FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM Japan’s Special Envoy on Burma visits IDP camps in Rakhine Japan’s special envoy for national reconciliation in Burma, Yohei Sasakawa, arrived in Rakhine State on Jan. 4. He visited Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in Mrauk-U and met with the Arakan Army (AA). “He donated blankets. Then he went to meet …
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Karenni youths raise funds for IDPs, Junta Education Ministry claims seven million students enrolled
FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM Karenni youths hold fundraising event in Chiang Mai Karenni youths hosted a fundraising event in Chiang Mai for internally displaced people (IDPs) from Karenni State on Dec. 3-4 at the Chiang Mai Drama Centre 2. The event was a part of the Creative Christmas Market organized by the center and vendors …
Winter fears as rights groups say aid to 100,000 Kayah IDPs may dry up by new year
A human rights group says that food and other essential supplies for IDPs in Demoso could run out by the new year. Currently, more than a sixth of all of Burma’s internal refugees are taking shelter within Kayah’s jungle and IDP camps scattered around the state. When conflict forced villagers from their homes on May …
Military orders Kachin IDPs to leave camps despite ongoing hostilities
Villagers displaced by conflict in Kachin State’s Hpakant Township have been ordered by the Burmese military to evacuate their makeshift camps and find lodgings with friends or relatives.
Left in limbo: Kachin IDPs face monsoon season dilemma
“Unless both sides stop fighting and allow these people to go home, [the Kachin IDPs] are facing a dire situation.”
Mass rally in Myitkyina for IDPs recently displaced by Kachin conflict
Thousands in Kachin State’s capital Myitkyina joined a rally on Monday demanding safe passage for displaced civilians trapped amid clashes between the Burmese military and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA).