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Links Karen.org is one of the main
sites where to find general information on the Karen. It has a very
active message board,
a cultural site where one can get information on history, clothing, music, stories and Karen holidays. There is also a chat room where every Friday one can
chat with Karen and friends of the Karen, and a site where news are downloaded. Karen.org has also organised
a campaign for the flood victims
of The Karen Human Rights Group
is a small and independent
group documenting the human rights situation of ordinary people
in rural The Karen National
Union
has a site with short information of itself, an introduction to Karen
history and culture, news updates and press releases, and news highlights
including mostly Thai newspapers clippings and much more information
about youth issues, narcotics, women issues from the perspective of
the KNU. The site also has maps of The Karen Teacher
Working Group has
18 full time staff traveling throughout The Burmese Refugee Care Project and Dr. Cynthia Maung provide medical care for refugees and trains medics along the war torn Thai-Burmese border. The BRCP helps to fund the purchase of backpacks filled with medical supplies and medicines that the medics carry to treat the people who are sick and sometimes dying. You can help Dr. Cynthia and the Burmese refugees by providing donations or your time. All money goes directly to Dr. Cynthia's clinic and the Burmese refugees. $50 will fill a medic’s backpack with medicines and supplies for 3 months. $100 will purchase a new backpack for a medic with blood pressure cuff, surgical equipment, reference books and medicine.See also volunteer information for medical professionals, the medical supplies wish list, and the medicine wish list. The Karen Hilltribes Trust is working with the Karen people of north west Thailand to help them develop their own social, educational and economic infrastructure. It provides opportunities for people aged 18 and over to carry out long-term voluntary work among the Karen. Among the projects are the installation and maintenance of clean water systems for the villages. The Australia Karen Youth Group is primarily a social justice organisation which advocates human rights, self empowerment and self determination of the Karen and other ethnic groups within a democratic Burma. Its main focus is on grass roots education projects for Karen youth. The AKYP works alongside the Karen community in Australia and local NGOs on the Thai Burma border. AKYP also has a strong focus on raising awareness about the situation in Burma, on networking with other organisations and on working alongside other ethnic groups from Burma. The Karen Women's Organization is one of the 12 groups in the Women's League for Burma -- a central umbrella group formed primarily to give coherence to a number of very small projects and to make it easier for international donors to direct aid. Dr.
Michael R. Lemings,
a professor of Sociology and Anthropology at St. Olaf College, has
made and is selling a very good movie on the Karen: The Karen of Tee
Mae Ker Lah: Rabbits in the Mouth of the Crocodile. P.O.Box 608
ORGANISATIONS
WORKING FOR DEMOCRATISATION IN freeburma.org has links to many organisations
that are trying to bring democracy to
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