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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...
2014 International Mosaic Auction benefit for Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) will be held online at: www.BiddingForGood.com/DWB-MSF
Auction opens November 22 – Auction closes December 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...
This Mother was someone I saw often
- her Young Child had Health Issues but she was taking her to the Clinic.
She has a Skin Disorder.... In this area (N.E. Nicaraguan border area ) (Now RAAN area)
- the Diet was meagre with a marked deficiency in protein and vitamins.
There was a high incidence of Kwashiorkor and other forms of Advanced Malnutrition especially in children under the age of 2 years.
The Main Diseases were respiratory infections, incl. tuberculosis..
.. also intestinal and skin parasites, diarrhoea, malaria and malnutrition..
In one village it was easy to hear the sound of whooping cough by the school house.....
(MSF’s first mission was to the Nicaraguan capital, Managua, where a 1972 earthquake had destroyed most of the city and killed between 10,000 and 30,000 people.The organization, today is known for its quick response in an emergency. )
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The Nobel Peace Prize .. Medicins Sans Frontieres.
In 1999, MSF was awarded the International Nobel Peace Prize, "in recognition of the organisation's pioneering humanitarian work on several continents." The award honoured the work of MSF relief workers bringing medical assistance to people in more than 80 countries — over 20 of which are in conflict.
The proceeds from the Nobel Peace Prize have been used by MSF to establish a Neglected Disease Fund. The fund is designed to support pilot projects world-wide that facilitate clinical development, production, procurement and distribution of Neglected Disease treatments.
** ( Donations online ........MSF offers a personal choice for which medical issue and which country we would prefer to support. )
Most of us live in great countiries, we have jobs, homes, family, friends, past times and life is fairly good. We don't think about where our next meal comes from, where we will sleep, if we will ever see a doctor, if we will go to school, how we will support our famillies. We have organizations that help others, total strangers, those in need. We don't bat an eye.
We live in a country on the map that is well known, we are proud of our heritage, we have national pride. We don't live admid garbage, drinking unsanitary water, live in poorly built shacks, one on top of another. We don't live in a country that is so poor, that poverty is passed from one generation to the next. Yes, we should help ourselves first and if we cannot help ourselves, we need to ask for the help of others.
Haiti lies in destruction, an impoverished country with very little infrastructure, there are orphans that no one wants, poorly built buildings, hardly a doctor, questionable food being resold daily so that women can survive and feed their children. Haiti, a country on the map, that few know about, a country that has fallen to the wayside over the years, and perhaps has been ignored, who knows.
Haiti is on the world map now, take the time to decide what you can do even if it is little, everything helps at this point. Haiti needs help in all areas, I don't have to list it here, the rescue teams are taxed, the mission groups are there, Doctors without Borders, the International Red Cross. I challenge everyone to decide what it is that he or she could do, and do it. I challenge you because the Power of Nature can happen anywhere at anytime, and wouldn't you want to be helped.
Caring and compassion does not go unnoticed, we all need a helping hand some time, Haiti needs us now, how will we respond.
Who has come from Haiti to make a difference in the world today?
Great and gifted people come from every walk of life and every circumstance. Is there someone from Haiti that needs your help, someone who in turn may become a Nobel Prize receipient day, find a cure to a life threatening disease, an engineer, a writer, an inventor, a world renown Chef, designer, someone who escapes a life of poverty and helps others do the same.
Doctors Without Borders:
doctorswithoutborders.org/
Canadian Red Cross:
www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=000005&tid=003
Link with a good list of organizations who are working on Haiti relief:
mashable.com/2010/01/13/haiti-earthquake-donate-help/
Well what are you going to do?
On this beautiful day, at least on my neck of the woods, I would like to wished you a Happy Valentine's day!
I would also like to remind every one of our brothers and sisters in Haiti, it's being a month since the tragedy, and the news are not talking about it as much, please if you have thought of them give a donation, the amount is not as important, because every penny counts, now it's when they need us the most.
En este bello dia, por lo menos aca donde yo vivo, me gustaria desearles un Feliz dia del Amor y la Amistad!
Tambien me gustaria recordales de nuestros hermanos en Haiti, ha pasado un mes desde el tragico terremoto, y los noticieros no lo mencionan igual, por favor si han pensado en ellos, den una donacion, la cantidad no importa, porque cada centavo cuenta, ahora es cuando nos nesecitan mas.
A small donation can make a huge difference in the lives of the people of Haiti.
Una pequeña donacion puede hacer una gran diferencia en las vidas de la gente the Haiti.
www.msf.es/newsletter/emergencia-haiti.html
www.worldvision.org/worldvision/eappeal.nsf/egift-haiti-e...
donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/SSLPage.aspx?pid=197&...
00:09:11am #StGallen #Switzerland “Bahnhofsuhr St.Gallen” by @f.schefer as part of the @24HourProject to support Children in Conflict Zones and raise funds for @DoctorsWithoutBorders
#24HourProject2025 #24hr25_StGallen #24hr25_Switzerland #24HourProject #MédecinsSansFrontières / #ÄrzteohneGrenzen / #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...
Some Monks during their study time reading the buddhist scripts.
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.
Novices 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.
Most of the burmese people spend some time in a monastry as novice, some of the will eventually stay and become monks.
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.
www.doctorswithoutborders.org/country-region/nepal
A 7.8-magnitude earthquake shook the Kathmandu Valley before noon on April 25. Although the extent of the damages is still unknown, initial reports say houses and buildings collapsed in Kathmandu and surrounding areas.
Tremors were also strongly felt in northern India, in the states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
Please note that we are not recruiting for the current emergency response in Nepal. MSF does not recruit for specific locations or emergencies. Anyone interested in working in the field with MSF can apply online but must be open to working in the country to which they are assigned. Assignment is based on the needs of the field and the skills of the field worker.
Beyond Borders: Mosaic Auction for DWB/MSF
September 2012
Artist: Pat Mitchell
Title: ‘Crystal Blaze’
Size: 6” x 6” framed
Tesserae: Reclaimed window glass and guitar strings
Bio:
Pat Mitchell currently resides in Wisconsin. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Wisconsin with an emphasis in ceramics. Recently she has changed her focus to working with reclaimed glass. Her current work explores the revelation and obscuring nature of ice with vivid color and unexpected shapes.
Pat Mitchell
Mosaicwench Mosaics
Website: www.mosaicwench.com
Facebook Fan Page: facebook.com/pages/Mosaicwench-Mosaics/354672391448
"Veneration"
MOSAIC: auction~exhibition to benefit Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières
April 1 through April 27 at BiddingForGood.com/DWB-MSF
Size: 6.25”x6.25” framed
Tesserae: Stained glass, tempered glass, Murano millefiori, glass stringers, glass nuggets, alcohol ink and a mirrored charm.
About ‘Paco sur la Tero’:
When I thought about what artwork embodied the spirit of Doctors without Borders, my thoughts went to Peter Max’s painting titled “ Without Borders”.
This painting and its utopian vision inspired my mosaic.
The title, ‘Paco sur la Tero’ is in the international language of Esperanto. Translated, it simply means ‘Peace on Earth’.
About Me:
I have been making mosaics for several years. Stained glass is one of my favorite materials to work with. Its wide range of colors and textures can be cut to create a myriad of patterns and shapes making this my choice medium for mosaics. I find inspiration for my work from a wide variety of sources, from nature and photography to social issues and works of fantasy.
Mosaics are a creative outlet and relaxing break from my job as a nurse. I have great respect for the employees of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières and feel honored to participate in this benefit.
Lori Meade
New Jersey, 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...
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...
"Le Rouge et le Noir"
MOSAIC: auction~exhibition to benefit Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières
April 1 through April 27 at BiddingForGood.com/DWB-MSF
My piece for Lin's Beyond Borders Mosaic Auction. Like so many things in life, it didn't turn out quite the way I originally saw it in my mind, but when you work with limited amounts of scrounged materials, you have to make do...the sunrise is r-e-a-l-l-y much oranger and brighter than I intended. And, it was very difficult to photograph with all that glass and mirror, especially with the limited capabilities of my cell phone — I still struggle to take good photos of my mosaics, but I can say it is about as neon orange in real life as in this pic!
STATEMENT:
Entitled INFINITELY ACQUAINTED, it depicts an abstract forest at dawn. On a salvaged mirror substrate, I have used scrap stained glass for the leaf canopy and the hilly ground with accents of Italian glass millefiore. I left the tree trunks and branches "open" with no tessera, which allows the mirror substrate to show through and form the tree trunks and branches. The trees are all "interlocked" with one another by their web of branches. My intention with the overall composition is to suggest that between the heavens and the earth we are all interconnected (Beyond Borders) and by using the mirror as a major element, I hope to remind anyone who views the piece and sees their reflection in the trees, that they, too, are part of that infinite connection. 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...
Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: Limiting the Damage of a Protracted Crisis
www.crisisgroup.org/asia/south-east-asia/myanmar-banglade...
Rohingya Refugee Crisis Explained
www.unrefugees.org/news/rohingya-refugee-crisis-explained/
Six Years of Rohingya Refugee Crisis in Bangladesh: From Here to Where?
www.spf.org/apbi/news_en/b_240627.html
The Rohingyas are a Muslim minority from the North Rakhine State in western Burma. Over the past forty years, the Burmese government has systematically stripped over 1 million Rohingya of their citizenship. Recognized as one of the most oppressed ethnic groups in the world, the Rohingya are granted few social, economic and civil rights. They are subjected to forced labor, arbitrary land seizure, religious persecution, extortion, the freedom to travel, and the right to marry. Because of the abuse they endure in Burma, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya have fled Burma to seek sanctuary in neighboring Bangladesh. In the refugee camps along the south east coast where they settle, most are not recognized as refugees and are considered illegal economic migrants. Unwanted and unwelcome, they receive little or no humanitarian assistance and are vulnerable to exploitation and harassment. In recent years, the Rohingya have paid brokers to smuggle them by boat from Bangladesh to Malaysia and even beyond to Australia, sparking the attention of governments throughout the region.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has confirmed that the statelessness of the Rohingya is not just a Burma-related problem, but a problem with larger regional implications.
pulitzercenter.org/reporting/burma-bangladesh-muslim-mino...
pulitzercenter.org/reporting/rohingya-bangladesh-burma-my...
pulitzercenter.org/reporting/rohingya-burma-bangladesh-st...
www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/reports/2002/r...
blogs.mediapart.fr/edition/les-invites-de-mediapart/artic...
pulitzercenter.org/blog/week-review-inside-burma-presiden...
Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: Limiting the Damage of a Protracted Crisis
www.crisisgroup.org/asia/south-east-asia/myanmar-banglade...
Rohingya Refugee Crisis Explained
www.unrefugees.org/news/rohingya-refugee-crisis-explained/
Six Years of Rohingya Refugee Crisis in Bangladesh: From Here to Where?
www.spf.org/apbi/news_en/b_240627.html
The Rohingyas are a Muslim minority from the North Rakhine State in western Burma. Over the past forty years, the Burmese government has systematically stripped over 1 million Rohingya of their citizenship. Recognized as one of the most oppressed ethnic groups in the world, the Rohingya are granted few social, economic and civil rights. They are subjected to forced labor, arbitrary land seizure, religious persecution, extortion, the freedom to travel, and the right to marry. Because of the abuse they endure in Burma, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya have fled Burma to seek sanctuary in neighboring Bangladesh. In the refugee camps along the south east coast where they settle, most are not recognized as refugees and are considered illegal economic migrants. Unwanted and unwelcome, they receive little or no humanitarian assistance and are vulnerable to exploitation and harassment. In recent years, the Rohingya have paid brokers to smuggle them by boat from Bangladesh to Malaysia and even beyond to Australia, sparking the attention of governments throughout the region.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has confirmed that the statelessness of the Rohingya is not just a Burma-related problem, but a problem with larger regional implications.
pulitzercenter.org/reporting/burma-bangladesh-muslim-mino...
pulitzercenter.org/reporting/rohingya-bangladesh-burma-my...
pulitzercenter.org/reporting/rohingya-burma-bangladesh-st...
www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/reports/2002/r...
blogs.mediapart.fr/edition/les-invites-de-mediapart/artic...
pulitzercenter.org/blog/week-review-inside-burma-presiden...
A kid in the back of a market shop in Bagan. On its face is thanka, a yellowish-white paste from ground bark that mainly kids and women use.
For the kids its mainly used for sun protection, whereas the women use it as some kind of makeup. You might also see it sometimes in Thailand and other border countries around Burma, that took over the use from the Burmese
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.
Size: 6”x6”
Tesserae: slate, aluminum, lead, Smalti, stained glass, sea worn glass
“I began by trawling through materials whilst reflecting on what Doctors Without Borders is about.
Pandora's box sprang to mind, more specifically, Hope.
Then I thought, why not the three!!!”
About Helen:
Helen works organically with a range of earthy material and glass finding a lot of her ancient material along the coastline, in waste sites and salvage yards. She likes to explore mosaic method and integrate it with just about any technique that suggests itself to create varied and unusual surfaces for her furniture and sculpture. Helen also commissions a professional Blacksmith for the wrought iron elements of the garden furniture designs.
Helen Nock
Website: www.helen-nock.co.uk
North Somerset, UK
Flickr Explore #352
Some British businessman started offering balloon trips over the Bagan Area, which is know known for being one of the best ballooning areas in the world.
A balloon flight costs a fortune (10-30 month salaries of a Burmese worker).
The tower on the far right is the Nann Myint Viewing Tower. It was build by the government, that also want 10$ entrance fee. In my opinion it destroys the great view and is not needed, as there are quite a lot high pagodas in Bagan.
With more than 2000 temples in total, there is a chance that everybody finds a spot somewhere to enjoy the sunrise or sunset :)
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.
Hasselblad Xpan II | Hasselblad 45mm f/4 | Elite Chrome 100
This house is on the edge of Sendai in a farming area. The flatness of the farm fields allowed the tsunami to come far ashore. This is about 1km fro the ocean. The tsunami reached the second floor of this house, but by some miracle the house was still standing. The destruction continued at least two kilometers further inland past this. The tsunami was absolutely insidious in the seemly randomness of its destruction. Some houses remained, while others only a few feet away were annihilated.
Donate to the Red Cross or preferably to MSF(Doctors Without Borders).
"Life's Rich Tapestry"
MOSAIC: auction~exhibition to benefit Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières
April 1 through April 27 at BiddingForGood.com/DWB-MSF
This is an amazing video of what is happening in Haiti today one month after the Earthquake. The magazine show Fault Lines paints the picture of international policy makers in foreign countries and what they have in mind for this impoverished country; where does Haiti go form here is in the hands of foreign hands with trade policies which will subvert the Haitian development even when the Haitian people have the answer of there future. This in-depth story that captures little know history of who and what have hindered the development of Haiti. It shows the spirit and resilience of the Haitian grassroots effort to rebuild Haiti from an organizational stand point largely ignored by the international Aid agencies. These offshore agencies and their poverty policies are determined to continue the same formula that will make Haiti continue to walk the road of economic and political impotence. Please watch this video it is an important one in understanding the dynamics of Haiti's present and how the future is being reshaped.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuUt12usDVs&feature=player_em...
As the days and weeks turns to months Haiti will need more assistance to stand up as a nation again following the January 12 earthquake. The Caribbean nation has now lost an estimated 230,000 lives. It is still in dire need of funds to provide safe water, temporary shelter systems and essential medical supplies. Let us continue to support the relief efforts by the many organizations on the ground that is providing much needed assistance. The rainy season has just began and this will bring further suffering for the millions of homeless haitians in the capital and the surrounded provinces. The media will leave and the interest wane, however the suffering will continue away form the TV screens.
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
Haiti: One Month After the Earthquake
www.cleanwaterforhaiti.org/index.html
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJZ3pxo0MYc
www.cleanwaterforhaiti.org/index.html
Wasteland – Charcoal in Haiti
Once a lush island covered in trees Haiti is now 98 percent deforested. Twenty million trees are felled each year to meet the demand for the island’s primary fuel source; charcoal. The poor have little choice but to continue to produce and burn charcoal as it is essential to the most basic of needs. The Haitian government has no environmental regulations and provides no subsidiaries for alternative fuels, which has led to a situation of environmental catastrophe. During the rainy season nutrient rich topsoil washes away into the sea making it impossible to grow food and hundreds die from flash flooding. Haiti is quickly reaching an irrecoverable state where the majority of the island will succumb to desertification and become inhabitable.
VIDEO: The Charbonnière – Video Test One
Size: 6”x6” framed
Tesserae: Stained glass, mirror glass, millefiori, metal chains, metal findings and beads, safety pins, nails.
“I see art as a way of living: We are art. We are “works in progress”. We create our life as a piece of art, adding pieces and colors according to our experiences and feelings. It can reflect our mood, reveal our deepest thoughts and invite spectators to experience it in the most private and personal way.
I grew up in Mexico and I’m influenced by its culture, vivid colors, images and traditions. I like the use of different textures; materials and combinations that make the spectator feel my own thoughts and get inspired by my artistic self.
I like to give new meaning to things that sometimes by themselves are meaningless. I attempt to give life, in a physical way, to my feelings, visions and experiences.
I find mosaic to be the perfect medium for this. Each piece by itself is insignificant, but when added to the whole, finds new light, new meaning, and new color. Giving life to my creations becomes a very important part of me, of my life. Every new piece adds to my personal growth.
‘Art Heals’ represents a hurt heart, a heart that has been suffering and now through art it's healing and getting wings to fly away and follow it's most profound dreams.”
About Me:
Self taught by researching books, I started making mosaics in the summer of 2009. I took my first formal class with Michele Petno at the end of 2009. Which then progressed to an Intensive Workshop in the School of Mosaics in Ravenna, Italy and a workshop with UK mosaic artist Martin Cheek in 2012. My 3D mixed media mosaic, "King Divine and his Rebel Heirs" has since been exhibited in the juried Mosaic Arts International 2012 exhibition at The Lexington Center Museum and Gallery in Lexington, Kentucky
Affiliations:
Society of American Mosaic Artists (SAMA)
Janis Nunez
SugarskullArtz - Commissions welcome
Email: janisupermom@comcast.net
Facebook: www.facebook.com/janis.nunez.9
Florida, USA
One month ago today, a devastating 9.0 earthquake hit off the Northeastern coast of Japan. This resulted in a massively destructive Tsunami that hit many areas in the Tohoku region. One of those most heavily hit was Sendai, the sister city of Dallas.
Relief efforts are still very much needed as Japan tries to put itself back together, despite aftershocks that are earthquakes in their own right, and a shortage of power all over the country in addition to loss of home, property and life. Below are a few organizations that are helping Japan pick up the pieces.
On June 5, at Rostock harbor, members of Médecins sans frontières (Doctors without borders) wearing "HIV positive"shirts jumped from a ship into the (cold) water, trying to grab a giant pill. The idea was to protest against the restrictions of access to HIV medecine in many countries.
Please read the explanation at the beginning of the set and view the pictures in chronological order.
Part of " G8 summit 2007"
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...
One small candle, like just one person, can make a difference in the world.
Every random act of kindness, every affirmative thought, every prayer, every helping hand, every volunteer, every donation—to the people of Haiti and the plight of her people—or to anyone—makes a positive impact.
Everyone can help in some small way.
It's hard to choose how to concentrate your personal efforts and know where to give wisely in the face of such incredible need. Watching CNN reportage on this, there are two volunteer agencies (among many) which could use our support.
One is Artists for Peace and Justice (founded by Father Rick Frechette who is a priest AND a doctor) which (according to a member and spokesperson, Maria Bello) has no overhead and gives all monies to emergency aid. Here's a quote from the website: "If you are asking yourself what you can do, they desperately need emergency cash - any amount. Get it to us, and we will get a hundred percent of it into the hands of Father Rick and his team, to help dig people out of the collapsed hospital and schools, to buy emergency medicine, to supply badly needed water and food, to help fly in doctors for the wounded children, and so much more." There's an amazing video there and information for donating.
The other is Doctors Without Borders (as Green Wellies has so eloquently spoken about regarding her donation to that organization). We, who are fortunate to have so much, must remember those who have so much less. Her photo of the Buddha and candle inspired me to post my own photos focusing on how to help with the massive humanitarian aid Haiti is in such desperate need of.
I cannot give $1 million dollars like Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, but I can give something. Every donation is like a precious drop of water and helps the level rise.
Invasion Kit for Médecins Sans Frontières (doctors without borders) 42 x 54 cm . Edition of 25. Auction by OTH (Over the Influence gallery, hong Kong) on wednesday june 28, 2017.
From the Spray Collection ( www.spray-collection.com ) at Art Capital, Paris february 2018
Size: 6” x 6”
Tesserae: reclaimed stained-glass scrap, millefiori
About Me:
I am a 40 year old women blessed to call the beautiful Pacific Northwest home. I live in Eugene, Oregon with my wonderful husband of 18 years and our two dogs. Being only a short drive from the Pacific Ocean, lakes, forests and deserts of eastern Oregon lends me a never-ending source of inspiration.
I began working with stained glass in high school and over the last ten years have enjoyed the medium of mosaics. I am always looking for ways to re-use and re-purpose discarded items. I love the way a collection of mis-matched; ill-fitting pieces can be combined like a puzzle into something beautiful.
Creating art is the best form of self-reflection and meditation I know. I enjoy every moment spent and welcome any opportunity to express myself through art.
Jessey Lucas
Email - GoGirlMosaics@Hotmail.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/GoGirlMosaics
Etsy Shop: www.Etsy.com/shop/GoGirlMosaics
Oregon, USA
August 31, 2014 - Monrovia, Liberia: Anneli Erickson, a nurse from Sweden, hands out take-home kits to Ebola survivors right after they are released form the isolation center at ELWA 3 - an Ebola Treatment Unit run by Doctors Without Borders in Monrovia, Liberia. The kits include a certificate confirming that the patients are free of Ebola, clothes and other hygiene supplies.
Photo: Morgana Wingard, 2014
Size: 6”x6” framed
Tesserae: stained glass
Donna Van Hooser
SunDog Mosaics
Website: www.SunDogMosaics.com
Email: Donna@SunDogMosaics.com
Flickr Photos: www.flickr/photos/sundogmosaics
Kansas, USA
"It's All About the Buzz"
Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières
April 1 through April 27 at BiddingForGood.com/DWB-MSF
A ferry leaves the mainland for the Grenadine island of Bequia. The ride is about an hour, but can be quite challenging at times given the rough seas, particularly at this time of the year.
there are several ways available to donate and support aid workers providing relief in haiti.
in canada, the cbc has a page, "haiti relief", listing several ways to donate in canada, including doctors without borders and the canadian red cross.
note: the canadian government will be matching donations up to $50 million
in the united states, you can text the word "HAITI" to 90999 to donate to the red cross international relief ($10 is added to your monthly phone bill). you can also donate directly to the american red cross. you can text "haiti" to 20222, to donate $10 through the clinton foundation. there is also partners in health. see also the article "10 ways you can donate" for more options...
in the uk, online at the dec, disasters emergency committee
internationally, oxfam has provided a web site where you can make donations for varying sums... every little bit helps...
if you know of any other ways to donate, please do let me know so that i can include it...
many thanks to those who have joined in to help...
update
i read a note in the financial times a couple of weeks ago (30 july 2011) that haiti has only received 30% of the monies pledged... they are still in trouble and they are heading into their second hurricane season since the earthquake...
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: 6.25”x6.25”
Tesserae: stained glass, millefiori, seed beads, gem stone beads, glitter and photograph (mulberry tree leaves)
I chose the Bombyx mori moth (latin for silkworm of the mulberry tree) because it is used in traditional Chinese medicine to heal. So I thought it was fitting for this charity auction.
Artist Statement:
I am inspired by the flowers, plants and creatures that Mother Nature has produced. I am fascinated with all the variety of colors and shapes they come in. I use stained glass, beads, millefiori, and photography to create vibrant and colorful mosaics of my interpretation of these creatures found in the natural world.
Cherie Bosela
Website: www.CherieBosela.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/CherieBosela.MixedMediaArtist
Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/phuzylogik/
Etsy: www.etsy.com/shop/CherieBosela
Florida, USA
By Jessey Lucas
www.Facebook.com/GoGirlMosaics
This is the best picture I could get. Lin Schorr captured it in true color at this link -
www.flickr.com/photos/linlee8/5221787782/
My contribution for Lin Schorr's project: Auction~exhibition
benefitting Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
"Dragonfly"
Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières
April 1 through April 27 at BiddingForGood.com/DWB-MSF
"Dragonfly"
Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières
April 1 through April 27 at BiddingForGood.com/DWB-MSF
The planet is marshalling its resources to help Haiti. Many are taking action and are determined to shine a light where it is most needed. In acknowledgement of that, this one small candle burns brightly with hope and great resolve.
The needs of this island nation and her people is great, and to the point of being truly overwhelming. But the gallant volunteers soldier on and the populace reaches out to extend helping hands. I am touched beyond measure while watching the reports of this horrific disaster to see those Haitians who have so very little giving what they can to those who have nothing.
It's hard to choose how to concentrate your personal efforts and where to give in the face of such incredible need. Watching CNN reportage on this, there are two volunteer agencies (among many) which could use our support.
One is Artists for Peace and Justice (founded by Father Rick Frechette who is a priest AND a doctor) which (according to a member and spokesperson, Maria Bello) has no overhead and gives all monies to emergency aid. Here's a quote from the website: "If you are asking yourself what you can do, they desperately need emergency cash - any amount. Get it to us, and we will get a hundred percent of it into the hands of Father Rick and his team, to help dig people out of the collapsed hospital and schools, to buy emergency medicine, to supply badly needed water and food, to help fly in doctors for the wounded children, and so much more." There's an amazing video there and information for donating.
The other is Doctors Without Borders (as Green Wellies has so eloquently spoken about regarding her donation to that organization). We, who are fortunate to have so much, must remember those who have so much less. Her photo of the Buddha and candle inspired me to post my own photos focusing on how to help with the massive humanitarian aid Haiti is in such desperate need of.
Or go here for a comprehensive list of approved relief agencies and choose the organization you most trust to use your donation appropriately.
I cannot give $1 million dollars like Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, but I can give something. Every donation is like a precious drop of water and helps the level rise.
It is almost too much to bear, but there is great hope for Haiti and the spirit of this country will continue to burn brightly.