Burma

Shan Children in Greeting

Karen Villagers in Thailand waiting to receive their acupuncture treatment

Rachelle providing treatment to an elderly woman

Anna Sombrio, who took a semester off from college to join me on this year’s Medical Relief trip, working several jobs to earn her own way, proved herself to be a cheerful and tireless assistant and friend

Rachelle’s assistant and Karen trainee treating patients

Ethnic Shan children playing in a village on the Burma border

Rachelle supervises her trainee, a Karen Community Health Worker as he practices acupuncture for the first time

Several thousand refugees also live in a section of Loi Tai Leng. Rachelle provides treatment to memebers of this population as well

Medics’ Barracks where Rachelle stayed while treating the Shan State Army soldiers in Burma

Shaune Vincent, of Partners Relief, developed and directs the Community Health Worker training program in Loi Tai Leng

These medics/soldiers translated for Rachelle during her clinics

Dave, former US Special Forces member and founder of the Free Burma Rangers welcomes Rachelle who was invited to provide treatments for the FBR team

Dave receives his first treatment in this makeshift clinic

Small workshop where prosthetic limbs are manufactured for Burmese refugees. Land mines planted by the Burma Army have caused a great number of amputees among the Ethnic Minority population