Free Burma Rangers

⚠️: GRAPHIC CONTENT Burma Army Bombs Displaced Persons Camp, Killing 29 and Wounding 57 in Waingmaw Township, Kachin State On October 9, 2023, at 11:31pm, two bombs launched by the Burma Army hit Munglai Hkyet Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camp immediately north of Laiza in Waingmaw Township, Kachin State, leaving 29 IDP civilians dead and 57 others wounded while destroying many buildings and houses. Among the dead are women, and children under 16 years of age. The destroyed buildings include an IDP nursery school, IDP middle school, and a Lisu church. The injured are being treated at the Laiza Public Hospital and there was a mass funeral held for the deceased victims on October 10th. Our FBR team on the ground assisted the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and local authorities with investigation and documentation of the attack and will continue to provide assistance. It is still unknown whether this attack was the result of artillery fire or bombs from combat jets. Please pray in solidarity with us for the people of Kachin and of Burma as they endure these heinous and senseless Burma Army attacks on their territories.

Afghanistan, 09 October 2023: On 07 October, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck 20 miles northwest of Herat. Over 2,000 confirmed fatalities; hospitals overwhelmed with injured. Our FBR Rangers and local teams have donated blood and are providing essential supplies like blankets, clothing and other needed items. Thank you for your support and for praying for Afghanistan.

Watch the Free Burma Rangers Movie for Free Until November 2023 We’re excited to let you know the Free Burma Rangers movie is streaming free for the next 6 weeks! This documentary tells the story of FBR’s efforts in both Burma and the Middle East conflict areas. The film is accessible in English, Burmese, Karen, Arabic , Spanish, Ukrainian, Russian, Portuguese, Hindi and other languages. Take advantage of this opportunity to get to know the Free Burma Rangers better and share the film with your friends! https://www.freeburmarangers.org/2023/10/05/watch-the-free-burma-rangers-movie-for-free-until-november/

၂၀၂၃ခုနှစ်၊စက်တင်ဘာလ၊ ၈ရက် - ကရင်လယ်သမား ဦးနိုင်ထွေးအား ဝက်စာကျွေးဖို့ အိမ်ပြန်နေစဥ် ကရင်ပြည်နယ် လယ်တကူးတဲကျေးရွာတွင် စစ်ကောင်စီမှ ဖမ်းဆီးခဲ့သည်။ မေ့မြောသွားတဲ့အထိ ရိုက်နှက်ပြီး ချန်ထားခဲ့သည်။ သုံးရက်ကြာမှ သူ့မိသားစုက သူ့ကိုရှာတွေ့ပြီး သူ့အသက်ကို ကယ်နိုင်ခဲ့ပါသည်။ ___________ 8 September 2023: A Karen farmer, U Naing Htway, was caught by the Burma Army in Kler Ta Ku Teh Village, Karen State as he tried to return home to feed his pigs. They beat him until he was unconscious and left him to die. Three days later, his family found him and was able to save his life.

Rickets Rickets, classically identified by bowed legs, is a historically important childhood disease of vitamin D deficiency, usually arising when there is inadequate sunlight exposure and insufficient dietary D3 during childhood. Dietary D3 is best found in fatty fish, egg yolks and liver. Our bodies naturally need sunshine to produce vitamin D. We recently received these photographs from Naw "Gaile," seen last month at the Jungle School of Medicine, demonstrating the classic appearance of calcipenic rickets with bowed femurs and tibias, wide wrists, and poor muscle tone. Treatment is sunlight and oral supplementation of vitamin D3 and calcium. Thank you for allowing us to continue delivering aid, love, and hope to the children of Burma! JSMK Team

Breaking Barriers in Healthcare Access: On September 24, 2023, we were able to make a life-changing impact by providing vital financial support to ensure a young boy's access to crucial kidney treatment in Erbil, Iraq. Together, we're building a healthier and more compassionate world.

11 September 2023: Karenni Ranger teams evacuate, treat and pray over resistance fighters wounded on the front-line during a battle at Daw Kaw Ka Lae Village, Hpruso Township, Karenni State, Burma.

You are not Forgotten - မင်းကိုမမေ့ပါဘူး မမြင်ဖူးတဲ့လူတွေထံ အလင်းပေးခြင်း - ဖိနှိပ်ချုပ်ချယ်ခံနေရသော စစ်ကောင်စီလက်အောက်ရှိ ရွာသားများ ရင်ဆိုင်ကြုံတွေ့နေရသော တိုက်ပွဲများအကြောင်း အသိပညာပေးရာတွင် ကျွန်ုပ်တို့နှင့် ပူးပေါင်းပါ။ ရွာသားများ၏ ခံနိုင်ရည်ရှိမှုသည် တရားမျှတမှုနှင့် လူ့အခွင့်အရေးအတွက် ထောက်ခံအားပေးရန် ကျွန်ုပ်တို့အား လှုံ့ဆော်ပေးနေပါသည်။ ကျွန်ုပ်တို့ အတူတကွကြိုးစားပြီး ခြားနားမှုတစ်ခုကို ပြုလုပ်နိုင်ပါသည်။ သူတို့ကို မမေ့ပါဘူး။

Proud for our Syria Ranger team to support the Farah Center for Children with Cancer in Rojava's Girkê Legê city, near Rumilan City, Syria. We stand by their noble mission with the slogan, "We plant hope, to erase pain." Led by the remarkable Lena Mirza, who tragically lost five family members to cancer, this specialized center provides free activities and programs for 20-25 children battling this disease. The center relies on individual contributions, and its passionate team of specialists volunteer their expertise to bring smiles and hope to these young warriors.

You are not Forgotten - မင်းကိုမမေ့ပါဘူး Shining a Light on the Unseen: Join us in raising awareness about the ongoing struggles faced by villagers in Burma under the oppressive Burma Army regime. Their resilience inspires us to advocate for justice and human rights. Together, we can make a difference. They are not forgotten. https://youtu.be/ZTyourntZig?si=tbPpyQvLq4nf77AV

New Smile This is Naw Lily. She came to our JSMK clinic and was referred to our patient care team for surgical repair of her cleft lip. She has been able to get surgery and continues to receive follow-up care. We are thankful we are able to continue bringing this type of aid to the children of Burma! Thank you for your love and support! JSMK and Patient Care Team

Rebuilding Futures the Burma Army Could Not Destroy Dooplaya District, Karen State, Burma The following report provides information from one district of Karen State, Burma – Dooplaya District – sharing reports from FBR teams on the ground that show how the Burma Army has terrorized their own people, forcing thousands to flee their homes and places of work, hiding in the jungle as Burma Army soldiers strafe villages from Russian Mi24 attack helicopters or drop bombs from Russian YAK fighter jets. Over the last six months, local sources report frequent bombings in this area, including one instance in which 20 bombs were dropped in a single attack. During this time, Burma Army attacks have killed three civilians, including a 12-year-old, and injured eleven, many of whom were children. The Burma Army has continued their pattern of human rights violations by targeting their attacks at schools, clinics, homes, and religious centers. What the Burma Army has not done is stop the people from continuing their lives; the people have not given up. Over the last six months, Free Burma Rangers (FBR) and others in Karen State, as well as across the country, continue to rebuild schools, clinics, homes, and more, because, though they try, the Burma Army has not destroyed the people’s determination to fight for their lives and their futures. In the report there is a chronological log, from Rangers in the field, of Burma Army violence towards the civilian population in Dooplaya District, Karen State, Burma, and FBR team missions bringing help, hope, and love to the oppressed. The information included is not an exhaustive accounting of Burma Army activity but is limited to FBR reports from the specific area. See full report.