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In January of 1996, I traveled as a photojournalism student to Haiti where I documented the Notre Dame des Victoires Orphanage in Port au Prince.
For one week I photographed the daily operations of the facility with it's staff and children.
Most of the children had been abandoned at the local hospital after they were born, usually by mothers who had little choice because they couldn't afford to raise them. Older children were also committed due to circumstances prevalent in Haiti; death of a parent (or both) due to poor health care, AIDS and poverty.
The facility was overrun and understaffed with few resources such as food, medical supplies, electricity or running water and the nurses had little time to tend to all the children. However, despite the conditions, the children formed a strong knit family amongst themselves and turned to each other for comfort and company.
Most of the younger children did get adopted. Adoptions were most prevalent by couples from Denmark, Belgium, France or Canada. The adoptions, at least at that time, were achieved only after a myriad of bureaucratic correspondence, fees and finally a one ticket over seas. The prospective parents usually never met their newly adopted child until he or she got off the plane. As the founder of the orphanage Suer (Sister) Veronique stated, "It is like having your own child, you don't know what you will get until they are born."
The children were kept inside the orphanage until they were adopted or old enough to attend schooling outside of the compound.
These photos were taken almost exactly 13 years ago. At this time I do not of the status of the orphanage after Tuesday's earthquake but will update once I hear of any news.
For those interested in helping there are many international organizations to donate to.
Grass Roots Organizations:
Above: Aimee receiving some caring attention after a bout of tears.
Size: 6”x6” framed
Tesserae: Stained Glass, glass beads, found objects
This piece has many different looks, depending on the angle you are looking at it from. The background glass can look black or golden or copper, depending on the lighting, and sometimes the colors of the glass beads are reflected. Look Again (the title), and it’s something else!!
I love to create mosaic art for the garden, and work mostly in 3D.
Linda Hooper
Flickt Photos: www.flickr.com/photos/lyndalu
Cape Coral, Florida, USA
"Blue"
MOSAIC: auction~exhibition to benefit Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières
April 1 through April 27 at BiddingForGood.com/DWB-MSF
Size: 6”x6” framed
Tesserae: glass rod & stained glass
I love spending time in the sea. I am a scuba diver and avid snorkeler. This mosaic is inspired by the tranquil shades of aqua seen in the Caribbean. I wanted to show movement, depth, and wave energy in this mosaic by adding dimension. I included a swimming parrotfish as I am a photographer and I love to capture images while snorkeling. This is a fun way for me to merge photography with glass and mosaic.
I also enjoy working with clay and most recently I began fusing glass.
I was living in Michigan where I was a volunteer in the Healing Arts Department at the Providence Cancer Center where I was introduced to mosaic and fused glass until May when I moved back to Colorado.
Barb Shike Arne
Colorado, USA
Ebola workers in a facility run by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Gueckedou, Guinea, on 1 November 2014.
Photo: UNMEER/Ari Gaitanis
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).
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 boat sits tangled power lines.
Donate to the Red Cross or preferably to MSF(Doctors Without Borders).
I started our last full day in Yangon and Burma again at the Shwedagon. Over the weeks you get used to start the days early as all burmese people do. Actually you have the feeling that Burmese people do not sleep :)
Even if I have visited the Shwedagon already a few weeks ago it was again a breathtaking experience.
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...
- 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.
This year is so extremely important to contribute, this event collects funds for "Doctors Without Borders" and if you do not know what it is have a look here www.doctorswithoutborders.org/
Every items bought in my store (and all the others @ SOS Festival) will send funds to this organization.
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Ebola worker in a facility run by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Gueckedou, Guinea, on 1 November 2014.
Photo: UNMEER/Ari Gaitanis
Des mères et leurs enfants hospitalisés au département de pédiatrie de l'hôpital général de Walikalé, soutenu par Médecins Sans Frontières, dans la province du Nord-Kivu, en République démocratique du Congo, le 12 février 2017. / Mothers and their children are hospitalized at the pediatric department of the Walikale General Hospital, supported by Médecins Sans Frontières, in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on February 12th, 2017.
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...
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!
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...
- 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.
Ebola workers in a facility run by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Gueckedou, Guinea, on 1 November 2014.
Photo: UNMEER/Ari Gaitanis
An MSF aid worker treats a cholera patient in Beitbridge, Zimbabwe on the border with South Africa.
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been treating cholera in Zimbabwe since the latest outbreak started in August, and will continue to care for patients throughout the country as long as is needed.
© Joanna Stavropoulou / MSF
Learn more:
In Yangon, the former capital before the Military Leaders decided that it is time for new Capital in the middle of nowhere, there are some "western oriented" restaurants.
Don´t get me wrong, I´ve heard from an "american burger house" where you get the famous anchovy burger ;)
This was in a place where you could drink a decent coffee and delicous juice at least.
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.
Four new vase designs in time for Valentines Day. (Only three shown here) In my shop now.
30% of the proceeds from the sale of these vases will be donated to Doctors Without Borders.
Please see my profile for shop details.
"Special Place"
MOSAIC: auction~exhibition to benefit Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières
April 1 through April 27 at BiddingForGood.com/DWB-MSF
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
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...
A young nun in Mandelay in the morning hours on her daily route. At that time you see many monks and nuns walking through the villages and receiving rice by the people. But all happens without words, there are no questions and no begging.
I could not find any appropiate title for that picture. This was one of the moments I will never forget - the eyes of this nun. She was happy and did not even mind being photographed, but you could see in her eyes that she knows or feels whats wrong in her country.
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.
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!
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...
- 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.
"Cross"
MOSAIC: auction~exhibition to benefit Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières
April 1 through April 27 at BiddingForGood.com/DWB-MSF
"Just Keep Swimming..."
Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières
April 1 through April 27 at BiddingForGood.com/DWB-MSF
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...
- 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.
50.000 Dkr. to Doctors Without Borders (MSF) from Willy Søvndal, head of the Socialist People’s Party (SF), and his daughter Anna. The two recently won the amount on channel TV2. Søren Brix Christensen, chairman of MSF Denmark is the thankful receiver.
If I could decide I would do this group portrait out on the street. The MSF building is an old and beautiful place that would make for a nice bagground, but the office told me to do it inside with an office bagground.
Lastolite Softbox on camera right and a bare Speedlite 580EX behind me pointed upwards.
"Where is the Key?"
Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières
April 1 through April 27 at BiddingForGood.com/DWB-MSF
As part of its 50th anniversary lecture series, the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies welcomed School of Medicine grad Dr. Craig Spencer, who presented "The Challenges and Controversies of Ebola Epidemic: Experiences from a Provider and Patient"
Coming soon (like, next week!) - L'amour Sans Frontieres earrings, exclusive release for the Spoonful of Sugar Festival. 100% of proceeds benefit Medicens Sans Frontieres (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...
"Floating Up"
MOSAIC: auction~exhibition to benefit
Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières
April 1 through April 27 at BiddingForGood.com/DWB-MSF
Medical aid has been dispatched to partners in Haiti caring for people in need. As the rainy season approaches, preventing disease and infection among those living in crowded camps and in flimsy shelters is a growing health concern.
The medical material includes a range of critically needed items, from surgical supplies and equipment to antibiotics and pain medications. With partner healthcare providers focused on caring for their many patients, Direct Relief’s expertise in inventory management provides invaluable support for their work. Direct Relief staff on the ground can carefully allocate aid to meet partners’ specific needs, saving them time and effort in processing and storing bulk shipments.
Direct Relief staff members were on the ground in Haiti managing logistics and resupply on behalf of our partners there. This assistance allowed partner healthcare providers to focus on treating patients, and means they get the supplies, medicines and equipment they need in an expedited manner.
i first heard about the earthquake being sleepless very early on sunday morning in a hotel room, watching cnn, being scared, frightened and sad as the events unfolded, as cnn started reporting "tidal waves".
the best friend of my brothers girlfriend was severly injured on ko phi phi, but is thankfully now safely back in europe and recovering in a hospital in belgium.
her safe return made me consider once more, how well off european tourists who survived this are: they still have a home to return to. the majority of those affected don't.
i donated money to the the international red cross and médecins sans frontières.
please consider doing the same.
Simma 24 timmar är ett årligt evenemang som går ut på att under 24 timmar simma 1 609 m (1 mile) varje timme. Eventet går ut på att samla in pengar till välgörenhet och denna gång till Läkare utan gränser.
Ebola workers in a facility run by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Gueckedou, Guinea, on 1 November 2014.
Photo: UNMEER/Ari Gaitanis
MPH student Jennifer Braggs (right) interviews United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius on LGBT health and non-communicable diseases.
Size: 6”x6”
Tesserae: glass, assorted metals, rhinestone, millefiori, chain, bits & pieces
Statement:
Food is the magic we need the most, all over the world. It is more precious than diamonds or jewels. In my dream world, there is food everywhere, for everyone. It glistens and sparkles for us…especially on a winter’s day.
Patricia Ormsby
Ontario, Canada
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.
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...
On the way from Kalaw to Mandalay. The scenery is amazing. Unfortunately, due to the rain we could go not hiking as it was to dangerous.
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.
"Shining Stars"
Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières
April 1 through April 27 at BiddingForGood.com/DWB-MSF