April 2006 Archives

He Changchui, Assistant Director-General and FAO Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific, said the followings:

He Changchui said that Burma, one of Asia's poorest countries, does not have the personnel or facilities to deal with the outbreak [birdflu] but added that U.N. teams will focus on it in the coming weeks.

Burma is one of Asia's poorest countries. When will we wake up for a change?

When I am out of Burma, I have to constantly remind myself of people in Burma and their sufferings. Otherwise, I enjoy easy life outside of Burma and don't want to go back to Burma. Here are some pictures of schools in remote places of Burma.

Classroom (Photo by Neil and Diana Sowards of Friends of Burma)

School (Neil and Diana Sowards in the picture)