Newsletter – August, 2011

Newsletter – August, 2011

Dear Friends of Shan Refugees: One of the lesser known outrages caused by the civil war in Burma is the number of ethnic people who have been driven from their homes by the government soldiers and are now living either in relocation camps or hiding in the jungle. The...
Newsletter – May, 2011

Newsletter – May, 2011

Dear Friends of Shan Refugees: I returned to Minnesota March 1 after an interesting and productive winter with Shan refugees from Burma who have escaped to Thailand. In November 2010, I wrote to you about the orphans we support, who had been described by their...
Newsletter – June, 2010

Newsletter – June, 2010

  Dear Friends of Shan Refugees, Here is some good and bad news about Burma, Thailand, and Shan refugees, who are caught in the middle. New migrant registration laws in Thailand require refugees from Burma to be registered in both countries: Thailand and Burma....
Newsletter – January, 2010

Newsletter – January, 2010

Dear Friends of Shan Refugees, Here is an update on some of my time with Shan refugees in Thailand. 1. Pi Mok, a camp for construction workers, is the first school we started for Shan refugees. Twenty families had left for other construction sites the day I visited...