The Hidden Hunger of Refugees Along the Thailand–Myanmar Border More than 100,000 refugees from Myanmar are living in a state of invisibility along the **Thailand–Myanmar border**. They are stateless, have no legal right to work, no access to formal education for their children, and no guarantee of daily food. Many of them have fled ethnic and religious persecution yet remain unrecognized by any government. As a result, they are denied even the most basic human rights—such…
Restoring the Right to Live: Education for Forgotten Children at the Thai Myanmar Border *“Some children are born without a name in any system. No birth certificate. No right to go to school. Not even the right to exist openly. They didn’t choose to be born into war, but they’ve been running from bombs and gunfire for as long as they can remember.”* Though they have survived war, these children still live hidden in the shadows of the law. They are **stateless children**,…
The War and Poverty Have Robbed the Lives of Displaced Children **When the Sound of Bombs Destroys a Generation's Future** In some parts of the world, children wake up to the sound of alarm clocks to go to school. But on the other side of the border, many children wake up to gunfire, explosions, and the screams of people fleeing for their lives. One night in Karen State, Myanmar, an eight-year-old girl was carried away from her home in the middle of a blazing fire. She…
The Last Meal… or the Beginning of Hope *An article by Avoda Foundation* *“If only we had just one more meal… and a helping hand, maybe my child wouldn’t have to fall asleep tonight with an empty stomach.”* The sobs of a mother still echo in our hearts as we recall distributing food along the Thai Myanmar border, in a nameless village marked by loss and hopelessness. For some,**“hunger”**is just a temporary discomfort between meals. But for thousands of children fleeing war…
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