Thai Burma Border Health Initiative

Thailand is one of the richest countries in SE Asia.  It is a constitutional monarchy.  Maha Vajiralongkorn, the 10th Thai monarch of the Chakri dynasty, was proclaimed king in December 2016.  The Prime Minister of Thailand is Paetongtarn Shinawatra, who took office on August 16, 2024.

You can read more about Thailand on the websites of the:

 Bangkok Post  and the NY Times

The border between Thailand and Burma is a very distressed area.  The civil war in Burma has disrupted the lives of millions, and it is estimated that there are now over 3 million internally displaced people (IDP).  Many flee to the border regions to escape the fighting.  In the Mon area where TBBHI works many of the Mon ethnic people are IDPs.  Because they are still inside their own country, they have none of the rights that refugees have.

You an read more about the situation on the border on the websites of the:

Thai Burma Border Consortium;

the Human Rights Foundation of Monland;

and the medical section on the Online Burma/Myanmar Library

There are also several good books available about the situation on the border.  These include: 

 

The River of Lost Footsteps: A Personal History of Burma by Thant Myint-U

Burmese Days: A Novel by George Orwell

Finding George Orwell in Burma by Emma Larkin

The Voice of Hope: Updated and Revised Edition by Aung San Suu Kyi and Alan Clements

Perfect Hostage: A Life of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's Prisoner of Conscience by Justin Wintle

War in the Blood: Sex, Politics and AIDS in Southeast Asia by Chris Beyrer

The Piano Tuner: A Novel by Daniel Mason

 These books are available from: 

AMAZON.COM

POWELLS BOOKS