By Jennifer Zurick | Executive Director
Throughout 2022, the brutal impact of the Burma army’s repression and attacks on the ethnic minorities and civil disobedience movement continued unabated. 560,000 more villagers have been displaced since Feb 2021.
For over 7 decades, Burma’s ethnic minorities have endured such oppression. As part of a community-based response, the ethnic minority groups formed backpack medic teams to care for their own.
•Men and women are recruited from among the villages they will serve.
•Medics undergo a 9-month training program before joining a seasoned team.
•Teams consist of 3-5 medics and travel among 9-12 isolated villages or IDP camps each month.
Backpack Medics focus on three core programs:
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