall - Copy/Mod - 250L
Whimsy Flower Table Set - 300L
ALL EXCLUSIVE and NEW FOR THIS EVENT!
FIND THESE ITEMS HERE:
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SOS%20Shopping%205/115/115/23
AND MEANDER SHOP is HERE:
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Netherfield%20Forest/182/9...
"Sunset"
MOSAIC: auction~exhibition to benefit Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières
April 1 through April 27 at BiddingForGood.com/DWB-MSF
Trying something a little different with my new glass cutting ring saw...I LOVE my new saw! Scrap stained glass and millefiore will be on a substrate of salvaged mirror, 6" x 6". For the Beyond Borders Mosaic Auction: www.flickr.com/photos/linlee8/sets/72157627930814338/ to benefit Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières.
If you look at the large size, you can see that the drawing on the left is of a household being slaughtered. A little kid drew this not out of over active morbid imagination, but because that's what he experienced or saw. Geez.
This was a part of an exhibit highlighting how few mental health services there are in areas where it's most needed. Refugees may receive medical treatment and food, but they are left to deal with the emotional and psychological trauma on their own. Unfortunately MSF is not able to provide extensive mental health care since they focus on the basic elements of physical health, which is already hard enough in and of itself. They have added a mental health component in Darfur though.
Beyond Borders: Mosaic Auction for DWB/MSF
September 2012
Size: 6” x 6”
Tesserae: Glazed and unglazed broken ceramic tiles, copper sheets rolled and wrapped in copper wire, smalti
About me:
I'm a self-trained mosaic artist with a back ground in painting.
I started mosaic in 2006.
Neda Parsa
Email: n.parsa17@yahoo.com
Tehran, Iran
Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: Limiting the Damage of a Protracted Crisis
www.crisisgroup.org/asia/south-east-asia/myanmar-banglade...
Rohingya Refugee Crisis Explained
www.unrefugees.org/news/rohingya-refugee-crisis-explained/
Six Years of Rohingya Refugee Crisis in Bangladesh: From Here to Where?
www.spf.org/apbi/news_en/b_240627.html
The Rohingyas are a Muslim minority from the North Rakhine State in western Burma. Over the past forty years, the Burmese government has systematically stripped over 1 million Rohingya of their citizenship. Recognized as one of the most oppressed ethnic groups in the world, the Rohingya are granted few social, economic and civil rights. They are subjected to forced labor, arbitrary land seizure, religious persecution, extortion, the freedom to travel, and the right to marry. Because of the abuse they endure in Burma, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya have fled Burma to seek sanctuary in neighboring Bangladesh. In the refugee camps along the south east coast where they settle, most are not recognized as refugees and are considered illegal economic migrants. Unwanted and unwelcome, they receive little or no humanitarian assistance and are vulnerable to exploitation and harassment. In recent years, the Rohingya have paid brokers to smuggle them by boat from Bangladesh to Malaysia and even beyond to Australia, sparking the attention of governments throughout the region.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has confirmed that the statelessness of the Rohingya is not just a Burma-related problem, but a problem with larger regional implications.
pulitzercenter.org/reporting/burma-bangladesh-muslim-mino...
pulitzercenter.org/reporting/rohingya-bangladesh-burma-my...
pulitzercenter.org/reporting/rohingya-burma-bangladesh-st...
www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/reports/2002/r...
blogs.mediapart.fr/edition/les-invites-de-mediapart/artic...
pulitzercenter.org/blog/week-review-inside-burma-presiden...
Beyond Borders: Mosaic Auction for DWB/MSF
September 2012
Size: 6”x6”
Tesserae: Smalti, unglazed porcelain tile, vitreous tile, tempered glass, copper glass tile, stained glass & pebbles
About ‘Salida del Sol’:
Symbolizing the spirit of the ancient Puebloan civilization
‘Salida delSol’ through the use of stone represents the inherent strength of mankind. Through the use of copper and turquoise it represents man’s respect for the elements of the earth and for nature around them. The tempered glass represents the hardship or fracturing of life through hardships and daily trials. But most of all it represents the renewed hope that comes to all mankind every day with each rising sun.
Doctors Without Borders is the ‘Salida delSol’, rising sun to those the organization serves bringing strength, relief from suffering and renewed respect for mankind and our earth. This auction represents appreciation for those immeasurable gifts.
Bonnie Kinnaird
Sticks & Stones
Email: thekinnairds@jetbroadband.com
Lynchburg, VA
Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: Limiting the Damage of a Protracted Crisis
www.crisisgroup.org/asia/south-east-asia/myanmar-banglade...
Rohingya Refugee Crisis Explained
www.unrefugees.org/news/rohingya-refugee-crisis-explained/
Six Years of Rohingya Refugee Crisis in Bangladesh: From Here to Where?
www.spf.org/apbi/news_en/b_240627.html
The Rohingyas are a Muslim minority from the North Rakhine State in western Burma. Over the past forty years, the Burmese government has systematically stripped over 1 million Rohingya of their citizenship. Recognized as one of the most oppressed ethnic groups in the world, the Rohingya are granted few social, economic and civil rights. They are subjected to forced labor, arbitrary land seizure, religious persecution, extortion, the freedom to travel, and the right to marry. Because of the abuse they endure in Burma, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya have fled Burma to seek sanctuary in neighboring Bangladesh. In the refugee camps along the south east coast where they settle, most are not recognized as refugees and are considered illegal economic migrants. Unwanted and unwelcome, they receive little or no humanitarian assistance and are vulnerable to exploitation and harassment. In recent years, the Rohingya have paid brokers to smuggle them by boat from Bangladesh to Malaysia and even beyond to Australia, sparking the attention of governments throughout the region.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has confirmed that the statelessness of the Rohingya is not just a Burma-related problem, but a problem with larger regional implications.
pulitzercenter.org/reporting/burma-bangladesh-muslim-mino...
pulitzercenter.org/reporting/rohingya-bangladesh-burma-my...
pulitzercenter.org/reporting/rohingya-burma-bangladesh-st...
www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/reports/2002/r...
blogs.mediapart.fr/edition/les-invites-de-mediapart/artic...
pulitzercenter.org/blog/week-review-inside-burma-presiden...
Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: Limiting the Damage of a Protracted Crisis
www.crisisgroup.org/asia/south-east-asia/myanmar-banglade...
Rohingya Refugee Crisis Explained
www.unrefugees.org/news/rohingya-refugee-crisis-explained/
Six Years of Rohingya Refugee Crisis in Bangladesh: From Here to Where?
www.spf.org/apbi/news_en/b_240627.html
The Rohingyas are a Muslim minority from the North Rakhine State in western Burma. Over the past forty years, the Burmese government has systematically stripped over 1 million Rohingya of their citizenship. Recognized as one of the most oppressed ethnic groups in the world, the Rohingya are granted few social, economic and civil rights. They are subjected to forced labor, arbitrary land seizure, religious persecution, extortion, the freedom to travel, and the right to marry. Because of the abuse they endure in Burma, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya have fled Burma to seek sanctuary in neighboring Bangladesh. In the refugee camps along the south east coast where they settle, most are not recognized as refugees and are considered illegal economic migrants. Unwanted and unwelcome, they receive little or no humanitarian assistance and are vulnerable to exploitation and harassment. In recent years, the Rohingya have paid brokers to smuggle them by boat from Bangladesh to Malaysia and even beyond to Australia, sparking the attention of governments throughout the region.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has confirmed that the statelessness of the Rohingya is not just a Burma-related problem, but a problem with larger regional implications.
pulitzercenter.org/reporting/burma-bangladesh-muslim-mino...
pulitzercenter.org/reporting/rohingya-bangladesh-burma-my...
pulitzercenter.org/reporting/rohingya-burma-bangladesh-st...
www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/reports/2002/r...
blogs.mediapart.fr/edition/les-invites-de-mediapart/artic...
pulitzercenter.org/blog/week-review-inside-burma-presiden...
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L, nice on black... ; ))
Size: 6” x6”
Tesserae: glass tile, art glass, driftwood, rocks, sand and shells
Statement:
I believe that it is the small things that connect us all and make us smile.
Bio:
I have been actively making mosaics since February, 2011. I discovered this new passion after taking a mosaic mirror workshop with Angie Heinrich at "Zetamari Mosaic Artworks" studio in Seattle. Mosaics have enriched my life in so many ways. I'm proud to be a member of The Society of American Mosaic Artists, and I'm excited to learn, grow, meet, and be a part of this community.
Karen Healy
Email: kathealy@comcast.net
Washington, USA
Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: Limiting the Damage of a Protracted Crisis
www.crisisgroup.org/asia/south-east-asia/myanmar-banglade...
Rohingya Refugee Crisis Explained
www.unrefugees.org/news/rohingya-refugee-crisis-explained/
Six Years of Rohingya Refugee Crisis in Bangladesh: From Here to Where?
www.spf.org/apbi/news_en/b_240627.html
The Rohingyas are a Muslim minority from the North Rakhine State in western Burma. Over the past forty years, the Burmese government has systematically stripped over 1 million Rohingya of their citizenship. Recognized as one of the most oppressed ethnic groups in the world, the Rohingya are granted few social, economic and civil rights. They are subjected to forced labor, arbitrary land seizure, religious persecution, extortion, the freedom to travel, and the right to marry. Because of the abuse they endure in Burma, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya have fled Burma to seek sanctuary in neighboring Bangladesh. In the refugee camps along the south east coast where they settle, most are not recognized as refugees and are considered illegal economic migrants. Unwanted and unwelcome, they receive little or no humanitarian assistance and are vulnerable to exploitation and harassment. In recent years, the Rohingya have paid brokers to smuggle them by boat from Bangladesh to Malaysia and even beyond to Australia, sparking the attention of governments throughout the region.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has confirmed that the statelessness of the Rohingya is not just a Burma-related problem, but a problem with larger regional implications.
pulitzercenter.org/reporting/burma-bangladesh-muslim-mino...
pulitzercenter.org/reporting/rohingya-bangladesh-burma-my...
pulitzercenter.org/reporting/rohingya-burma-bangladesh-st...
www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/reports/2002/r...
blogs.mediapart.fr/edition/les-invites-de-mediapart/artic...
pulitzercenter.org/blog/week-review-inside-burma-presiden...
Zeiss Ikon | Leica 35mm f/1.4 Summilux-M ASPH | Velvia 50
Minamisanriku is one of the worst hit areas with nearly half their population missing.
A family's recovered photos lie in a crate.
Donate to the Red Cross or preferably to MSF(Doctors Without Borders).
Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: Limiting the Damage of a Protracted Crisis
www.crisisgroup.org/asia/south-east-asia/myanmar-banglade...
Rohingya Refugee Crisis Explained
www.unrefugees.org/news/rohingya-refugee-crisis-explained/
Six Years of Rohingya Refugee Crisis in Bangladesh: From Here to Where?
www.spf.org/apbi/news_en/b_240627.html
The Rohingyas are a Muslim minority from the North Rakhine State in western Burma. Over the past forty years, the Burmese government has systematically stripped over 1 million Rohingya of their citizenship. Recognized as one of the most oppressed ethnic groups in the world, the Rohingya are granted few social, economic and civil rights. They are subjected to forced labor, arbitrary land seizure, religious persecution, extortion, the freedom to travel, and the right to marry. Because of the abuse they endure in Burma, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya have fled Burma to seek sanctuary in neighboring Bangladesh. In the refugee camps along the south east coast where they settle, most are not recognized as refugees and are considered illegal economic migrants. Unwanted and unwelcome, they receive little or no humanitarian assistance and are vulnerable to exploitation and harassment. In recent years, the Rohingya have paid brokers to smuggle them by boat from Bangladesh to Malaysia and even beyond to Australia, sparking the attention of governments throughout the region.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has confirmed that the statelessness of the Rohingya is not just a Burma-related problem, but a problem with larger regional implications.
pulitzercenter.org/reporting/burma-bangladesh-muslim-mino...
pulitzercenter.org/reporting/rohingya-bangladesh-burma-my...
pulitzercenter.org/reporting/rohingya-burma-bangladesh-st...
www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/reports/2002/r...
blogs.mediapart.fr/edition/les-invites-de-mediapart/artic...
pulitzercenter.org/blog/week-review-inside-burma-presiden...
Zeiss Ikon | Leica 35mm f/1.4 Summilux-M ASPH | Velvia 50
Minamisanriku is one of the worst hit areas with nearly half their population missing.
Donate to the Red Cross or preferably to MSF(Doctors Without Borders).
Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: Limiting the Damage of a Protracted Crisis
www.crisisgroup.org/asia/south-east-asia/myanmar-banglade...
Rohingya Refugee Crisis Explained
www.unrefugees.org/news/rohingya-refugee-crisis-explained/
Six Years of Rohingya Refugee Crisis in Bangladesh: From Here to Where?
www.spf.org/apbi/news_en/b_240627.html
The Rohingyas are a Muslim minority from the North Rakhine State in western Burma. Over the past forty years, the Burmese government has systematically stripped over 1 million Rohingya of their citizenship. Recognized as one of the most oppressed ethnic groups in the world, the Rohingya are granted few social, economic and civil rights. They are subjected to forced labor, arbitrary land seizure, religious persecution, extortion, the freedom to travel, and the right to marry. Because of the abuse they endure in Burma, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya have fled Burma to seek sanctuary in neighboring Bangladesh. In the refugee camps along the south east coast where they settle, most are not recognized as refugees and are considered illegal economic migrants. Unwanted and unwelcome, they receive little or no humanitarian assistance and are vulnerable to exploitation and harassment. In recent years, the Rohingya have paid brokers to smuggle them by boat from Bangladesh to Malaysia and even beyond to Australia, sparking the attention of governments throughout the region.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has confirmed that the statelessness of the Rohingya is not just a Burma-related problem, but a problem with larger regional implications.
pulitzercenter.org/reporting/burma-bangladesh-muslim-mino...
pulitzercenter.org/reporting/rohingya-bangladesh-burma-my...
pulitzercenter.org/reporting/rohingya-burma-bangladesh-st...
www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/reports/2002/r...
blogs.mediapart.fr/edition/les-invites-de-mediapart/artic...
pulitzercenter.org/blog/week-review-inside-burma-presiden...
Taken in Lada unregistered Refugee Camp, Teknaf district, South East Bangladesh.
pulitzercenter.org/reporting/burma-bangladesh-muslim-mino...
pulitzercenter.org/reporting/rohingya-bangladesh-burma-my...
pulitzercenter.org/reporting/rohingya-burma-bangladesh-st...
www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/reports/2002/r...
blogs.mediapart.fr/edition/les-invites-de-mediapart/artic...
pulitzercenter.org/blog/week-review-inside-burma-presiden...
Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: Limiting the Damage of a Protracted Crisis
www.crisisgroup.org/asia/south-east-asia/myanmar-banglade...
Rohingya Refugee Crisis Explained
www.unrefugees.org/news/rohingya-refugee-crisis-explained/
Six Years of Rohingya Refugee Crisis in Bangladesh: From Here to Where?
www.spf.org/apbi/news_en/b_240627.html
The Rohingyas are a Muslim minority from the North Rakhine State in western Burma. Over the past forty years, the Burmese government has systematically stripped over 1 million Rohingya of their citizenship. Recognized as one of the most oppressed ethnic groups in the world, the Rohingya are granted few social, economic and civil rights. They are subjected to forced labor, arbitrary land seizure, religious persecution, extortion, the freedom to travel, and the right to marry. Because of the abuse they endure in Burma, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya have fled Burma to seek sanctuary in neighboring Bangladesh. In the refugee camps along the south east coast where they settle, most are not recognized as refugees and are considered illegal economic migrants. Unwanted and unwelcome, they receive little or no humanitarian assistance and are vulnerable to exploitation and harassment. In recent years, the Rohingya have paid brokers to smuggle them by boat from Bangladesh to Malaysia and even beyond to Australia, sparking the attention of governments throughout the region.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has confirmed that the statelessness of the Rohingya is not just a Burma-related problem, but a problem with larger regional implications.
pulitzercenter.org/reporting/burma-bangladesh-muslim-mino...
pulitzercenter.org/reporting/rohingya-bangladesh-burma-my...
pulitzercenter.org/reporting/rohingya-burma-bangladesh-st...
www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/reports/2002/r...
blogs.mediapart.fr/edition/les-invites-de-mediapart/artic...
pulitzercenter.org/blog/week-review-inside-burma-presiden...
"Rainbow Lorikeet"
MOSAIC: auction~exhibition to benefit Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières
April 1 through April 27 at BiddingForGood.com/DWB-MSF
Beyond Borders: Mosaic Auction for DWB/MSF
September 2012
Size: 6” x 6”
Media: smalti - gold smalti
Mosaic is my passion, not my profession. I am Belgian, working as a business translator.
‘Poppies of Flanders Field’ - to remember the dead and wounded during the Great War in 1914-1918 seemed appropriate for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).
Jeannot Leenen
Gingelom, Belgium
Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: Limiting the Damage of a Protracted Crisis
www.crisisgroup.org/asia/south-east-asia/myanmar-banglade...
Rohingya Refugee Crisis Explained
www.unrefugees.org/news/rohingya-refugee-crisis-explained/
Six Years of Rohingya Refugee Crisis in Bangladesh: From Here to Where?
www.spf.org/apbi/news_en/b_240627.html
The Rohingyas are a Muslim minority from the North Rakhine State in western Burma. Over the past forty years, the Burmese government has systematically stripped over 1 million Rohingya of their citizenship. Recognized as one of the most oppressed ethnic groups in the world, the Rohingya are granted few social, economic and civil rights. They are subjected to forced labor, arbitrary land seizure, religious persecution, extortion, the freedom to travel, and the right to marry. Because of the abuse they endure in Burma, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya have fled Burma to seek sanctuary in neighboring Bangladesh. In the refugee camps along the south east coast where they settle, most are not recognized as refugees and are considered illegal economic migrants. Unwanted and unwelcome, they receive little or no humanitarian assistance and are vulnerable to exploitation and harassment. In recent years, the Rohingya have paid brokers to smuggle them by boat from Bangladesh to Malaysia and even beyond to Australia, sparking the attention of governments throughout the region.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has confirmed that the statelessness of the Rohingya is not just a Burma-related problem, but a problem with larger regional implications.
pulitzercenter.org/reporting/burma-bangladesh-muslim-mino...
pulitzercenter.org/reporting/rohingya-bangladesh-burma-my...
pulitzercenter.org/reporting/rohingya-burma-bangladesh-st...
www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/reports/2002/r...
blogs.mediapart.fr/edition/les-invites-de-mediapart/artic...
pulitzercenter.org/blog/week-review-inside-burma-presiden...
Please keep in mind:
Burma (Myanmar) is ruled by a military junta. In 1990 Aung San Suu Kyi was elected by the people and imprisoned for the next 20 years after the election by the military.
In 2010 a election was staged to keep the military leaders in their current positions. People are starving and are forced to work.
All the pictures you may see in my stream are very onesided, as it is prohibited to take pictures of the military and the police. Also I just do not take pictures of poor people on the streets and there are a lot of very poor people in Burma.
The Burmese people are the nicest people I ever met and should be supported, even if I don´t really know how.
The country needs support. I posted some links to some international organizations helping Burma.
Burma is NOT the usual travel destination! Even if I am avoided all governement fees as far as possible (partly in long hours of bus travel) I still can´t say that I am sure travelling the country helps the people or should be boycotted as proposed by some people.
The government just moved the capital to Naypyidaw. When I saw it from the bus passing it, I had tears in my eyes seeing how the "Generals" collect the money building fancy buildings and streets around them with people starving. I was so shocked that I did not even took a picture...
- Unicef
and of a smaller German organisation (I met one of the responisbles during my trip)
This is an incomplete list, I´ve also seen www.doctorswithoutborders.org and there are others.
Please help, the burmese people need it.
Doctors Without Borders, Medicines san Frontier banner
Spread the word and add it to your blogs.
www.doctorswithoutborders.org/
God Bless!
"Glacial Blue"
Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières
April 1 through April 27 at BiddingForGood.com/DWB-MSF
Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: Limiting the Damage of a Protracted Crisis
www.crisisgroup.org/asia/south-east-asia/myanmar-banglade...
Rohingya Refugee Crisis Explained
www.unrefugees.org/news/rohingya-refugee-crisis-explained/
Six Years of Rohingya Refugee Crisis in Bangladesh: From Here to Where?
www.spf.org/apbi/news_en/b_240627.html
The Rohingyas are a Muslim minority from the North Rakhine State in western Burma. Over the past forty years, the Burmese government has systematically stripped over 1 million Rohingya of their citizenship. Recognized as one of the most oppressed ethnic groups in the world, the Rohingya are granted few social, economic and civil rights. They are subjected to forced labor, arbitrary land seizure, religious persecution, extortion, the freedom to travel, and the right to marry. Because of the abuse they endure in Burma, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya have fled Burma to seek sanctuary in neighboring Bangladesh. In the refugee camps along the south east coast where they settle, most are not recognized as refugees and are considered illegal economic migrants. Unwanted and unwelcome, they receive little or no humanitarian assistance and are vulnerable to exploitation and harassment. In recent years, the Rohingya have paid brokers to smuggle them by boat from Bangladesh to Malaysia and even beyond to Australia, sparking the attention of governments throughout the region.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has confirmed that the statelessness of the Rohingya is not just a Burma-related problem, but a problem with larger regional implications.
pulitzercenter.org/reporting/burma-bangladesh-muslim-mino...
pulitzercenter.org/reporting/rohingya-bangladesh-burma-my...
pulitzercenter.org/reporting/rohingya-burma-bangladesh-st...
www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/reports/2002/r...
blogs.mediapart.fr/edition/les-invites-de-mediapart/artic...
pulitzercenter.org/blog/week-review-inside-burma-presiden...
"All a Bloom"
Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières
April 1 through April 27 at BiddingForGood.com/DWB-MSF
Size: 6 x6in framed
Tesserae: Stained Glass, fused glass, glass beads, millefiori, crushed seashells
About me:
Born of frustration over a lack of quality Chinese Shar-Pei items in the late 1980’s, it mushroomed from there to morph into an award-winning and published artist.
Born and raised in the beautiful state of Michigan, the appreciation of nature was instilled in me by my father early on and you will see this influence in both the color and content of my artwork.
Glass is my medium and I especially love working with stained glass because the brilliant colors suit my favorite subjects perfectly. What is more vibrant than animals, birds and flowers? I have always had a penchant for things just a little bit different and love to throw in a small element of surprise whenever possible.
I specialize in Mosaics, Fused Glass, Etched Glass, and Multi-stage Sandblast Carved Glass. The more I can combine these art forms into a piece, the happier I am.
Renee Spears
Website: ReneeSpearsArt.com
Newport, Michigan, USA
"Bird of Paradise"
MOSAIC: auction~exhibition to benefit
Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières
April 1 through April 27 at BiddingForGood.com/DWB-MSF
"Room for Rent"
Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières
April 1 through April 27 at BiddingForGood.com/DWB-MSF
Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: Limiting the Damage of a Protracted Crisis
www.crisisgroup.org/asia/south-east-asia/myanmar-banglade...
Rohingya Refugee Crisis Explained
www.unrefugees.org/news/rohingya-refugee-crisis-explained/
Six Years of Rohingya Refugee Crisis in Bangladesh: From Here to Where?
www.spf.org/apbi/news_en/b_240627.html
The Rohingyas are a Muslim minority from the North Rakhine State in western Burma. Over the past forty years, the Burmese government has systematically stripped over 1 million Rohingya of their citizenship. Recognized as one of the most oppressed ethnic groups in the world, the Rohingya are granted few social, economic and civil rights. They are subjected to forced labor, arbitrary land seizure, religious persecution, extortion, the freedom to travel, and the right to marry. Because of the abuse they endure in Burma, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya have fled Burma to seek sanctuary in neighboring Bangladesh. In the refugee camps along the south east coast where they settle, most are not recognized as refugees and are considered illegal economic migrants. Unwanted and unwelcome, they receive little or no humanitarian assistance and are vulnerable to exploitation and harassment. In recent years, the Rohingya have paid brokers to smuggle them by boat from Bangladesh to Malaysia and even beyond to Australia, sparking the attention of governments throughout the region.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has confirmed that the statelessness of the Rohingya is not just a Burma-related problem, but a problem with larger regional implications.
pulitzercenter.org/reporting/burma-bangladesh-muslim-mino...
pulitzercenter.org/reporting/rohingya-bangladesh-burma-my...
pulitzercenter.org/reporting/rohingya-burma-bangladesh-st...
www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/reports/2002/r...
blogs.mediapart.fr/edition/les-invites-de-mediapart/artic...
pulitzercenter.org/blog/week-review-inside-burma-presiden...
"Scream"
Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières
April 1 through April 27 at BiddingForGood.com/DWB-MSF
Size: 6”x6”
Tesserae: stained glass, dichroic glass, beads, stones and Swarovski crystals
Artist Statement:
It is my artistic desire to create mosaic artwork with intricate jewel-like designs.
Working with a variety of Materials allows me to create pieces with expressive textures and patterns.
Jacqui Ridley Mosaics
Website: jrmosaics.com
Email: JacquiRidleyAaol.com
Michigan, USA
Size: 7.5"x7.5" framed
Tesserae: Mexican and Italian smalti, ballchain
“Hands are such an important part of who and what we are! I look at the hands of the Doctors without Borders as meeting the healing needs of others that I cannot fulfill. I am so grateful for these Doctors!”
Val Bolen
My Blog: valnorthwoods.blogspot.com/
Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/pages/Val-Bolen-Mosaics/221758947851389
Etsy Shop: www.etsy.com/shop/valnorthwoods
Minnesota, USA
Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: Limiting the Damage of a Protracted Crisis
www.crisisgroup.org/asia/south-east-asia/myanmar-banglade...
Rohingya Refugee Crisis Explained
www.unrefugees.org/news/rohingya-refugee-crisis-explained/
Six Years of Rohingya Refugee Crisis in Bangladesh: From Here to Where?
www.spf.org/apbi/news_en/b_240627.html
The Rohingyas are a Muslim minority from the North Rakhine State in western Burma. Over the past forty years, the Burmese government has systematically stripped over 1 million Rohingya of their citizenship. Recognized as one of the most oppressed ethnic groups in the world, the Rohingya are granted few social, economic and civil rights. They are subjected to forced labor, arbitrary land seizure, religious persecution, extortion, the freedom to travel, and the right to marry. Because of the abuse they endure in Burma, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya have fled Burma to seek sanctuary in neighboring Bangladesh. In the refugee camps along the south east coast where they settle, most are not recognized as refugees and are considered illegal economic migrants. Unwanted and unwelcome, they receive little or no humanitarian assistance and are vulnerable to exploitation and harassment. In recent years, the Rohingya have paid brokers to smuggle them by boat from Bangladesh to Malaysia and even beyond to Australia, sparking the attention of governments throughout the region.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has confirmed that the statelessness of the Rohingya is not just a Burma-related problem, but a problem with larger regional implications.
pulitzercenter.org/reporting/burma-bangladesh-muslim-mino...
pulitzercenter.org/reporting/rohingya-bangladesh-burma-my...
pulitzercenter.org/reporting/rohingya-burma-bangladesh-st...
www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/reports/2002/r...
blogs.mediapart.fr/edition/les-invites-de-mediapart/artic...
pulitzercenter.org/blog/week-review-inside-burma-presiden...