Ugh…this makes me sad and makes me wonder what I can do to help. The Mae Tao Clinic where I volunteered from Oct ’09-Feb ’10 is cutting food rations, in line with spending cuts by NGOs along the Thai-Burma border. This article finds that NGO money is leaving Thailand for inside Burma, resulting in smaller food rations and increased cases of malnutrition.
…The Thai Burma Border Consortium (TBBC), which coordinates NGO activity in the camps, has already been forced to downsize food rations for refugees to two thirds of the recommended nutritional intake, leaving children, pregnant and breast-feeding women at particular risk.
…With over 600 staff members, the Mae Tao clinic treats up to 300 patients daily and feeds more than 500 people.
…According to TBBC as many as 150,000 refugees live along the Thai border. About 30,000 of them are children.
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