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…
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…
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…
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…
TOT on Education In Emergencies
Education in Emergency Training started this morning at The One hotel, Surat Thani Province. The training was provided by Save the Children and supported by…
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…
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…
Health Team Emergency Negotiations
Maung Chit Wine, age 31, comes from Irrawaddy division, Burma, arrived to southern part of Thailand one and half year ago. He now lives 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,…
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…