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  • 09 MARCH 2006 - HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM: Women pray in Notre Dame Cathedral in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam. Vietnam has the second largest population of Catholics in southeast Asia. Religion was barely tolerated for years by the communist government but as more tourists flock to Vietnam and the economy has flourished, restrictions on the practice of religion have been loosened.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: The entrance to Zen department store at Central World, the second largest shopping mall in southeast Asia. The mall was destroyed by arsonist working with the anti government Red Shirts in the Ratchaprasong Intersection in Bangkok Thursday. The day after a military crackdown killed at least six people, Thai authorities continued mopping up operations around the site of the Red Shirt rally stage and battle fires set by Red Shirt supporters in the luxury malls around the intersection. Anti government forces set fire to the mall and several other locations across Bangkok after their leaders surrendered to police.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Central World, the second largest shopping mall in southeast Asia, was destroyed by arsonist working with the anti government Red Shirts in the Ratchaprasong Intersection in Bangkok Thursday. The day after a military crackdown killed at least six people, Thai authorities continued mopping up operations around the site of the Red Shirt rally stage and battle fires set by Red Shirt supporters in the luxury malls around the intersection. Anti government forces set fire to the mall and several other locations across Bangkok after their leaders surrendered to police.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: The main entrance to the Zen department store in Central World, the second largest shopping mall in southeast Asia, was destroyed by arsonist working with the anti government Red Shirts in the Ratchaprasong Intersection in Bangkok Thursday. The day after a military crackdown killed at least six people, Thai authorities continued mopping up operations around the site of the Red Shirt rally stage and battle fires set by Red Shirt supporters in the luxury malls around the intersection. Anti government forces set fire to the mall and several other locations across Bangkok after their leaders surrendered to police.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Central World, the second largest shopping mall in southeast Asia, was destroyed by arsonist working with the anti government Red Shirts in the Ratchaprasong Intersection in Bangkok Thursday. The day after a military crackdown killed at least six people, Thai authorities continued mopping up operations around the site of the Red Shirt rally stage and battle fires set by Red Shirt supporters in the luxury malls around the intersection. Anti government forces set fire to the mall and several other locations across Bangkok after their leaders surrendered to police.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: An undamaged large Buddha head at Central World, the second largest shopping mall in southeast Asia. The mall was destroyed by arsonist working with the anti government Red Shirts in the Ratchaprasong Intersection in Bangkok Thursday. The day after a military crackdown killed at least six people, Thai authorities continued mopping up operations around the site of the Red Shirt rally stage and battle fires set by Red Shirt supporters in the luxury malls around the intersection. Anti government forces set fire to the mall and several other locations across Bangkok after their leaders surrendered to police.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 APRIL 2010 - NAKHON PHANOM, THAILAND: A tuk tuk driver sleeps in his tuk tuk in Nakhon Phanom, Thailand. Tuk tuks are three wheeled taxis powered by motorcycles common in southeast Asia. Tuk tuks in Nakhon Phanom are called skylabs by the local people. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 JULY 2006 - UDONG, CAMBODIA: A tuk-tuk hauls passengers near Udong, Cambodia. Tuk-tuks are trailers attached to motorcycles and are commonly used to haul freight and passengers in Southeast Asia. They can be small and relatively ornate and cater primarily to tourists or large and utilitarian and used to haul freight or passengers depending on the need. In rural areas of Cambodia, the utilitarian ones are more common.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 14 MARCH 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A woman sells live poultry at the pasr char or Old Market in central Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Cambodians, like many in developing world, do their food shopping every day because most people lack reliable modern refrigeration. Many Asian countries have eliminated or reduced the sale of live poultry because of the H5N1 "bird flu" virus that started in Asia and has spread around the world. Cambodia, which does not have a large poultry industry, still permits the sale of live chickens in the markets.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 19 FEBRUARY 2008 -- SANGKLABURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND:  WAWA, a Burmese refugee, works in the sewing shop at Baan Unrak Children's Home in Sangklaburi, Thailand. Baan Unrak children’s home and school, established in 1991 in Sangklaburi, Thailand, gives destitute children and mothers a home and career training for a better future. Baan Unrak, the “Home of Joy,” provides basic needs to well over 100 children, and  abandoned mothers. The home is funded by donations and the proceeds from the weaving and sewing shops at the home. The home is a few kilometers from the Burmese border. All of the women and children at the home are refugees from political violence and extreme poverty in Burma, most are Karen hill tribe people, the others are Mon hill tribe people. The home was started in 1991 when Didi Devamala went to Sangklaburi to start an agricultural project. An abandoned wife asked Devmala to help her take care of her child. Devmala took the child in and soon other Burmese women approached her looking for help.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 19 FEBRUARY 2008 -- SANGKLABURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND:  WAWA, a Burmese refugee, works in the sewing shop at Baan Unrak Children's Home in Sangklaburi, Thailand. Baan Unrak children’s home and school, established in 1991 in Sangklaburi, Thailand, gives destitute children and mothers a home and career training for a better future. Baan Unrak, the “Home of Joy,” provides basic needs to well over 100 children, and  abandoned mothers. The home is funded by donations and the proceeds from the weaving and sewing shops at the home. The home is a few kilometers from the Burmese border. All of the women and children at the home are refugees from political violence and extreme poverty in Burma, most are Karen hill tribe people, the others are Mon hill tribe people. The home was started in 1991 when Didi Devamala went to Sangklaburi to start an agricultural project. An abandoned wife asked Devmala to help her take care of her child. Devmala took the child in and soon other Burmese women approached her looking for help.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 19 FEBRUARY 2008 -- SANGKLABURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A Karen woman teaches Burmese children the Thai language at the Baan Unrak School in Sangklaburi, Thailand. The school's curriculum is in Thai, but many of the Burmese children don't speak Thai, so they have to take remedial Thai. Baan Unrak children’s home and school, established in 1991 in Sangklaburi, Thailand, gives destitute children and mothers a home and career training for a better future. Baan Unrak, the “Home of Joy,” provides basic needs to well over 100 children, and  abandoned mothers. The home is funded by donations and the proceeds from the weaving and sewing shops at the home. The home is a few kilometers from the Burmese border. All of the women and children at the home are refugees from political violence and extreme poverty in Burma, most are Karen hill tribe people, the others are Mon hill tribe people. The home was started in 1991 when Didi Devamala went to Sangklaburi to start an agricultural project. An abandoned wife asked Devmala to help her take care of her child. Devmala took the child in and soon other Burmese women approached her looking for help.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 18 FEBRUARY 2008 -- BONG TI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A Christian Karen woman reads her bible while her grandson stands next to her in a refugee village near the Bamboo School in Bong Ti, Thailand, about 40 miles from the provincial capital of Kanchanaburi. Sixty three children, most members of the Karen hilltribe, a persecuted ethnic minority in Burma, live at the school under the care of Catherine Riley-Bryan, whom the locals call MomoCat (Momo is the Karen hilltribe word for mother). She provides housing, food and medical care for the kids and helps them get enrolled in nearby Thai public schools. Her compound is about a half mile from the Thai-Burma border. She also helps nearby Karen refugee villages by digging water wells for them and providing medical care. Thai authorities have allowed the refugees to set up the village very close to the border but the villagers are not allowed to own land in Thailand and they can't legally leave the area to get jobs in Thailand.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 25 FEBRUARY 2008 -- MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: Burmese migrant workers go through garbage in the dump in Mae Sot, Thailand. Hundreds of Burmese migrants eke out a living in the dump going through the garbage to sell what they find. There are millions of Burmese migrant workers and refugees living in Thailand. Many live in refugee camps along the Thai-Burma (Myanmar) border, but most live in Thailand as illegal immigrants. They don't have papers and can not live, work or travel in Thailand but they do so "under the radar" by either avoiding Thai officials or paying bribes to stay in the country. Most have fled political persecution in Burma but many are simply in search of a better life and greater economic opportunity.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 25 FEBRUARY 2008 -- MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: Illegal Burmese workers in a sewing factory in Mae Sot, Thailand. The factory owner allegedly bribes Thai officials not to raid his place. Workers here work seven days a week, 14 hours per day and make about $5 US per day. Their housing, which is provided by the factory owner, is in the factory compound. There are millions of Burmese migrant workers and refugees living in Thailand. Many live in refugee camps along the Thai-Burma (Myanmar) border, but most live in Thailand as illegal immigrants. They don't have papers and can not live, work or travel in Thailand but they do so "under the radar" by either avoiding Thai officials or paying bribes to stay in the country. Most have fled political persecution in Burma but many are simply in search of a better life and greater economic opportunity.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 24 FEBRUARY 2008 -- MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A Burmese woman packages home made tooth whitener in the Burmese market in Mae Sot, Thailand. There are millions of Burmese refugees living in Thailand. Many live in refugee camps along the Thai-Burma (Myanmar) border, but most live in Thailand as illegal immigrants. They don't have papers and can not live, work or travel in Thailand but they do so "under the radar" by either avoiding Thai officials or paying bribes to stay in the country. Most have fled political persecution in Burma but many are simply in search of a better life and greater economic opportunity.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 21 FEBRUARY 2008 -- KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Buddhists process around a temple by candlelight in Kanchanaburi, Thailand on Sangha Day. Sangha Day, also known as Magha Puja Day,  commemorates the Buddha's visit to Veruvana Monastery in the city of Rajagaha, when 1,250 arhats are said to have spontaneously returned from their wanderings to pay their respects to the Buddha. Sangha Day is celebrated on the full moon day of the third lunar month which is usually March but fell in February in 2008.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 26 FEBRUARY 2008 -- MYAWADDY, MYANMAR: People pray at the Dae Tain Aung temple in Myawaddy, Myanmar. Myawaddy is just across the Moei River from Mae Sot, Thailand and is one of Myanmar's leading land ports for goods going to and coming from Thailand. Most of the businesses in the town are geared towards trade, both legal and illegal, with Thailand. Human rights activists from Myanmar maintain that the Burmese government controls the drug smuggling trade between the two countries and that most illegal drugs made in Myanmar are shipped into Thailand from Myawaddy.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 26 FEBRUARY 2008 -- MYAWADDY, MYANMAR: Workers clean a stupa at the Shwe Minn Wany temple in Myawaddy, Myanmar. Myawaddy, is just across the Moei River from Mae Sot, Thailand and is one of Myanmar's leading land ports for goods going to and coming from Thailand. Most of the businesses in the town are geared towards trade, both legal and illegal, with Thailand. Human rights activists from Myanmar maintain that the Burmese government controls the drug smuggling trade between the two countries and that most illegal drugs made in Myanmar are shipped into Thailand from Myawaddy.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 26 FEBRUARY 2008 -- MYAWADDY, MYANMAR: Workers clean a stupa at the Shwe Minn Wany temple in Myawaddy, Myanmar. Myawaddy, is just across the Moei River from Mae Sot, Thailand and is one of Myanmar's leading land ports for goods going to and coming from Thailand. Most of the businesses in the town are geared towards trade, both legal and illegal, with Thailand. Human rights activists from Myanmar maintain that the Burmese government controls the drug smuggling trade between the two countries and that most illegal drugs made in Myanmar are shipped into Thailand from Myawaddy.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 10 MARCH 2006 - TAY NINH, VIETNAM: A woman shucks rice in a field in Tay Ninh province, Vietnam. The rice was harvested months ago and the woman came back to go through the field a final time to look for rice she could sell for extra money for her family.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 MARCH 2006 - HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM: Motorcycle traffic in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. HCMC is still widely known as Saigon. Many people wear face masks because of the air pollution in Ho Chi Minh City. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 FEBRUARY 2008 -- SANGKLABURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: The Thai-Burma border at Three Pagodas Pass a few miles from Sangklaburi, Thailand, near the Baan Unrak Children's Home. The border has officially been closed since October 2007 because of political violence in Burma, but the border near Sangklaburi is very porous and hundreds of Burmese have crossed into Thailand near here in recent months.  Baan Unrak children’s home and school, established in 1991 in Sangklaburi, Thailand, gives destitute children and mothers a home and career training for a better future. Baan Unrak, the “Home of Joy,” provides basic needs to well over 100 children, and  abandoned mothers. The home is funded by donations and the proceeds from the weaving and sewing shops at the home. The home is a few kilometers from the Burmese border. All of the women and children at the home are refugees from political violence and extreme poverty in Burma, most are Karen hill tribe people, the others are Mon hill tribe people. The home was started in 1991 when Didi Devamala went to Sangklaburi to start an agricultural project. An abandoned wife asked Devmala to help her take care of her child. Devmala took the child in and soon other Burmese women approached her looking for help.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 19 FEBRUARY 2008 -- SANGKLABURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A Buddhist Wat (Temple) in Sangklaburi, Thailand.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 19 FEBRUARY 2008 -- SANGKLABURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A reclining Buddha in a Wat (Temple) in Sangklaburi, Thailand.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 19 FEBRUARY 2008 -- SANGKLABURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A reclining Buddha in a Wat (Temple) in Sangklaburi, Thailand.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 19 FEBRUARY 2008 -- SANGKLABURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND:  Baan Unrak children’s home and school, established in 1991 in Sangklaburi, Thailand, gives destitute children and mothers a home and career training for a better future. Baan Unrak, the “Home of Joy,” provides basic needs to well over 100 children, and  abandoned mothers. The home is funded by donations and the proceeds from the weaving and sewing shops at the home. The home is a few kilometers from the Burmese border. All of the women and children at the home are refugees from political violence and extreme poverty in Burma, most are Karen hill tribe people, the others are Mon hill tribe people. The home was started in 1991 when Didi Devamala went to Sangklaburi to start an agricultural project. An abandoned wife asked Devmala to help her take care of her child. Devmala took the child in and soon other Burmese women approached her looking for help.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 19 FEBRUARY 2008 -- SANGKLABURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: DIDI DEVAMALA, founder of Baan Unrak Children's Home, interviews AYEA MU, a Burmese Karen refugee woman, about children. Ayea said she was sick, very poor and no longer able to care for either her infant or twins so she was hoping to leave them at Baan Unrak. Devamala tried to convince her to keep the children and accept help from the home. She said the home's first goal was always to keep families together. Baan Unrak children’s home and school, established in 1991 in Sangklaburi, Thailand, gives destitute children and mothers a home and career training for a better future. Baan Unrak, the “Home of Joy,” provides basic needs to well over 100 children, and  abandoned mothers. The home is funded by donations and the proceeds from the weaving and sewing shops at the home. The home is a few kilometers from the Burmese border. All of the women and children at the home are refugees from political violence and extreme poverty in Burma, most are Karen hill tribe people, the others are Mon hill tribe people. The home was started in 1991 when Didi Devamala went to Sangklaburi to start an agricultural project. An abandoned wife asked Devmala to help her take care of her child. Devmala took the child in and soon other Burmese women approached her looking for help.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 19 FEBRUARY 2008 -- SANGKLABURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: DIDI DEVAMALA, founder of Baan Unrak Children's Home, interviews AYEA MU, a Burmese Karen refugee woman, about children. Ayea said she was sick, very poor and no longer able to care for either her infant or twins so she was hoping to leave them at Baan Unrak. Devamala tried to convince her to keep the children and accept help from the home. She said the home's first goal was always to keep families together. Baan Unrak children’s home and school, established in 1991 in Sangklaburi, Thailand, gives destitute children and mothers a home and career training for a better future. Baan Unrak, the “Home of Joy,” provides basic needs to well over 100 children, and  abandoned mothers. The home is funded by donations and the proceeds from the weaving and sewing shops at the home. The home is a few kilometers from the Burmese border. All of the women and children at the home are refugees from political violence and extreme poverty in Burma, most are Karen hill tribe people, the others are Mon hill tribe people. The home was started in 1991 when Didi Devamala went to Sangklaburi to start an agricultural project. An abandoned wife asked Devmala to help her take care of her child. Devmala took the child in and soon other Burmese women approached her looking for help.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 19 FEBRUARY 2008 -- SANGKLABURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND:  WAWA, a Burmese refugee, and her daughter at Baan Unrak Children's Home in Sangklaburi, Thailand. Baan Unrak children’s home and school, established in 1991 in Sangklaburi, Thailand, gives destitute children and mothers a home and career training for a better future. Baan Unrak, the “Home of Joy,” provides basic needs to well over 100 children, and  abandoned mothers. The home is funded by donations and the proceeds from the weaving and sewing shops at the home. The home is a few kilometers from the Burmese border. All of the women and children at the home are refugees from political violence and extreme poverty in Burma, most are Karen hill tribe people, the others are Mon hill tribe people. The home was started in 1991 when Didi Devamala went to Sangklaburi to start an agricultural project. An abandoned wife asked Devmala to help her take care of her child. Devmala took the child in and soon other Burmese women approached her looking for help.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 19 FEBRUARY 2008 -- SANGKLABURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: NGE, a Burmese refugee from the Mon hill tribe, works in the weaving shop at the Baan Unrak Children's Home in Sangklaburi, Thailand. Baan Unrak children’s home and school, established in 1991 in Sangklaburi, Thailand, gives destitute children and mothers a home and career training for a better future. Baan Unrak, the “Home of Joy,” provides basic needs to well over 100 children, and  abandoned mothers. The home is funded by donations and the proceeds from the weaving and sewing shops at the home. The home is a few kilometers from the Burmese border. All of the women and children at the home are refugees from political violence and extreme poverty in Burma, most are Karen hill tribe people, the others are Mon hill tribe people. The home was started in 1991 when Didi Devamala went to Sangklaburi to start an agricultural project. An abandoned wife asked Devmala to help her take care of her child. Devmala took the child in and soon other Burmese women approached her looking for help.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 19 FEBRUARY 2008 -- SANGKLABURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: SABAE, a Burmese refugee from the Mon hill tribe, works in the weaving shop at Baan Unrak Children's Home in Sangklaburi, Thailand. Baan Unrak children’s home and school, established in 1991 in Sangklaburi, Thailand, gives destitute children and mothers a home and career training for a better future. Baan Unrak, the “Home of Joy,” provides basic needs to well over 100 children, and  abandoned mothers. The home is funded by donations and the proceeds from the weaving and sewing shops at the home. The home is a few kilometers from the Burmese border. All of the women and children at the home are refugees from political violence and extreme poverty in Burma, most are Karen hill tribe people, the others are Mon hill tribe people. The home was started in 1991 when Didi Devamala went to Sangklaburi to start an agricultural project. An abandoned wife asked Devmala to help her take care of her child. Devmala took the child in and soon other Burmese women approached her looking for help.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 19 FEBRUARY 2008 -- SANGKLABURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: SABAE, a Burmese refugee from the Mon hill tribe, works in the weaving shop at Baan Unrak Children's Home in Sangklaburi, Thailand. Baan Unrak children’s home and school, established in 1991 in Sangklaburi, Thailand, gives destitute children and mothers a home and career training for a better future. Baan Unrak, the “Home of Joy,” provides basic needs to well over 100 children, and  abandoned mothers. The home is funded by donations and the proceeds from the weaving and sewing shops at the home. The home is a few kilometers from the Burmese border. All of the women and children at the home are refugees from political violence and extreme poverty in Burma, most are Karen hill tribe people, the others are Mon hill tribe people. The home was started in 1991 when Didi Devamala went to Sangklaburi to start an agricultural project. An abandoned wife asked Devmala to help her take care of her child. Devmala took the child in and soon other Burmese women approached her looking for help.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 19 FEBRUARY 2008 -- SANGKLABURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: NGE, a Burmese refugee from the Mon hill tribe, works in the weaving shop at the Baan Unrak Children's Home in Sangklaburi, Thailand. Baan Unrak children’s home and school, established in 1991 in Sangklaburi, Thailand, gives destitute children and mothers a home and career training for a better future. Baan Unrak, the “Home of Joy,” provides basic needs to well over 100 children, and  abandoned mothers. The home is funded by donations and the proceeds from the weaving and sewing shops at the home. The home is a few kilometers from the Burmese border. All of the women and children at the home are refugees from political violence and extreme poverty in Burma, most are Karen hill tribe people, the others are Mon hill tribe people. The home was started in 1991 when Didi Devamala went to Sangklaburi to start an agricultural project. An abandoned wife asked Devmala to help her take care of her child. Devmala took the child in and soon other Burmese women approached her looking for help.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 19 FEBRUARY 2008 -- SANGKLABURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: NGE, a Burmese refugee from the Mon hill tribe, works in the weaving shop at the Baan Unrak Children's Home in Sangklaburi, Thailand. Baan Unrak children’s home and school, established in 1991 in Sangklaburi, Thailand, gives destitute children and mothers a home and career training for a better future. Baan Unrak, the “Home of Joy,” provides basic needs to well over 100 children, and  abandoned mothers. The home is funded by donations and the proceeds from the weaving and sewing shops at the home. The home is a few kilometers from the Burmese border. All of the women and children at the home are refugees from political violence and extreme poverty in Burma, most are Karen hill tribe people, the others are Mon hill tribe people. The home was started in 1991 when Didi Devamala went to Sangklaburi to start an agricultural project. An abandoned wife asked Devmala to help her take care of her child. Devmala took the child in and soon other Burmese women approached her looking for help.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 19 FEBRUARY 2008 -- SANGKLABURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Toddlers sleep in the nursery at Baan Unrak Children's Home in Sangklaburi, Thailand. Baan Unrak children’s home and school, established in 1991 in Sangklaburi, Thailand, gives destitute children and mothers a home and career training for a better future. Baan Unrak, the “Home of Joy,” provides basic needs to well over 100 children, and  abandoned mothers. The home is funded by donations and the proceeds from the weaving and sewing shops at the home. The home is a few kilometers from the Burmese border. All of the women and children at the home are refugees from political violence and extreme poverty in Burma, most are Karen hill tribe people, the others are Mon hill tribe people. The home was started in 1991 when Didi Devamala went to Sangklaburi to start an agricultural project. An abandoned wife asked Devmala to help her take care of her child. Devmala took the child in and soon other Burmese women approached her looking for help.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 19 FEBRUARY 2008 -- SANGKLABURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Toddlers sleep in the nursery at Baan Unrak Children's Home in Sangklaburi, Thailand. Baan Unrak children’s home and school, established in 1991 in Sangklaburi, Thailand, gives destitute children and mothers a home and career training for a better future. Baan Unrak, the “Home of Joy,” provides basic needs to well over 100 children, and  abandoned mothers. The home is funded by donations and the proceeds from the weaving and sewing shops at the home. The home is a few kilometers from the Burmese border. All of the women and children at the home are refugees from political violence and extreme poverty in Burma, most are Karen hill tribe people, the others are Mon hill tribe people. The home was started in 1991 when Didi Devamala went to Sangklaburi to start an agricultural project. An abandoned wife asked Devmala to help her take care of her child. Devmala took the child in and soon other Burmese women approached her looking for help.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 19 FEBRUARY 2008 -- SANGKLABURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND:  CHOMA (foreground) and WAWA, Burmese refugees, work in the sewing shop at Baan Unrak Children's Home in Sangklaburi, Thailand. Baan Unrak children’s home and school, established in 1991 in Sangklaburi, Thailand, gives destitute children and mothers a home and career training for a better future. Baan Unrak, the “Home of Joy,” provides basic needs to well over 100 children, and  abandoned mothers. The home is funded by donations and the proceeds from the weaving and sewing shops at the home. The home is a few kilometers from the Burmese border. All of the women and children at the home are refugees from political violence and extreme poverty in Burma, most are Karen hill tribe people, the others are Mon hill tribe people. The home was started in 1991 when Didi Devamala went to Sangklaburi to start an agricultural project. An abandoned wife asked Devmala to help her take care of her child. Devmala took the child in and soon other Burmese women approached her looking for help.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 19 FEBRUARY 2008 -- SANGKLABURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND:  CHOMA (foreground) and WAWA, Burmese refugees, work in the sewing shop at Baan Unrak Children's Home in Sangklaburi, Thailand. Baan Unrak children’s home and school, established in 1991 in Sangklaburi, Thailand, gives destitute children and mothers a home and career training for a better future. Baan Unrak, the “Home of Joy,” provides basic needs to well over 100 children, and  abandoned mothers. The home is funded by donations and the proceeds from the weaving and sewing shops at the home. The home is a few kilometers from the Burmese border. All of the women and children at the home are refugees from political violence and extreme poverty in Burma, most are Karen hill tribe people, the others are Mon hill tribe people. The home was started in 1991 when Didi Devamala went to Sangklaburi to start an agricultural project. An abandoned wife asked Devmala to help her take care of her child. Devmala took the child in and soon other Burmese women approached her looking for help.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 19 FEBRUARY 2008 -- SANGKLABURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: AYEA MU, a Karen refugee from Burma, waits to drop off her infant at Baan Unrak Children's Home in Sangklaburi, Thailand. She said she was sick and could no longer care for the baby. Baan Unrak children’s home and school, established in 1991 in Sangklaburi, Thailand, gives destitute children and mothers a home and career training for a better future. Baan Unrak, the “Home of Joy,” provides basic needs to well over 100 children, and  abandoned mothers. The home is funded by donations and the proceeds from the weaving and sewing shops at the home. The home is a few kilometers from the Burmese border. All of the women and children at the home are refugees from political violence and extreme poverty in Burma, most are Karen hill tribe people, the others are Mon hill tribe people. The home was started in 1991 when Didi Devamala went to Sangklaburi to start an agricultural project. An abandoned wife asked Devmala to help her take care of her child. Devmala took the child in and soon other Burmese women approached her looking for help.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 19 FEBRUARY 2008 -- SANGKLABURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: An 18 day old Burmese refugee child who was abandoned by her mother, is comforted by a care giver at the Baan Unrak home in Sangklaburi, Thailand. Baan Unrak children’s home and school, established in 1991 in Sangklaburi, Thailand, gives destitute children and mothers a home and career training for a better future. Baan Unrak, the “Home of Joy,” provides basic needs to well over 100 children, and  abandoned mothers. The home is funded by donations and the proceeds from the weaving and sewing shops at the home. The home is a few kilometers from the Burmese border. All of the women and children at the home are refugees from political violence and extreme poverty in Burma, most are Karen hill tribe people, the others are Mon hill tribe people. The home was started in 1991 when Didi Devamala went to Sangklaburi to start an agricultural project. An abandoned wife asked Devmala to help her take care of her child. Devmala took the child in and soon other Burmese women approached her looking for help.    Photo by Jack Kurtz/ZUMA Press
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  • 19 FEBRUARY 2008 -- SANGKLABURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Second grade Burmese refugee students study English at Baan Unrak School in Sangklaburi, Thailand. The school's curriculum is in taught in Thai but the children start studying English in second grade. Baan Unrak children’s home and school, established in 1991 in Sangklaburi, Thailand, gives destitute children and mothers a home and career training for a better future. Baan Unrak, the “Home of Joy,” provides basic needs to well over 100 children, and  abandoned mothers. The home is funded by donations and the proceeds from the weaving and sewing shops at the home. The home is a few kilometers from the Burmese border. All of the women and children at the home are refugees from political violence and extreme poverty in Burma, most are Karen hill tribe people, the others are Mon hill tribe people. The home was started in 1991 when Didi Devamala went to Sangklaburi to start an agricultural project. An abandoned wife asked Devmala to help her take care of her child. Devmala took the child in and soon other Burmese women approached her looking for help.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 19 FEBRUARY 2008 -- SANGKLABURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Second grade Burmese refugee students study English at Baan Unrak School in Sangklaburi, Thailand. The school's curriculum is in taught in Thai but the children start studying English in second grade. Baan Unrak children’s home and school, established in 1991 in Sangklaburi, Thailand, gives destitute children and mothers a home and career training for a better future. Baan Unrak, the “Home of Joy,” provides basic needs to well over 100 children, and  abandoned mothers. The home is funded by donations and the proceeds from the weaving and sewing shops at the home. The home is a few kilometers from the Burmese border. All of the women and children at the home are refugees from political violence and extreme poverty in Burma, most are Karen hill tribe people, the others are Mon hill tribe people. The home was started in 1991 when Didi Devamala went to Sangklaburi to start an agricultural project. An abandoned wife asked Devmala to help her take care of her child. Devmala took the child in and soon other Burmese women approached her looking for help.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 19 FEBRUARY 2008 -- SANGKLABURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Second grade Burmese refugee students study English at Baan Unrak School in Sangklaburi, Thailand. The school's curriculum is in taught in Thai but the children start studying English in second grade. Baan Unrak children’s home and school, established in 1991 in Sangklaburi, Thailand, gives destitute children and mothers a home and career training for a better future. Baan Unrak, the “Home of Joy,” provides basic needs to well over 100 children, and  abandoned mothers. The home is funded by donations and the proceeds from the weaving and sewing shops at the home. The home is a few kilometers from the Burmese border. All of the women and children at the home are refugees from political violence and extreme poverty in Burma, most are Karen hill tribe people, the others are Mon hill tribe people. The home was started in 1991 when Didi Devamala went to Sangklaburi to start an agricultural project. An abandoned wife asked Devmala to help her take care of her child. Devmala took the child in and soon other Burmese women approached her looking for help.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 19 FEBRUARY 2008 -- SANGKLABURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Second grade Burmese refugee students study English at Baan Unrak School in Sangklaburi, Thailand. The school's curriculum is in taught in Thai but the children start studying English in second grade. Baan Unrak children’s home and school, established in 1991 in Sangklaburi, Thailand, gives destitute children and mothers a home and career training for a better future. Baan Unrak, the “Home of Joy,” provides basic needs to well over 100 children, and  abandoned mothers. The home is funded by donations and the proceeds from the weaving and sewing shops at the home. The home is a few kilometers from the Burmese border. All of the women and children at the home are refugees from political violence and extreme poverty in Burma, most are Karen hill tribe people, the others are Mon hill tribe people. The home was started in 1991 when Didi Devamala went to Sangklaburi to start an agricultural project. An abandoned wife asked Devmala to help her take care of her child. Devmala took the child in and soon other Burmese women approached her looking for help.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 19 FEBRUARY 2008 -- SANGKLABURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Second grade Burmese refugee students study English at Baan Unrak School in Sangklaburi, Thailand. The school's curriculum is in taught in Thai but the children start studying English in second grade. Baan Unrak children’s home and school, established in 1991 in Sangklaburi, Thailand, gives destitute children and mothers a home and career training for a better future. Baan Unrak, the “Home of Joy,” provides basic needs to well over 100 children, and  abandoned mothers. The home is funded by donations and the proceeds from the weaving and sewing shops at the home. The home is a few kilometers from the Burmese border. All of the women and children at the home are refugees from political violence and extreme poverty in Burma, most are Karen hill tribe people, the others are Mon hill tribe people. The home was started in 1991 when Didi Devamala went to Sangklaburi to start an agricultural project. An abandoned wife asked Devmala to help her take care of her child. Devmala took the child in and soon other Burmese women approached her looking for help.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 19 FEBRUARY 2008 -- SANGKLABURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Second grade Burmese refugee students study English at Baan Unrak School in Sangklaburi, Thailand. The school's curriculum is in taught in Thai but the children start studying English in second grade. Baan Unrak children’s home and school, established in 1991 in Sangklaburi, Thailand, gives destitute children and mothers a home and career training for a better future. Baan Unrak, the “Home of Joy,” provides basic needs to well over 100 children, and  abandoned mothers. The home is funded by donations and the proceeds from the weaving and sewing shops at the home. The home is a few kilometers from the Burmese border. All of the women and children at the home are refugees from political violence and extreme poverty in Burma, most are Karen hill tribe people, the others are Mon hill tribe people. The home was started in 1991 when Didi Devamala went to Sangklaburi to start an agricultural project. An abandoned wife asked Devmala to help her take care of her child. Devmala took the child in and soon other Burmese women approached her looking for help.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 19 FEBRUARY 2008 -- SANGKLABURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Class schedules are posted in Thai on a door in the Baan Unrak School. Baan Unrak children’s home and school, established in 1991 in Sangklaburi, Thailand, gives destitute children and mothers a home and career training for a better future. Baan Unrak, the “Home of Joy,” provides basic needs to well over 100 children, and  abandoned mothers. The home is funded by donations and the proceeds from the weaving and sewing shops at the home. The home is a few kilometers from the Burmese border. All of the women and children at the home are refugees from political violence and extreme poverty in Burma, most are Karen hill tribe people, the others are Mon hill tribe people. The home was started in 1991 when Didi Devamala went to Sangklaburi to start an agricultural project. An abandoned wife asked Devmala to help her take care of her child. Devmala took the child in and soon other Burmese women approached her looking for help.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 19 FEBRUARY 2008 -- SANGKLABURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Burmese refugee children study Thai in a first grade class at Baan Unrak School. Classes at the school are taught in Thai, but many of the refugee children don't speak Thai so they have to take remedial classes. Baan Unrak children’s home and school, established in 1991 in Sangklaburi, Thailand, gives destitute children and mothers a home and career training for a better future. Baan Unrak, the “Home of Joy,” provides basic needs to well over 100 children, and  abandoned mothers. The home is funded by donations and the proceeds from the weaving and sewing shops at the home. The home is a few kilometers from the Burmese border. All of the women and children at the home are refugees from political violence and extreme poverty in Burma, most are Karen hill tribe people, the others are Mon hill tribe people. The home was started in 1991 when Didi Devamala went to Sangklaburi to start an agricultural project. An abandoned wife asked Devmala to help her take care of her child. Devmala took the child in and soon other Burmese women approached her looking for help.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 19 FEBRUARY 2008 -- SANGKLABURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A 2st grade student at Baan Unrak School in Sangklaburi, Thailand. Baan Unrak children’s home and school, established in 1991 in Sangklaburi, Thailand, gives destitute children and mothers a home and career training for a better future. Baan Unrak, the “Home of Joy,” provides basic needs to well over 100 children, and  abandoned mothers. The home is funded by donations and the proceeds from the weaving and sewing shops at the home. The home is a few kilometers from the Burmese border. All of the women and children at the home are refugees from political violence and extreme poverty in Burma, most are Karen hill tribe people, the others are Mon hill tribe people. The home was started in 1991 when Didi Devamala went to Sangklaburi to start an agricultural project. An abandoned wife asked Devmala to help her take care of her child. Devmala took the child in and soon other Burmese women approached her looking for help.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 19 FEBRUARY 2008 -- SANGKLABURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Burmese refugee children study Thai in a first grade class at Baan Unrak School. Classes at the school are taught in Thai, but many of the refugee children don't speak Thai so they have to take remedial classes. Baan Unrak children’s home and school, established in 1991 in Sangklaburi, Thailand, gives destitute children and mothers a home and career training for a better future. Baan Unrak, the “Home of Joy,” provides basic needs to well over 100 children, and  abandoned mothers. The home is funded by donations and the proceeds from the weaving and sewing shops at the home. The home is a few kilometers from the Burmese border. All of the women and children at the home are refugees from political violence and extreme poverty in Burma, most are Karen hill tribe people, the others are Mon hill tribe people. The home was started in 1991 when Didi Devamala went to Sangklaburi to start an agricultural project. An abandoned wife asked Devmala to help her take care of her child. Devmala took the child in and soon other Burmese women approached her looking for help.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 19 FEBRUARY 2008 -- SANGKLABURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Burmese refugee children study Thai in a first grade class at Baan Unrak School. Classes at the school are taught in Thai, but many of the refugee children don't speak Thai so they have to take remedial classes. Baan Unrak children’s home and school, established in 1991 in Sangklaburi, Thailand, gives destitute children and mothers a home and career training for a better future. Baan Unrak, the “Home of Joy,” provides basic needs to well over 100 children, and  abandoned mothers. The home is funded by donations and the proceeds from the weaving and sewing shops at the home. The home is a few kilometers from the Burmese border. All of the women and children at the home are refugees from political violence and extreme poverty in Burma, most are Karen hill tribe people, the others are Mon hill tribe people. The home was started in 1991 when Didi Devamala went to Sangklaburi to start an agricultural project. An abandoned wife asked Devmala to help her take care of her child. Devmala took the child in and soon other Burmese women approached her looking for help.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 19 FEBRUARY 2008 -- SANGKLABURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Toothbrushes and toothpaste in water cups at Baan Unrak School in Sangklaburi, Thailand. In addition to meeting the student's academic needs, it also teaches health and hygiene. Baan Unrak children’s home and school, established in 1991 in Sangklaburi, Thailand, gives destitute children and mothers a home and career training for a better future. Baan Unrak, the “Home of Joy,” provides basic needs to well over 100 children, and  abandoned mothers. The home is funded by donations and the proceeds from the weaving and sewing shops at the home. The home is a few kilometers from the Burmese border. All of the women and children at the home are refugees from political violence and extreme poverty in Burma, most are Karen hill tribe people, the others are Mon hill tribe people. The home was started in 1991 when Didi Devamala went to Sangklaburi to start an agricultural project. An abandoned wife asked Devmala to help her take care of her child. Devmala took the child in and soon other Burmese women approached her looking for help.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 19 FEBRUARY 2008 -- SANGKLABURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Burmese refugee children study Thai in a first grade class at Baan Unrak School. Classes at the school are taught in Thai, but many of the refugee children don't speak Thai so they have to take remedial classes. Baan Unrak children’s home and school, established in 1991 in Sangklaburi, Thailand, gives destitute children and mothers a home and career training for a better future. Baan Unrak, the “Home of Joy,” provides basic needs to well over 100 children, and  abandoned mothers. The home is funded by donations and the proceeds from the weaving and sewing shops at the home. The home is a few kilometers from the Burmese border. All of the women and children at the home are refugees from political violence and extreme poverty in Burma, most are Karen hill tribe people, the others are Mon hill tribe people. The home was started in 1991 when Didi Devamala went to Sangklaburi to start an agricultural project. An abandoned wife asked Devmala to help her take care of her child. Devmala took the child in and soon other Burmese women approached her looking for help.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 18 FEBRUARY 2008 -- BONG TI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A Burmese child and his sister in a hammock at the Bamboo School in Bong Ti, Thailand, about 40 miles from the provincial capital of Kanchanaburi. Sixty three children, most members of the Karen hilltribe, a persecuted ethnic minority in Burma, live at the school under the care of Catherine Riley-Bryan, whom the locals call MomoCat (Momo is the Karen hilltribe word for mother). She provides housing, food and medical care for the kids and helps them get enrolled in nearby Thai public schools. Her compound is about a half mile from the Thai-Burma border. She also helps nearby Karen refugee villages by digging water wells for them and providing medical care.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 18 FEBRUARY 2008 -- BONG TI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A cross tattooed on the arm of a Karen Christian refugee in a village near the Bamboo School in Bong Ti, Thailand, about 40 miles from the provincial capital of Kanchanaburi. Sixty three children, most members of the Karen hilltribe, a persecuted ethnic minority in Burma, live at the school under the care of Catherine Riley-Bryan, whom the locals call MomoCat (Momo is the Karen hilltribe word for mother). She provides housing, food and medical care for the kids and helps them get enrolled in nearby Thai public schools. Her compound is about a half mile from the Thai-Burma border. She also helps nearby Karen refugee villages by digging water wells for them and providing medical care. Thai authorities have allowed the refugees to set up the village very close to the border but the villagers are not allowed to own land in Thailand and they can't legally leave the area to get jobs in Thailand.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 18 FEBRUARY 2008 -- BONG TI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND:  A Karen Christian man makes dinner for his family in a Karen refugee village near the Bamboo School in Bong Ti, Thailand, about 40 miles from the provincial capital of Kanchanaburi. Sixty three children, most members of the Karen hilltribe, a persecuted ethnic minority in Burma, live at the school under the care of Catherine Riley-Bryan, whom the locals call MomoCat (Momo is the Karen hilltribe word for mother). She provides housing, food and medical care for the kids and helps them get enrolled in nearby Thai public schools. Her compound is about a half mile from the Thai-Burma border. She also helps nearby Karen refugee villages by digging water wells for them and providing medical care. Thai authorities have allowed the refugees to set up the village very close to the border but the villagers are not allowed to own land in Thailand and they can't legally leave the area to get jobs in Thailand.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 18 FEBRUARY 2008 -- BONG TI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND:  A Karen Christian man makes dinner for his family in a Karen refugee village near the Bamboo School in Bong Ti, Thailand, about 40 miles from the provincial capital of Kanchanaburi. Sixty three children, most members of the Karen hilltribe, a persecuted ethnic minority in Burma, live at the school under the care of Catherine Riley-Bryan, whom the locals call MomoCat (Momo is the Karen hilltribe word for mother). She provides housing, food and medical care for the kids and helps them get enrolled in nearby Thai public schools. Her compound is about a half mile from the Thai-Burma border. She also helps nearby Karen refugee villages by digging water wells for them and providing medical care. Thai authorities have allowed the refugees to set up the village very close to the border but the villagers are not allowed to own land in Thailand and they can't legally leave the area to get jobs in Thailand.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 18 FEBRUARY 2008 -- BONG TI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A Karen woman and her grandson in a refugee village near the Bamboo School in Bong Ti, Thailand, about 40 miles from the provincial capital of Kanchanaburi. Sixty three children, most members of the Karen hilltribe, a persecuted ethnic minority in Burma, live at the school under the care of Catherine Riley-Bryan, whom the locals call MomoCat (Momo is the Karen hilltribe word for mother). She provides housing, food and medical care for the kids and helps them get enrolled in nearby Thai public schools. Her compound is about a half mile from the Thai-Burma border. She also helps nearby Karen refugee villages by digging water wells for them and providing medical care. Thai authorities have allowed the refugees to set up the village very close to the border but the villagers are not allowed to own land in Thailand and they can't legally leave the area to get jobs in Thailand.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 18 FEBRUARY 2008 -- BONG TI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A Karen woman and her grandson in a refugee village near the Bamboo School in Bong Ti, Thailand, about 40 miles from the provincial capital of Kanchanaburi. Sixty three children, most members of the Karen hilltribe, a persecuted ethnic minority in Burma, live at the school under the care of Catherine Riley-Bryan, whom the locals call MomoCat (Momo is the Karen hilltribe word for mother). She provides housing, food and medical care for the kids and helps them get enrolled in nearby Thai public schools. Her compound is about a half mile from the Thai-Burma border. She also helps nearby Karen refugee villages by digging water wells for them and providing medical care. Thai authorities have allowed the refugees to set up the village very close to the border but the villagers are not allowed to own land in Thailand and they can't legally leave the area to get jobs in Thailand.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 18 FEBRUARY 2008 -- BONG TI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Women relax and chat at the Bamboo School in Bong Ti, Thailand, about 40 miles from the provincial capital of Kanchanaburi. Sixty three children, most members of the Karen hilltribe, a persecuted ethnic minority in Burma, live at the school under the care of Catherine Riley-Bryan, whom the locals call MomoCat (Momo is the Karen hilltribe word for mother). She provides housing, food and medical care for the kids and helps them get enrolled in nearby Thai public schools. Her compound is about a half mile from the Thai-Burma border. She also helps nearby Karen refugee villages by digging water wells for them and providing medical care.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 18 FEBRUARY 2008 -- BONG TI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Women relax and chat at the Bamboo School in Bong Ti, Thailand, about 40 miles from the provincial capital of Kanchanaburi. Sixty three children, most members of the Karen hilltribe, a persecuted ethnic minority in Burma, live at the school under the care of Catherine Riley-Bryan, whom the locals call MomoCat (Momo is the Karen hilltribe word for mother). She provides housing, food and medical care for the kids and helps them get enrolled in nearby Thai public schools. Her compound is about a half mile from the Thai-Burma border. She also helps nearby Karen refugee villages by digging water wells for them and providing medical care.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 02 MARCH 2008 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Buddhist monks at Wat Traimit (Temple of the Golden Buddha) in Bangkok, Thailand.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 02 MARCH 2008 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Buddhist monks at a special ceremony at Wat Traimit (Temple of the Golden Buddha) in Bangkok, Thailand. Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 02 MARCH 2008 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Cooked crabs for sale in a food stall in the market in Chinatown in Bangkok, Thailand.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 02 MARCH 2008 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: People pray in the Gong Wu Shrine in the Chinatown section of Bangkok, Thailand. People believe that praying and making offerings to the shrine will bring them luck in business.      Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 02 MARCH 2008 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman prays in the  in the Gong Wu Shrine in the Chinatown section of Bangkok, Thailand. People believe that praying and making offerings to the shrine will bring them luck in business.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 02 MARCH 2008 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Push cart food vendors in the Chinatown section of Bangkok, Thailand.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 02 MARCH 2008 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Push cart food vendors in the Chinatown section of Bangkok, Thailand.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 02 MARCH 2008 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND:  The central "prang" (a Khmer style tower) at Wat Arun (Temple of the Dawn) in Bangkok, Thailand.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 02 MARCH 2008 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man rubs gold leaf on a Buddha statue at Wat Arun (Temple of the Dawn) in Bangkok, Thailand.     Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 02 MARCH 2008 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: A "long tail" boat on the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok, Thailand. Long tail boats earned their name because the propeller shafts extends out the back of the boat by 15 - 20 feet.     Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 01 MARCH 2008 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: Traffic on Sukhumvit Rd. in central Bangkok, Thailand. Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 01 MARCH 2008 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: Traffic on Sukhumvit Rd. in central Bangkok, Thailand. Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 01 MARCH 2008 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman prays at a Buddhist shrine on Soi Nana, in one of adult entertainment districts in Bangkok, Thailand.     Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 01 MARCH 2008 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: People eat off street carts in near Silom Road in Bangkok, Thailand.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 29 FEBRUARY 2008 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A food vendor sells deep fried insects from her street cart on Soi Nana in Bangkok Thailand.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 29 FEBRUARY 2008 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thais use lotus blossoms to sprinkle holy water on themselves at Wat Phra Kaew (the Temple of the Emerald Buddha)  in the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand. The Grand Palace complex was established in 1782 and houses the royal residence and throne halls, some government offices and the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, the most revered Buddhist temple in Thailand.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 29 FEBRUARY 2008 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND:  The roofline of Wat Phra Chetuphon, which is more commonly known by its old name of Wat Po. It is both the largest and older Buddhist Temple in Bangkok. It  was founded in the 17th century and covers about 20 acres.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 29 FEBRUARY 2008 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A guardian at the entrance to Wat Phra Kaew (Temple of the Emerald Buddha) in the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand. The Grand Palace complex was established in 1782 and houses the royal residence and throne halls, some government offices and the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, the most revered Buddhist temple in Thailand.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 29 FEBRUARY 2008 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Stupas at Wat Phra Chetuphon, which is more commonly known by its old name of Wat Po. It is both the largest and older Buddhist Temple in Bangkok. It  was founded in the 17th century and covers about 20 acres.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 29 FEBRUARY 2008 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: The large reclining Buddha in Wat Po is the temple's most famous feature. Wat Phra Chetuphon, which is more commonly known by its old name of Wat Po is both the largest and older Buddhist Temple in Bangkok. It  was founded in the 17th century and covers about 20 acres.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 29 FEBRUARY 2008 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman prays while classical Thai dancers perform behind her at the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok, Thailand. The Erawan Shrine is a Hindu shrine that houses a statue of Phra Phrom, the Thai representation of the Hindu creation god Brahma. A popular tourist attraction, it often features performances by resident Thai dance troupes, who are hired by worshippers in return for seeing their prayers at the shrine answered. The Erawan Shrine was built in 1956 as part of the government-owned Erawan Hotel to correct bad omens believed to be caused by laying the foundations on the wrong date.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 29 FEBRUARY 2008 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman rubs gold leaf on an elephant statue at the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok, Thailand. The Erawan Shrine is a Hindu shrine in Bangkok that houses a statue of Phra Phrom, the Thai representation of the Hindu creation god Brahma. A popular tourist attraction, it often features performances by resident Thai dance troupes, who are hired by worshippers in return for seeing their prayers at the shrine answered. The Erawan Shrine was built in 1956 as part of the government-owned Erawan Hotel to correct bad omens believed to be caused by laying the foundations on the wrong date.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 28 FEBRUARY 2008 -- MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A sausage vendor in the bus depot in Mae Sot, Thailand, grills up Thai sausages before the busses left for Bangkok.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 29 FEBRUARY 2008 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Classical Thai dancers at the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok, Thailand. The Erawan Shrine is a Hindu shrine that houses a statue of Phra Phrom, the Thai representation of the Hindu creation god Brahma. A popular tourist attraction, it often features performances by resident Thai dance troupes, who are hired by worshippers in return for seeing their prayers at the shrine answered. The Erawan Shrine was built in 1956 as part of the government-owned Erawan Hotel to correct bad omens believed to be caused by laying the foundations on the wrong date.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 29 FEBRUARY 2008 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: The large reclining Buddha in Wat Po is the temple's most famous feature. Wat Phra Chetuphon, which is more commonly known by its old name of Wat Po is both the largest and older Buddhist Temple in Bangkok. It  was founded in the 17th century and covers about 20 acres.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 18 FEBRUARY 2008 -- BONG TI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A Burmese child and his sister in a hammock at the Bamboo School in Bong Ti, Thailand, about 40 miles from the provincial capital of Kanchanaburi. Sixty three children, most members of the Karen hilltribe, a persecuted ethnic minority in Burma, live at the school under the care of Catherine Riley-Bryan, whom the locals call MomoCat (Momo is the Karen hilltribe word for mother). She provides housing, food and medical care for the kids and helps them get enrolled in nearby Thai public schools. Her compound is about a half mile from the Thai-Burma border. She also helps nearby Karen refugee villages by digging water wells for them and providing medical care.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 18 FEBRUARY 2008 -- BONG TI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND:  A Karen Christian man makes dinner for his family in a Karen refugee village near the Bamboo School in Bong Ti, Thailand, about 40 miles from the provincial capital of Kanchanaburi. Sixty three children, most members of the Karen hilltribe, a persecuted ethnic minority in Burma, live at the school under the care of Catherine Riley-Bryan, whom the locals call MomoCat (Momo is the Karen hilltribe word for mother). She provides housing, food and medical care for the kids and helps them get enrolled in nearby Thai public schools. Her compound is about a half mile from the Thai-Burma border. She also helps nearby Karen refugee villages by digging water wells for them and providing medical care. Thai authorities have allowed the refugees to set up the village very close to the border but the villagers are not allowed to own land in Thailand and they can't legally leave the area to get jobs in Thailand.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 18 FEBRUARY 2008 -- BONG TI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND:  A Karen Christian man makes dinner for his family in a Karen refugee village near the Bamboo School in Bong Ti, Thailand, about 40 miles from the provincial capital of Kanchanaburi. Sixty three children, most members of the Karen hilltribe, a persecuted ethnic minority in Burma, live at the school under the care of Catherine Riley-Bryan, whom the locals call MomoCat (Momo is the Karen hilltribe word for mother). She provides housing, food and medical care for the kids and helps them get enrolled in nearby Thai public schools. Her compound is about a half mile from the Thai-Burma border. She also helps nearby Karen refugee villages by digging water wells for them and providing medical care. Thai authorities have allowed the refugees to set up the village very close to the border but the villagers are not allowed to own land in Thailand and they can't legally leave the area to get jobs in Thailand.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 18 FEBRUARY 2008 -- BONG TI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A Christian Karen woman reads her bible while her grandson stands next to her in a refugee village near the Bamboo School in Bong Ti, Thailand, about 40 miles from the provincial capital of Kanchanaburi. Sixty three children, most members of the Karen hilltribe, a persecuted ethnic minority in Burma, live at the school under the care of Catherine Riley-Bryan, whom the locals call MomoCat (Momo is the Karen hilltribe word for mother). She provides housing, food and medical care for the kids and helps them get enrolled in nearby Thai public schools. Her compound is about a half mile from the Thai-Burma border. She also helps nearby Karen refugee villages by digging water wells for them and providing medical care. Thai authorities have allowed the refugees to set up the village very close to the border but the villagers are not allowed to own land in Thailand and they can't legally leave the area to get jobs in Thailand.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 18 FEBRUARY 2008 -- BONG TI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A Karen woman and her grandson in a refugee village near the Bamboo School in Bong Ti, Thailand, about 40 miles from the provincial capital of Kanchanaburi. Sixty three children, most members of the Karen hilltribe, a persecuted ethnic minority in Burma, live at the school under the care of Catherine Riley-Bryan, whom the locals call MomoCat (Momo is the Karen hilltribe word for mother). She provides housing, food and medical care for the kids and helps them get enrolled in nearby Thai public schools. Her compound is about a half mile from the Thai-Burma border. She also helps nearby Karen refugee villages by digging water wells for them and providing medical care. Thai authorities have allowed the refugees to set up the village very close to the border but the villagers are not allowed to own land in Thailand and they can't legally leave the area to get jobs in Thailand.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 18 FEBRUARY 2008 -- BONG TI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A Karen woman and her grandson in a refugee village near the Bamboo School in Bong Ti, Thailand, about 40 miles from the provincial capital of Kanchanaburi. Sixty three children, most members of the Karen hilltribe, a persecuted ethnic minority in Burma, live at the school under the care of Catherine Riley-Bryan, whom the locals call MomoCat (Momo is the Karen hilltribe word for mother). She provides housing, food and medical care for the kids and helps them get enrolled in nearby Thai public schools. Her compound is about a half mile from the Thai-Burma border. She also helps nearby Karen refugee villages by digging water wells for them and providing medical care. Thai authorities have allowed the refugees to set up the village very close to the border but the villagers are not allowed to own land in Thailand and they can't legally leave the area to get jobs in Thailand.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 21 FEBRUARY 2008 -- KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Teenagers on a motorscooter wait for their food at a market stall in the night market in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. Thailand's night markets are popular with Thais and tourists alike because they offer bargains in fake designer clothes and watches and a huge variety of inexpensive foods. Photo by Jack Kurtz/ZUMA Press
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  • 21 FEBRUARY 2008 -- KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Cooks prepare fresh meals for customers in the night market in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. Thailand's night markets are popular with Thais and tourists alike because they offer bargains in fake designer clothes and watches and a huge variety of inexpensive foods. Photo by Jack Kurtz/ZUMA Press
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  • 21 FEBRUARY 2008 -- KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: People shop for clothes in the night market in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. Thailand's night markets are popular with Thais and tourists alike because they offer bargains in fake designer clothes and watches and a huge variety of inexpensive foods. Photo by Jack Kurtz/ZUMA Press
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  • 21 FEBRUARY 2008 -- KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: People shop for clothes in the night market in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. Thailand's night markets are popular with Thais and tourists alike because they offer bargains in fake designer clothes and watches and a huge variety of inexpensive foods. Photo by Jack Kurtz/ZUMA Press
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  • 21 FEBRUARY 2008 -- KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: People shop for clothes in the night market in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. Thailand's night markets are popular with Thais and tourists alike because they offer bargains in fake designer clothes and watches and a huge variety of inexpensive foods. Photo by Jack Kurtz/ZUMA Press
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  • 21 FEBRUARY 2008 -- KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: People shop for clothes in the night market in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. Thailand's night markets are popular with Thais and tourists alike because they offer bargains in fake designer clothes and watches and a huge variety of inexpensive foods. Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 20 FEBRUARY 2008 -- KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A flower garland vendor in the market in Kanchanaburi, Thailand.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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