The Amazing Project - Stepping Back to Burma

by DARE Network (Drug and Alcohol Recovery and Education Network)
The Amazing Project - Stepping Back to Burma
The Amazing Project - Stepping Back to Burma
The Amazing Project - Stepping Back to Burma
The Amazing Project - Stepping Back to Burma
The Amazing Project - Stepping Back to Burma
The Amazing Project - Stepping Back to Burma
The Amazing Project - Stepping Back to Burma
The Amazing Project - Stepping Back to Burma
The Amazing Project - Stepping Back to Burma
The Amazing Project - Stepping Back to Burma
The Amazing Project - Stepping Back to Burma
The Amazing Project - Stepping Back to Burma
The Amazing Project - Stepping Back to Burma
The Amazing Project - Stepping Back to Burma
The Amazing Project - Stepping Back to Burma
The Amazing Project - Stepping Back to Burma
The Amazing Project - Stepping Back to Burma
The Amazing Project - Stepping Back to Burma
The Amazing Project - Stepping Back to Burma
The Amazing Project - Stepping Back to Burma
The Amazing Project - Stepping Back to Burma
The Amazing Project - Stepping Back to Burma
The Amazing Project - Stepping Back to Burma
The Amazing Project - Stepping Back to Burma
The Amazing Project - Stepping Back to Burma
The Amazing Project - Stepping Back to Burma

Project Report | Jul 15, 2019
It's Raining, It's Pouring

By Pam Rogers | Capacity Advisor/Addiction Trainer

Building a bamboo ferry
Building a bamboo ferry

It is rainy season on the Thai/Burma Border.  Our staff now must not only deliver their programming but do so through very challenging elements.  From the end of April to mid-October it rains and rains and rains.  Monsoon.

Driving conditions become treacherous on the mountain roads.  A trip to Mae Ra Moe refugee camp that normally takes 3 hours, now takes 8 hours…if you don’t get stuck in the mud that is.  Let’s hope the truck doesn’t fall off the mountain.  Some others have.

Inside Karen State, the rivers swell.  Our DARE Team must protect their organic gardens from flooding.  Our centres are all built up to protect from the water rising. The biggest challenge is delivering supplies to our team inside the remote area, where our DARE Centre lies. This year the team and the clients built a mud and rock bridge over the river so that the motor scooters could carry rice from one side to the other.

They also built a bamboo ferry to carry people and goods over the river 

Of course, all the water brings mosquitoes galore.  Malaria and Dengue Fever and Japanese Encephalitis can pass from person to person bitten by these miniature buzzers of death.  Everyone must take precautions with mosquito nets and now in these modern days, repellent.

The only thing the rains protect the ethnic people of Burma from is the Burmese Military attacks. That waits for the dry season. Usually.

Our DARE Staff and Teams are heroes.  They are brave and strong.  Thanks for supporting them.

The ferry works
The ferry works
Over the bridge they built
Over the bridge they built
Mae La DARE Centre sprayed for mosquitoes
Mae La DARE Centre sprayed for mosquitoes
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By Pam Rogers | Capacity Advisor/Addiction Trainer

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DARE Network (Drug and Alcohol Recovery and Education Network)

Location: Mae Sariang, Mae Hong Son - Thailand
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Project Leader:
Pam Rogers
Mae Sariang , Mae Hong Son Thailand
$74,976 raised of $80,000 goal
 
1,388 donations
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