FBR Report: "Putting Our Hope in God – FBR Teams Go to Help New IDPs in Kachin State"

The Free Burma Rangers (FBR) is a multi-ethnic humanitarian service movement. They bring help, hope and love to people in the war zones of Burma (Myanmar) and the Middle East. Groups send teams to be trained, supplied and sent into the areas under attack to provide emergency assistance and human rights documentation. Together with other groups, the teams work to serve people in need.

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Putting Our Hope in God – FBR Teams Go to Help New IDPs in Kachin State

On January 14th high in the Kachin mountains, along the border with China, are acres of blue tarps erected as makeshift shelters. This morning, frost covered the ground as IDPs started their fires for warmth and went to carry water for cooking. A few people milled around, wrapped in blankets, trying to find some sunlight to stand in for warmth. A work crew of men and women gathered together preparing for morning work. One person from every household contributes to camp work, which includes gathering bamboo for building houses and wood for their fires. This is a cold place to settle for people who’ve just fled their homes – again – to find a place they can live without having their daily lives threatened by air and artillery attacks ...

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