Thailand

Rachelle treating Burmese refugees in a jungle village in Thailand

Makeshift treatment clinic in an Karen IDP camp in Thailand

Treating refugees with many onlookers

Ethnic Karen mother and son

Rachelle speaking with her Karen translator Dee

Karen woman who has been ill for 3 years

Grandfather with grandchild

“Payment” for Rachelle’s services – a home cooked Karen meal

Villager prepares bamboo shoots for market to be sold for .03 cents per kilo

Training medical relief workers at Partner’s Relief headquarters in Chiang Mai

Doctors and nurses practicing needling techniques

The mountain road traveled to treat refugees along the Thai Burma border

Medical Relief Team in Mae Hong Son near the Thai/Burma border

Karen orphans greeting the Relief Team

Bubbles are a new experience for these children 

Rachelle and Shaune, an RN, work together treating the children

Rachelle treats an orphan who suffers from asthma

Five year old with ear infections

These children’s parents were killed by the Burma Army

Karen IDP camp on the Thai/Burma border where young medics are trained by Ethnic Burmese doctors

A young orphan

Karen medics taking Rachelle’s acupuncture training

Burmese doctor providing translation for the training

Burmese doctor providing translation for the training

Rachelle instructing her students in Acupuncture Point Location

Medics practice on one another

Class Photo

Medical Relief Team performing health checks at a Karenni Longneck village

Some of the 200 villagers waiting for their health checks

Refief Team RNs Shaune and Nathan hard at work

Karen Women’s Group Home outside Mae Hong Son receiving Acupuncture training

Although they spoke different languages, Rachelle finds ways to communicate with her students

Karen women refugees practice needling

Class Photo

Rachelle providing an Acupuncture Clinic for Karen villagers outside Mae Hong Son

Dozens of refugees arrived for treatment

An acupuncture trainee helps Rachelle

Young men arrive for treatment at the end of their work day

Rachelle returned to Chiang Mai the following year to continue Partners Relief training

USA Election Day 2008

Countryside in Northern Thailand

A group of IDP’s in hiding (photo courtesy of FBR)

Children forced to porter for the Burma Army (photo courtesy of FBR)

Displaced children in Karen State, Burma (photo courtesy of FBR)

Child in hiding following Burma Army attacks (photo courtesy of FBR)

Rape victim: this 9 year old Shan girl was raped by a Burma Army soldier (photo courtesy of FBR)

Young victim of a Burma Army attack (photo courtesy of FBR)

Free Burma Ranger carrying a displaced child after the Burma Army burned his village (photo courtesy FBR)

Displaced villagers in a hiding place during a rainstorm (photo courtesy FBR)