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A global soup kitchenhelping the Internally Displaced in Burma | |||
The essence of a soup kitchen is to supply the basic needs of the poor and helpless. In this modern age, we would have thought that it is not hard for people to meet their basic daily needs on their own. The truth is there are many people who cannot do so. Not because they do not want to. Not because they cannot. But because their government who is supposed to protect them and provide for them is persecuting them. Burning their villages and crops, raping their women and killing them on sight, children and all. I am referring to the internally displaced people in Burma. The United Nations defines an internally displaced person as a person who has been forced to flee or leave their home as a result of or in order to avoid the effects of:
The Karen and Shan minorities in Burma fit the description. The military leaders has been systematically burning villages and arable land and displacing their own countrymen, leaving them without shelter and any means to support themselves. They are also threatening neighbouring countries not to admit these people as refugees, effectively keeping them within their reach to continue harming them. Partners Relief & Development has been helping internally displaced people in Burma for a number of years. Partners is registered as a non-profit charity in the United States, Canada, Norway, and Australia. Currently Partners helps thousands of refugees and displaced people in Thailand, Burma, and Indonesia. They are appealing for international aid support through the 5 Alive campaign, essentially a global soup kitchen. Join Partners' 5 Alive Campaign Today!
Keep 5 people alive for a month with USD 50.00. Your money will be used to buy the following basic items for a group of 5 to survive in the jungle:
Find out more about Partners Relief & Development. Dear friends, I first came across Partners Relief & Development in Melbourne during a church service. Steve Oddny, one of the co-founder of Partners International shared about the dire straits of the Karen and Shan people in Burma. At that time, I did not know that such terrible things were happening in Burma, a country not too far away from mine. I know about the famines in Africa, the war in Iraq and the earthquakes in Turkey. I did not know about the internally displaced people in Burma. Goes to show how much media publicity these people get. What really got to me was that this people had no one to turn to. The people that was supposed to protect them were the ones oppressing them. On top of that, they cannot get out of their country because their government had warned its neighbours not to interfere in its domestic affairs by accepting refugees. I felt I needed to be their voice too. So, I am writing and sharing about them here. I appeal to you to help them too. "Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue,
but in deed and in truth." 1 John 3:18 Regards, Phoebe Make a difference now, make a donation now. |
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