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We took the slow ferry from Mandelay to Bagan, that takes a whole day and starts in the dark. It was pretty cold so that everybody was trying to stay worm.

This Burmese man slept next to various cargo.

 

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...

 

- www.humantrafficking.org

- Worldvision

- International Red Cross

- Unicef

 

and of a smaller German organisation (I met one of the responisbles during my trip)

- www.myanmar-kinderhilfe

 

This is an incomplete list, I´ve also seen www.doctorswithoutborders.org and there are others.

 

Please help, the burmese people need it.

In Mandelay we took the chance to visit a show of the Moustache Brothers. Basically they are free due to the foreigners watching their shows.

 

Par Par Lay is the head of the trio.

 

From Wikipedia:

"The Moustache Brothers are a comedic trio from Mandalay, Burma known for live performances that combine screwball comedy, classic Burmese dance, and sharply satirical criticism of the totalitarian Burmese military regime.

 

The Moustache Brothers is composed of U Par Par Lay, U Lu Zaw, and Lu Maw. Lay and Zaw served almost six years of a sentence to seven years in labour camp for criticizing the government in a performance at the home of Aung San Suu Kyi in Rangoon in 1996. Two National League for Democracy members who had arranged the performance were also arrested and served the same time. Amnesty International led a campaign for their release, and negotiations by Suu Kyi are suspected of having contributed to their release. As part of the conditions for their release and the fact that they are under house arrest regulations, they are now allowed to perform only for foreigners, within the garage of their Mandalay house.

 

U Par Par Lay was arrested on September 25, 2007 as part of the crackdown on the anti-government protests.[1] As of October 28, 2007, Par Par Lay's whereabouts were unknown.[2]

 

Par Par Lay was released on November 1, 2007 after 36 days in prison and is performing again with his family and troupe in Mandalay."

 

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...

 

- www.humantrafficking.org

- Worldvision

- International Red Cross

- Unicef

 

and of a smaller German organisation (I met one of the responisbles during my trip)

- www.myanmar-kinderhilfe

 

This is an incomplete list, I´ve also seen www.doctorswithoutborders.org and there are others.

 

Please help, the burmese people need it.

 

“aufbrechen”

 

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" framed

 

Tesserae: Unglazed ceramic, stained glass, mirror, nugget

 

About me:

I am an American who lives in Austria. I’ve been making mosaics for 10 years and have recently started my own business – Naturally Mosaics. I specialize in garden mosaics – watering cans, garden spheres and decorative towers. I am a member of Society of American Mosaic Artists (SAMA).

 

Heidi Easton-Pichler ~ Naturally Mosaics

Website: www.naturallymosaics.com

Austria

"Autumnal Drift"

 

MOSAIC: auction~exhibition to benefit Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières

 

April 1 through April 27 at BiddingForGood.com/DWB-MSF

Simma 24 timmar är ett årligt evenemang går ut på att under 24 timmar simma 1 609 m eller 1 mile varje timme. Eventet går ut på att samla in pengar till välgörenhet och denna gång till Läkare utan gränser.

MPH student Jennifer Braggs (right) interviews United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius on LGBT health and non-communicable diseases.

A standing Buddha in Pegu (Bago).

We changed busses in Pegu and found a way having a short trip around the city avoiding all government fees - felt good ;)

 

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...

 

- www.humantrafficking.org

- Worldvision

- International Red Cross

- Unicef

 

and of a smaller German organisation (I met one of the responisbles during my trip)

- www.myanmar-kinderhilfe

 

This is an incomplete list, I´ve also seen www.doctorswithoutborders.org and there are others.

 

Please help, the burmese people need it.

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...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20264279

On our last full day in Burma we took the Circle Line that goes around Yangon. It is basically the life line of yangon enabling the people/farmers to bring there goods into the city. Even if we traveled around quite a lot in Burma it was still nice in the train. It was the slowest train I ever traveled and it took 3 hours for a few miles. In between the train was completely crowed with all different people.

 

What I realized in the train was that it is hard to draw a line between evil and good. We were placed next to the train guards, officially probably for our safety ;)

They had quite some fun and one of them even had his girlfriend next to him. Even if they belong to the bad government I believe they were no bad people. They are just trying to make some money for there living.

The fish always stinks from the head down. The head has to be cut!

 

Better on Black

 

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 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...

 

- www.humantrafficking.org

- Worldvision

- International Red Cross

- Unicef

 

and of a smaller German organisation (I met one of the responisbles during my trip)

- www.myanmar-kinderhilfe

 

This is an incomplete list, I´ve also seen www.doctorswithoutborders.org and there are others.

 

Please help, the burmese people need it.

Size: 6”x6” framed

 

Tesserae: blown glass flowers, smalti

 

I love flowers, love being outdoors with nature.

I grow many types of lilies at our house.

 

Gretchen Batten

Website: www.FantasiesInLiquidMetal.com

North Carolina, 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...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20264279

Forced From Home highlights the circumstances that push people to leave their homes. Visitors must choose what belongings they'd bring if they had to flee in 30 seconds.

 

September 24, 2016.

(Photo: Elias Williams)

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...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20264279

On 1 November, Anthony Banbury, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), Marcel Rudasingwa, UN Ebola Crisis Manager in Guinea, and Bruce Aylward, WHO Assistant Director-General for Polio and Emergencies, visit Macenta, Guinea, where the Red Cross and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) operate a Ebola Transit Centre.

 

Photo: UNMEER/Ari Gaitanis

"Time Squared-Art Clock-2010"

 

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

 

6" x 6"

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...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20264279

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...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20264279

Size: 6”x6”

 

Tesserae: stained glass, beads, ball chain, mirror and Van Gogh glass

 

I suppose the inspiration for the title was much like how people may look different, live in different countries, speak another language...but we all share more similarities then differences. We should embrace that.

 

Collette Ho

Virginia, USA

 

Simma 24 timmar är ett årligt evenemang går ut på att under 24 timmar simma 1 609 m eller 1 mile varje timme. Eventet går ut på att samla in pengar till välgörenhet och denna gång till Läkare utan gränser.

"Momentum"

 

MOSAIC: auction~exhibition to benefit Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières

 

April 1 through April 27 at BiddingForGood.com/DWB-MSF

 

Read Full Article at designwotcha.com/design-with-a-conscience/for-a-cause-jap...

 

Design That Gives Back - Japan Disaster Relief Art Prints

Size: 6”x6”

 

Tesserae: Smalti, Vitreous Glass

 

“Combining my two passions of gardening and mosaic art is a natural choice for me. Each one adds to the beauty and enjoyment of the environment. The emergence of tender young leaves in the spring, as shown in “Spring Leaf” begins the renewal of the life cycle. The curling tendrils of vining plants adventure forth, seeking new territory.”

 

Sharon L. Plummer

Plum Art Mosaics

Specializing in Garden Art

Website: www.mosaicohouston.com

Email: PlumArt@comcast.net

Affiliations:

Society of American Mosaic Artists (SAMA)

Houston Mosaic Artists (MOSAICO)

Houston, Texas, USA

 

Size: 6”x6”

 

Tesserae: stained glass

 

Gregory Sipp

Michigan, USA

 

The monastry of the jumping cats is famous for the cats living there and jumping around on the floating monastry.

 

Unfortunately the name is to tempting and there are regular show for (chinese) tourists with man-trained cats, jumping around.

 

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...

 

- www.humantrafficking.org

- Worldvision

- International Red Cross

- Unicef

 

and of a smaller German organisation (I met one of the responisbles during my trip)

- www.myanmar-kinderhilfe

 

This is an incomplete list, I´ve also seen www.doctorswithoutborders.org and there are others.

 

Please help, the burmese people need it.

"Elder Tree Spirit"

 

MOSAIC: auction~exhibition to benefit Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières

 

April 1 through April 27 at BiddingForGood.com/DWB-MSF

An Ebola worker takes the temperature of Anthony Banbury, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), in Gueckedou, Guinea on 1 November 2014.

 

Photo: UNMEER/Ari Gaitanis

"Blurring the Borders"

  

MOSAIC: auction~exhibition to benefit Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières

 

April 1 through April 27 at BiddingForGood.com/DWB-MSF

 

Size: 6”x6”

 

Tesserae: Vitreous tile, tempered glass, stained glass, millefiori, paint, glitter, joy…

 

“I am very pleased to participate in this auction for a great cause. Mosaics have been a big part of my life for over 10 years now, occupying dreams, daydreams, time and energy. It not only provides a wonderfully creative outlet for personal expression but also serves to bring really interesting people together.”

 

“Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often” - Mark Twain

 

Lane Pritchard

Gainesville, Florida, USA

  

Simma 24 timmar är ett årligt evenemang går ut på att under 24 timmar simma 1 609 m eller 1 mile varje timme. Eventet går ut på att samla in pengar till välgörenhet och denna gång till Läkare utan gränser.

Size: 6”x6” framed

 

Tesserae: Mini glass beads and silver findings

 

About ‘Dandy in the Wind’:

Inspired by the many dandelions in my lawn, this piece reminds me of my youth and all the fun and innocence during that time. ‘Dandy in the Wind’ is especially interesting, as it contains an additional “secret” window mosaic on the reverse. This is my second mosaic attempt, however I found it to be so enjoyable I expect I will experiment with more this year.

 

Karen Bradfield

Artist and Author of the upcoming “Line of Swords” series.

Website: www.lineofswords.com (coming soon)

California, USA

 

Size: 6"x6"

 

Tesserae: Bronzed and pewter iridescent glass tiles

 

Statement: I am a self-taught artist. I've been working mosaics for about 10 years now. I'm interested in working with different materials in the future.

I get my inspiration from other artists, and there are many very talented artists to choose from.

 

Cyn Provow

Canton, MI

 

"Through the Looking Glass"

 

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...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20264279

Visitors watch an immersive, 360-degree film following several refugee journeys in a 30-foot-diameter VR dome at Forced From Home.

 

September 24, 2016.

(Photo: Elias Williams)

Anthony Banbury, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), Bruce Aylward, WHO Assistant Director-General for Polio and Emergencies, and Marcel Rudasingwa, UN Ebola Crisis Manager in Guinea, visit a MSF run Ebola Treatment Unit in Gueckedou, Guinea, on 1 November 2014.

 

Photo: UNMEER/Ari Gaitanis

Zeiss Ikon | Leica 35mm f/1.4 Summilux-M ASPH | Velvia 50

 

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