Groups providing assistance to casualties
The 4 April 2015 International Day of Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action event in Yangon was attended for the first time by a key government official. Myint Swe, Chief Minister of Yangon Region gave the keynote speech. In his speech Myint Swe emphasized that the Government had been pursuing Read more…
Anti-Land Mine Activity: Raising Awareness Through Music, MITV News, 18 March 2015 Equality Myanmar has launched a multi-artist awareness raising music video on landmine survivors in Myanmar’s border areas. Aung Myo Min described the purpose of the effort was, “raise the awareness of the danger of the land mine particularly Read more…
German Federal Foreign Office Funds Prostheses Assistance to Landmine Victims in Eastern Myanmar/Burma, Relief Web, 10 December 2014. Germany is providing financial support for a mobile prosthetic production project through 3 NGOs in eastern Myanmar/Burma. The project follows on a previous one to build the prosthetic production and physiotherapy capacity Read more…
Over half of all prostheses in Myanmar needed by landmine victims, Mizzima, 1 December 2014 This article focuses on an increase in the number of people receiving artificial limbs because of a landmine injury at ICRC assisted prosthetic centres between 2013 and 2014. URL: http://www.mizzima.com/mizzima-news/myanmar/item/15388-disabled-needs-high-in-myanmar-who
Border Prosthetics: Helping amputees with specially made prosthetics on the Myanmar-Thailand border, Al Jazeera, The Cure Video focuses on Ma Ker, a mine victim from Burma and Director of the Prosthetics Deparment of the Mae Tao clinic. Mae Tao provides artificial limbs to all who cross the border, regardless of Read more…
Currently landmine survivors place the heaviest burden on the health system for artificial limbs, comprising atleast 40% of the patients in Myanmar’s prosthetic centers. Most landmine victims are believed to reside in rural areas, and most prosthetic production facilities remain tied to major towns. The attached map was produced by Read more…