Support local NGOs in Myanmar-a 1st diary

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Monday May 12, 2008 · 10:05 AM PDT

2008/05/12 · 10:05

My stepson Jeremy Paster was a co-founder of Burma Humanitarian Mission. He was among a team of activists that trek across the Thai border to bring medical supplies to the camps holding the Karen people, an oppressed minority within Myanmar. His trip there in 2006 was the last action he participated in before being diagnosed with the cancer that killed him the day after Thanksgiving last year.

I have kept our connection to the world of activists that was Jeremy's second family. I just got an email from Dang Ngo, an activist and photographer who has documented the beauty and tragedy of Burmese life and who accompanied Jeremy's team. He was forwarding important information for those who want help through local NGO's already on the ground.

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