Obscuring Burma?s Humanitarian Crisis

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"A former program monitor looks at how restrictions on aid agencies in Burma hide the true extent of the country?s needs... Soe Khine - not his real name - was ordered to appear immediately at a local police station. The NGO township monitor had committed no crime, but he did hold a meeting with local residents in a township in Mon State to discuss an HIV prevention and education project designated for the area. As a monitor of project implementation in Mon State, Soe Khine had forgotten that in Burma, monitors must also have their monitors..."

Creator/author: 

Htet Aung

Source/publisher: 

"The Irrawaddy" Vol. 15, No. 5

Date of Publication: 

2007-05-00

Date of entry: 

2007-04-30

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  • Individual Documents

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Language: 

English

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