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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...
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
Size : 6"x6" framed
Tesserae: mother of pearls, stained glass, crystal
The eyes are the window of the soul and because words are
often worthless remember to look and smile.
Andreea Ceaus
Email: ceausandreea@yahoo.com
Romania
"Catman"
MOSAIC: auction~exhibition to benefit Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières
April 1 through April 27 at BiddingForGood.com/DWB-MSF
There was a crowd gathering at The Human Rights Monument on Ottawa's Elgin Street at Lisgar. I could see Palestinian and Canadian flags fluttering as the rain started to fall. There was a mix of people including a group of Orthodox Jews, Canadians of all stripes and Palestinians, young and old alike.
Jamal had asked me to take his photograph with his phone, so I took the opportunity to ask him the reason for the gathering this evening.
Jamal explained that May 15th marked Nakba Day (Day of Catastrophe) which in essence commemorates the day after Israeli independence, or put another way the day that started the displacement, dispossession and dispersal of the Palestinian people. An estimated 700,000 Palestinians fled or were expelled from their homeland during the 1948 Palestinian War.
I explained my project to Jamal and he readily agreed to participate,
Jamal was born in Libya to Palestinian parents, unfortunately he has never been able to travel to Palestine due to travel restrictions. A physician by profession, Jamal has worked in over 25 countries with Doctors Without Borders and has lived in Canada for 6 years. However the fact that he has never been allowed to visit his homeland struck a very emotional chord. I should also mention that Jamal was holding a large key (as were others at the gathering), this signified the Palestinians' desire for their own home.
We in Canada take our freedoms for granted, we travel freely and we are allowed to state our opinions without fear of retribution, in Jamal's case this is something he has to fight for, he still has family in Palestine but may never see them again, a sad story indeed.
Thank you Jamal for providing me this insight into your plight.
The strangers project is a wonderful window into the world, good and bad. It makes you think, it makes you laugh, it can even make you cry.
Best wishes Jamal, I hope you make it home one day soon.
We can help by donating $10 or more to many organizations assisting in relief efforts, including
American Red Cross www.redcross.org/
Doctors Without Borders donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/SSLPage.aspx?pid=219&...
Partners in Health www.pih.org/home.html
Mercy Corps Haiti Relief Fund donate.mercycorps.org/donation.htm?DonorIntent=Haiti%20Ea...
yelehaiti www.yele.org/
Clinton Foundation re.clintonfoundation.org/SSLPage.aspx?pid=3869
UNICEF secure.unicefusa.org/site/Donation2?df_id=6680&6680.d...
The Salvation Army www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/www_usn_2.nsf
#40 in a series for one photo a day for a year
"Jerry Tee's It Up"
Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières
April 1 through April 27 at BiddingForGood.com/DWB-MSF
"Healianthus"
Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières
April 1 through April 27 at BiddingForGood.com/DWB-MSF
"Dragonfly"
MOSAIC: auction~exhibition to benefit Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières
April 1 through April 27 at BiddingForGood.com/DWB-MSF
Abduraman Mutshapa, infirmier d'un centre de santé soutenu par Médecins Sans Frontières à Nyasi, un village situé dans le territoire de Walikale, dans la province du Nord-Kivu en République démocratique du Congo, effectue un test de paludisme le 13 février 2017. / Abduraman Mutshapa, nurse of a health center supported by Médecins Sans Frontières in Nyasi, a village in the territory of Walikale, in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, is carrying out a malaria test on February 13th 2017.
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.
"Fushicho" (Phoenix RIsing)
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
Size: 15.2 cm x 15.2 cm / 6” x 6”
Tesseare: Micro ceramic tiles, millefiori, rock crystal, art glass, glass fusions (made by Leigh Adams), glass nuggets, one strass earring.
About Hella:
Hella Steins lives and works in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She had already been engaged in various creative disciplines (drawing, writing, playing the drums), when in 1999 she finally found her true love: making mosaics.
In 2006 she started her mosaic company Smashing Stones. Since then she has not only
continued developing her own mosaic style but she also has been sharing the joy of making
mosaics with many others by giving workshops and courses, both in Amsterdam and in Greece.
Hella Steins
Smashing Stones
Website: www.smashingstones.nl
Email: smashingstones@xs4all.nl
Facebook: facebook.com/smashingstonesmozaiek
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
"The Princess and the Pea"
MOSAIC: auction~exhibition to benefit Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières
April 1 through April 27 at BiddingForGood.com/DWB-MSF
Emmanuel Guibert explained how a conversation with photographer Didier Lefèvre, evolved into the incredible story told in the book, depicted by his own stunning artwork and Didier’s photographs.
Mark Siegel, editorial director at First Second Books, talked about the process of creating the English version of the book, and the wonderful opportunity to now share this story with the English speaking world.
Doctors Without Borders-USA Executive Director Sophie Delaunay explained MSF’s current activities in the Afghan-Pakistani region.
Juliette Fournot, who served as head of mission in Afghanistan for MSF from 1983-1989, and is one of the aid workers featured prominently in the book. She spoke about her role in MSF as a doctor, organizer, and woman.
The Spoonful Of Sugar Festival Is Just What The Doctor Ordered!
www.seraphimsl.com/2025/09/06/the-spoonful-of-sugar-festi...
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.
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...
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.
Lu Maw is the only one speaking some english. As his english is still not perfect they use signs for there performance.
"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...
- 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.
Gathering Rally at BANS OFF OUR BODIES Abortion Rights Demonstration at George Washington Monument Grounds on the National Mall at Constitution Avenue and 15th Street, NW, Washington DC on Saturday afternoon, 14 May 2022 by Elvert Barnes Photography
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS
www.facebook.com/doctorswithoutborders
Follow BANS OFF OUR BODIES DC Protest at www.facebook.com/events/952517025428401
Elvert Barnes Protest Photography 2022 at elvertxbarnes.com/protests
Elvert Barnes May 2022 at elvertxbarnes.com/2022
On the side of a refugee camp building - reminding me of my time in Aceh after the Tsunami- we had these signs on all our vehicles and clinic buildings
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:
Size: 6”x6”
Tesserae: stained glass, pearl, beads, mirror, ballchain
‘Turkish Delight’ is my spin on a Turkish tile...twas a delight.
Mandalas are good luck. I think anyone that cares enough to donate to such a good causes, deserves a little luck.
Collette Ho
Virginia, USA
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.
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: 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).
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.
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.
Ebola worker in a facility run by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Gueckedou, Guinea, on 1 November 2014.
Photo: UNMEER/Ari Gaitanis
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.
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/DreamSeeker%20Estate%20Vil...
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.
A sewing machine in the area on the market were you can buy all kind of textiles and see a lot of sewers. In the background you see some of the most recent trends.
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.
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.