Myanmar
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Nov-30-2011 | Project-AK47Did Hope Come To Burma Today?
We believe that where there are ripples, there can be waves. We believe that where there are waves, there can be a flood. Today there are ripples of hope for the people of Burma.
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Mar-29-2011 | Project-AK476.8 Quake Hits Too Close To Home in Burma
Quake1 Right on the heels of Japan’s earthquake and the resulting tsunami, it is hard to believe that another nearly 7.0 quake struck the region close to several of our children’s homes in Burma (Myanmar) on Thursday. Concerned about the safety of our children, I tried phoning our field staff quickly after I heard what
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Mar-01-2011 | Project-AK47From the Field: Tears from Burma
A drug lord in a region that one of our main projects is in has made things even worse as he is systematically trying to buy out everyone associated with us. He's offering them outrageous salaries to work as teachers, staff and even musicians. He's even tried to reach across national boundaries to get our people in other countries! Its pretty obvious he hopes to shut some or our projects down and is slowly squeezing us right now. Crazy world, eh?
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Sep-08-2010 | Project-AK47Two Child Soldiers In Burma Escape
Han See Dei was just 10 years old, studying in his 5th grade class when a commander from the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) took him. "My parents could not pay the money they [the DKBA] asked for, and the teachers dared not say anything for me, so I had to become a soldier," he said.
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Sep-18-2009 | MyanmarBURMA: No Stranger to Unrest
Burma is no stranger to social unrest and military conflict, but recent years, months and days have proven that the country is near a breaking point. We recently reported the good news about military clashes moving further away from our children’s homes, which allowed us to bring the children back, although on high alert. The
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Sep-09-2009 | Project-AK47The latest news…
A big “Thank you” to those of you who have been following this situation and supporting our efforts to keep our children safe. We are working within a wartime scenario where the report on the ground can change daily and sometimes hourly, so while there is certainly good news, it is not the end of
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Sep-03-2009 | Project-AK47The Evacuation Begins…
Yado quickly bundled her few belongings. Reports of thousands of gathering troops were more frequent now. Her first concern was the girls. War and rape seem to go hand in hand. As her thoughts went to little 7-year-old Eenap, whom she was sending off to relatives with a 2-month supply of rice, a heavy tear
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Jun-09-2009 | Project-AK47The Latest on Burma
Hallo aus Deutschland! Our founder Marcus and I are in Vöhl, Germany, not far from Frankfurt, meeting with our partner organization about bringing Project: AK-47 into Europe, among many other things. I’ll keep you posted on developments, but for now I wanted to be sure you were aware of a couple current events in Burma:
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