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A baby is nourished at the Nai Soi refugee camp near Mae Hong Son, Thailand. The 'longneck' Karen, or Padaung, escaped from brutal repression at the hands of the Burmese military, called the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC).
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Nae Moe seeks safety at Ler Per Her Internally Displaced People's Camp near the Thailand/Burma border. Moe is one of hundreds of thousands of ethnic Karen who are internally displaced in Burma due to brutal repression by the Burmese military regime
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Landmines of the Burmese military along with two of the victims are demonstrated at a village in Karen State, Burma
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Amputees play volleyball on handicapped sports day at the Mae La Refugee Camp, Tak province, Thailand. They are all landmine victims escaping further persecution from the Burmese army in Burma (Myanmar) to live at the refugee camp.
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Amputees race on handicapped sports day at the Mae La Refugee Camp, Tak province, Thailand. They are all landmine victims escaping further persecution from the Burmese army in Burma (Myanmar) to live at the refugee camp
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Saw Khee, 12 y.o., is a soldier with the Karen National Union (KNU) at their sixth brigade base camp in Wah Lay Khee, Burma, near the Thailand border. 6-7 years ago, both his parents and younger brother were killed in their village in the Pa-an District o
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The Mae La Refugee Camp is the largest refugee camp in Thailand housing over 200000 from Burma (Myanmar)
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Karen woman worries about her family and village's future. Located hours from the Thailand border in eastern Burma, Ki Toh Hta village is one of the lucky few that are protected from the Burmese military (SPDC) by Karen guerilla resistance
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Medics with the mobile Backpack Health Worker Team (BPHWT) treat villagers in the field in Karen State, Burma. The BPHWT team was formed to help meet the needs of internally displaced people in Burma who have no access to medical care. Stationary clinics
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Pastor Bo Htoo baptizes a villager at Ler Per Her Internally Displaced People's Camp near the Thailand/Burma border
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Pastor Wai Mu examines the post-fire remains of his church after it and the hundreds of homes around it were attacked and burnt down by the Burma (Myanmar) army
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Medic trainees practice their surgical skills on a pig at Dr. Cynthia's Mae Tao Clinic in Mae Sot, Thailand. The trainees come to the Clinic from many regions along the Thailand/Burma border to garner the medical skills to help their people with problems
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Naw Eh Nah and her baby examine the post-fire remains of their home at Ler Per Her Internally Displaced People's Camp near the Thailand/Burma border. Ler Per Her was attacked and burnt down by the Burmese military regime (SPDC). Nah, 22 years old, became