Hundreds of people joined Mae Tao Clinic in celebration of Karen New Year with a day full of music, dance, food and conversation.  Here are some photos of the celebration:     One of the many Karen dance troupes from the Mae Sot area that performed this New Year.   Traditional Karen dresses used for dancing. [...]

Big thanks go out to everyone who has donated in response to our funding appeal this year! We’ve raised around 15 million THB ($ US 500,000) since June, which has enabled us to pay for essential medicines, supplies, food and stipends for our health, education and child protection programmes. We’re still 3 million THB (100,000 [...]

To mark the International Day of Peace today, we’re bringing you these photos from the NED Democracy Award ceremony that was held in Washington D.C. yesterday afternoon. Dr Cynthia was honoured, along with Hkun Htun Oo, Kyaw Thu, Aung Din and Min Ko Naing (who was not in attendance) for their key roles in the [...]

It’s been just over 2 months since we launched our emergency appeal for funding. Thanks to your generous response to our plea for help, we can report that our funding situation is looking better, but that there is still a great need for more support. Since the appeal was launched, we have raised 7.5 million [...]

We are proud to announce that the design for our new CDC boarding house has just been shortlisted for a well-known architectural prize! Out of a total of 589 submissions, the project was one of 25 selected for the 2012 DETAIL prize shortlist. The winner for the main prize will be selected by an international [...]

Members of the Migrant Rights Promotion Working Group have been enthusiastically fundraising for Mae Tao Clinic since the beginning of the month, generously taking time out of their busy schedules to rattle collection tins and sell MTC T-Shirts at markets and events in Mae Sot. Knowing the vital role that MTC plays in assisting the [...]

Thank you everybody who has donated to our appeal so far. We have received just over 4 million Thai Baht in about three weeks! But we still have a long way to go before we can make up our shortfall, so please keep fundraising and donating! And as a reminder of what Mae Tao Clinic [...]

We are currently facing a very severe funding shortage of 18 million Thai Baht (US $600,000) and urgently need your support in helping us run our key services until the end of the year. Despite the recent changes in Burma, we have yet to see a fall in patient numbers or a decrease in the [...]

Our volunteer pharmacist, Peter Branjerdporn, has kindly brought a bunch of musicians together to create a fundraising album for Mae Tao Clinic! The album, called Love & Fear, is available on Peter B and the Homeless Souls’ website, and features 7 tracks from various independent Australian artists who have generously donated their songs. 100% of [...]

Mae Tao Clinic (MTC) is cautiously optimistic about the positive developments made by the Burmese government in the past year. While the political reforms and tentative ceasefire agreements bring a degree of hope, the chronic humanitarian crisis facing the ethnic displaced and rural populations has yet to be addressed. MTC urges that assistance to the [...]