„Unser Schiff braucht Räder“

„Unser Schiff braucht Räder“. Das war der Eintrag im Adventskalender der stiftunglife am 11. Dezember 2024. Viele Jahre hatte stiftunglife das Ärzteschiff MS Fortuna der Swimming Doctors gemanag...

https://artemedstiftung.de/2025/02/unser-schiff-braucht-raeder/ #globalengagement #IrrawaddyDelta #IrrawaddyRiver #globalhealth #Aktuelles #Myanmar #myanmar #Burma

Vietnamese monk weighs danger of crossing Myanmar on India journey

> Deep into his trek through Thailand, Thich Minh Tue must decide whether to enter the war-torn nation.
https://www.benarnews.org/english/news/thai/vietnamese-monk-myanmar-india-02212025131743.html #Myanmar #Burma #SouthEadtAsia #Thailand #Vietnam

Hello from Burma (Myanmar)! #HelloWorld #Burma(Myanmar) #language #linguistics

Hello from Burma (Myanmar)! #HelloWorld #Burma(Myanmar) #language #linguistics

In other news, 'last week a small #Rohingya community organisation in the UK has succeeded in securing the first ever arrest warrant for a head of the #Burmese military'.

#Burma #Myanmar

https://burmacampaign.org.uk/first-arrest-warrants-issued-for-burmese-military/

Hello from Burma (Myanmar)! #HelloWorld #Burma(Myanmar) #language #linguistics

https://whenweseetheplanes.com/exhibition

New Burma's art exhibition will honour the heroes of the four-year civil war. For the Love of Heroes will be part of their annual event Can't Stop, Won't Stop in Chiang Mai between February 19 and 22 2025.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-16/myanmar-coup-anniversary-a-new-burma-hnin-win/104918050

The first (documented) death due to the USAID shutdown. By no means the last.
https://www.newsweek.com/usaid-death-oxygen-supply-cut-off-2030054

If there had been warning, they could have done something. But this left no time for people to find alternative care.

This hits us hard. My wife worked in Umphiem Camp where Pe Kha Lau died. If you'd like to help support medical services on the Thai/Burma border, you can donate through Partners Asia at https://www.partnersasia.org/who-we-are/. You can earmark it for any of their partner organizations, but Mae Taw Clinic (https://maetaoclinic.org/) is where that Pe Kha Lau's family likely would have taken her if they'd had time and warning of the shutdown.

Junta troops have burned down about 50 houses in Ahnankwin Village, in Kyarinnseikgyi Township, #Karen State since 29 January 2025 and were continuing to set houses on fire, as of 7 February. #Burma

https://karennews.org/2025/02/junta-burns-down-50-houses-in-ahnankwin-village-karen-state/

An artist in Bagan, Myanmar, 2013, during that sweet spot when it looked like they would avoid autocracy. Photo of the artwork in comments. #Burma #Myanmar #Bagan #photography

Emergency Lifeline: Challenges to the right to #healthcare, and local efforts, in Southeast #Burma

https://khrg.org/2024/12/24-5-bp1/emergency-lifeline-challenges-right-healthcare-and-local-efforts-southeast-burma

STATEMENT: On the four-year anniversary of the Burmese military's attempted coup

It is now time for the world to take actions as bold as our #SpringRevolution.

https://womenspeacenetwork.org/publications/statements