Photo Gallery of Ei Thu Hta Karen IDP Camp in Southeast Burma

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Since 2006, Ei Tu Hta (also spelled Ei Thu Hta) has provided refuge for thousands of Karen civilians fleeing armed conflict and Burma Army abuse in northern Karen State. Ei Tu Hta IDP camp is located on the Thailand-Burma border, in mountainous terrain along the banks of the Salween River. The area sits within Brigade 5 of the Karen National Union (KNU) – the political organization representing the Karen – which is one of the eight ethnic armed groups that signed the ‘Nationwide’ Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) with the Burma Government in October 2015. Since the peace process began, the Karen State has been increasingly militarized by the Burma Army, and the state is one of the most landmine-infested areas in the world. IDPs in Ei Tu Hta continue to seek protection and to rely on international assistance. The long-standing international food aid to Ei Tu Hta, however, ceased in October 2017, and it is now uncertain how the residents’ basic needs will be met in the future.

See links for more information and voices from Ei Thu Hta below the gallery.

: Ei Tu Hta seen from Salween River

: Children sitting outside their house in section 6

: Woman in Ei Thu Hta

: In Ei Thu Hta section 1

: Children playing in the stream in section 1

: Boys playing football in section 1

: Children in section six (U Wee Klo)

: Ei Thu Hta camp leader Saw Kai Doe sitting outside the office of Karen Women’s Organization (KWO)

: Playing games

: Children posing for camera in Ei Tu Hta. Photo: Burma Link

: Camp leadership playing Karen chess

: No dam in Salween River

: Boys playing as pictured from a shop in the camp

: Boy riding his bicycle next to the clinic

: Boys sitting outside their house in U Wee Klo

: KWO chairwoman in Ei Thu Hta, Naw Thein Nay, pictured in a traditional Karen dress

: Naw Thein Nay teaching weaving

: Young women learning to weave

: Man carrying thatch leaves for income in U We Klo. (Photo: Burma Link)

: Old women working with thatch leaves for income

: Inside section 1

: Playing volley ball

: TBC rice storage, empty since rations were cut in Octbober 2017

: U Wee Klo school supported by Italian association Moses Onlus

: Sunrise in U Wee Klo

: Woman and children walking the streets of Ei Thu Hta

: Salween River

: Woman steering the boat in Ei Thu Hta

: Woman traveling from Ei Thu Hta main section to U Wee Klo

: Bringing donations to the camp

DISCOVER VOICES FROM EI TU HTA:

Read the full Burma Link interviews with Ei Tu Hta camp leadership: https://www.burmalink.org/category/karen-idp-stories/

READ MORE INFORMATION ABOUT EI TU HTA:

Burma Link’s infographic briefer about Ei Thu Hta: https://www.burmalink.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Ei-Tu-Hta-infographic-briefer.pdf

Ei Thu Hta IDPs Supporting Committee Letter of Appeal for Continue Cross Border Humanitarian Aid: https://www.burmalink.org/ei-htu-hta-idps-supporting-committee-letter-appeal-continue-cross-border-humanitarian-aid/

Asia Times article “Myanmar’s Forgotten and Forsaken War Victims”: http://www.atimes.com/article/myanmars-forgotten-forsaken-war-victims/

About Keep Supporting Campaign and how to help: https://www.burmalink.org/keep-supporting-displaced-populations-along-thailand-burmamyanmar-border/

Keep Supporting campaign factsheet (PDF): https://www.burmalink.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Keep-supporting-IDPs-refugees-factsheet.pdf

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2018-01-17T12:20:06+07:00December 20th, 2017|Featured Collection, Karen IDP Stories, Multimedia, Photo Galleries|