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Disturbing reports of significant rises in suicide rates in Mae-la camp are in the media. These suicides are products of diminishing levels of hope in the refugees. Karen State id still unsafe for them to return to - third countries such as Australia and the US are taking less Karen refugees in favor of refugees form the Middle East, rice to camp is being cut and redirected to Syria. Many NGOs are leaving...


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Australian Mercy has been working with a refugee family here in Australia that have an urgent need, and we want to help them in a way that gets them over the line but also helps them to take responsibility for themselves and their family. This family we are assisting are desperate to be reunited in Australia. The husband is an Australian citizen who came to Australia as a refugee in 2011. His wife...


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The Buzz Off training team has completed its first of two trips to Burma for 2017. The team which sourced personnel from England, Holland, Myanmar, Australia and NZ trained 51 malaria volunteers in Myawaddy (Karen State) and Keng Tung (Shan State). This training took the total number of Burma based malaria volunteers trained by Buzz Off to 1,010. The team was very grateful for the team in our Yangon...


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The Buzz Off training team will be travelling to Myanmar in late March to train more malaria vulunteers. Seminars are  currently being arranged in Myawaddy (in Karen State) and Kyaing Tong (in Eastern Shan Sate). The training team will be travelling from Yangon, Holland, England and Australia, and will be including some days videoing new training materials for the Burmese language Malaria website....


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Australian Mercy is appealing for more funds for its rice supplement program at Mae-la refugee camp. We urgently need to raise $700 per month to continue out rice supplement program in 22 preschools at Mae-la camp. This program provides rice supplements for families and children who are vulnerable owing to rice cuts at Mae-la. This program effects about 2000 people - mostly children, who are at risk...


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