Visiting a friend with HIV in Myanmar
Tin Ko Ko was one of our HIV patients that the FED Health team took care of in 2008. He came to Thailand in 1989,…
Rohingya families fled to Khao Lak – Thailand
In May 2015, a group of 51 Rohingya women and children arrived in the Khao Lak area of Southern Thailand after fleeing ethnic persecution in…
Closely watching the floods in Myanmar
FED is saddened by the ongoing floods in Burma/Myanmar, which have now taken the lives of 100 people and affected 1 million people since July 16,…
Aung San Suu Kyi’s visit to Thailand raises hopes and expectations
For Myanmar refugees and migrants in Thailand, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s three-day official visit in June raised hopes and expectations. In her official capacity…
Aung San Suu Kyi’s visit to Thailand: What happens next?
Thai officials and migrant workers fired after visit The Myanmar Times reported that a number of Thai officials and migrant workers were fired after Aung…
Democratization, Human Rights, and Social Justice in Myanmar
Htoo Chit – Executive Director of the Foundation for Education and Development (FED) Under the military dictatorship, the people of Burma/Myanmar are not only losing…
Thailand: A culture of torture under the military
Source: This article is featured on the Amnesty International blog. Since seizing power in a 2014 coup, Thailand’s military authorities have allowed a culture of…
FED negotiates medical bill for 13 year old boy with bone disease.
On 26 Sept 2016, our health team helped to negotiate medical costs for Maung Si Thu Han, a 13 years old boy, who has been…
Thai King’s death: who’s in charge?
Thailand has been consumed in grief for the loss of King Bhumibol and a new King is not yet in place. Normally the succession should…
27-year old Burmese Woman Saved From Human Traffickers
Ms. Lwin is a 27-year old woman from Myanmar. She searched for an opportunity to go abroad to Thailand due to financial and personal problems…