..in Thailand
http://backcountrybeacon.com/2010/02/brooklyn-boulders-an-nyc-climbing-hub/
Yep, that’s right. The woman going for the far hold is me and the men planning their next route are Nori and Anthony. :-)
I really miss BKB.
Please view this short video on YouTube, In the video are many clips of Mae Tao Clinic which will give you a sense of where I work, what some of the major clinic issues are right now, and what I see everyday when I come to work at the Counseling Center. I continue to [...]
The work week here is 6 days, yes 6 days. It was initially a challenge for me, as I was previously enjoying a 4-day work week in Brooklyn, but over time i have found many ways to adjust to these long weeks. One silent protest to Saturday work is having an occasional Friday night beer [...]
These are the words of a wise man who was responding to my concern that he is working so many hours and so many days without rest. This exchange occurred when we were deciding whether to hold an evening session for a mental health/self care training that I recently co-led to mobile medics who, on [...]
http://www.imcworldwide.org/Document.Doc?id=25
http://maetaoclinic.org/wp-content/uploads/publications/donate/Fundraising%20Letter%2027Oct09%20MTC.pdf
The Irrawady
http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=17739
Louisa Benson Craig Dies Aged 69
By SAW YAN NAING
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Louisa Benson Craig, an inspirational Karen community leader and former Miss Burma, passed away after a long battle with cancer in California on Feb. 2. She was 69.
Born in Rangoon in 1941 to a Portuguese and his Karen wife, Louisa became renowned for [...]
February 2nd, 2010
The Karen Women Organization is urgently appealing to the Royal Thai Government not to forcibly repatriate over 3,000 Karen refugees staying in Tha Song Yang, Tak Province, back to a heavily land-mined war-zone in Burma. The majority of the refugees are women and children.
This group of refugees have been told by the [...]
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