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  • 25 FEBRUARY 2008 -- MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: Burmese refugees and migrants work in the landfill in Mae Sot, Thailand. 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: Burmese refugees and migrants work in the landfill in Mae Sot, Thailand. 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
    Thailand4006.jpg
  • 25 FEBRUARY 2008 -- MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: Burmese refugees and migrants work in the landfill in Mae Sot, Thailand. 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
    Thailand4010.jpg
  • 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/ZUMA Press
    Thailand4009.jpg
  • 09 NOVEMBER 2004 - TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: A woman and her child walk through the municipal garbage dump in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. About 130 people, the poorest of the poor in Tapachula, work in the dump picking through the garbage hoping to find tidbits they can use or sell to brokers who sit on the edge of the dump and resell the garbage. Most of the dump workers are Guatemalan migrants who crossed the border hoping, at one time, to get to the United States. Now they have settled for an existence on the very edge of Mexican society. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Mexico5032.jpg
  • 09 NOVEMBER 2004 - TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: Garbage pickers, wait for a garbage truck from Tapachula to unload in the municipal garbage dump in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. About 130 people, the poorest of the poor in Tapachula, work in the dump picking through the garbage hoping to find tidbits they can use or sell to brokers who sit on the edge of the dump and resell the garbage. Most of the dump workers are Guatemalan migrants who crossed the border hoping, at one time, to get to the United States. Now they have settled for an existence on the very edge of Mexican society. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 NOVEMBER 2004 - TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: Carlos Lopez Perez, 12, works in the municipal garbage dump in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. About 130 people, the poorest of the poor in Tapachula, work in the dump picking through the garbage hoping to find tidbits they can use or sell to brokers who sit on the edge of the dump and resell the garbage. Most of the dump workers are Guatemalan migrants who crossed the border hoping, at one time, to get to the United States. Now they have settled for an existence on the very edge of Mexican society. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Mexico5018.jpg
  • 09 NOVEMBER 2004 - TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: Carlos Lopez Perez, 12, works in the municipal garbage dump in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. About 130 people, the poorest of the poor in Tapachula, work in the dump picking through the garbage hoping to find tidbits they can use or sell to brokers who sit on the edge of the dump and resell the garbage. Most of the dump workers are Guatemalan migrants who crossed the border hoping, at one time, to get to the United States. Now they have settled for an existence on the very edge of Mexican society. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 NOVEMBER 2004 - TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: Carlos Lopez Perez, 12, finishes a bottle of nearly empty soda he found while working in the municipal garbage dump in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. About 130 people, the poorest of the poor in Tapachula, work in the dump picking through the garbage hoping to find tidbits they can use or sell to brokers who sit on the edge of the dump and resell the garbage. Most of the dump workers are Guatemalan migrants who crossed the border hoping, at one time, to get to the United States. Now they have settled for an existence on the very edge of Mexican society. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • CIUDAD NEZAHUALCOYOTL, DF, MEXICO: A man smashes bottles before recycling the glass in the Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl dump on the edge of Mexico City, Sept. 23, 1993. Hundreds of people live in the dump and make a living by scavenging through the refuse brought to the dump by Mexico City's garbage trucks.  PHOTO ©  JACK KURTZ   POVERTY  HOMELESS  ECONOMY   SOCIAL ISSUES   LABOUR
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  • 09 NOVEMBER 2004 - TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: A woman walks through the municipal garbage dump in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico, while a garbage truck drives in. About 130 people, the poorest of the poor in Tapachula, work in the dump picking through the garbage hoping to find tidbits they can use or sell to brokers who sit on the edge of the dump and resell the garbage. Most of the dump workers are Guatemalan migrants who crossed the border hoping, at one time, to get to the United States. Now they have settled for an existence on the very edge of Mexican society. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Mexico5035.jpg
  • 09 NOVEMBER 2004 - TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: A woman walks through the municipal garbage dump in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico, while a garbage truck drives in. About 130 people, the poorest of the poor in Tapachula, work in the dump picking through the garbage hoping to find tidbits they can use or sell to brokers who sit on the edge of the dump and resell the garbage. Most of the dump workers are Guatemalan migrants who crossed the border hoping, at one time, to get to the United States. Now they have settled for an existence on the very edge of Mexican society. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Mexico5034.jpg
  • 09 NOVEMBER 2004 - TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: A child walks through the garbage in the municipal garbage dump in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. About 130 people, the poorest of the poor in Tapachula, work in the dump picking through the garbage hoping to find tidbits they can use or sell to brokers who sit on the edge of the dump and resell the garbage. Most of the dump workers are Guatemalan migrants who crossed the border hoping, at one time, to get to the United States. Now they have settled for an existence on the very edge of Mexican society. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 NOVEMBER 2004 - TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: People pick through the garbage in the municipal garbage dump in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. About 130 people, the poorest of the poor in Tapachula, work in the dump picking through the garbage hoping to find tidbits they can use or sell to brokers who sit on the edge of the dump and resell the garbage. Most of the dump workers are Guatemalan migrants who crossed the border hoping, at one time, to get to the United States. Now they have settled for an existence on the very edge of Mexican society. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 NOVEMBER 2004 - TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: Children work in the municipal garbage dump in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. About 130 people, the poorest of the poor in Tapachula, work in the dump picking through the garbage hoping to find tidbits they can use or sell to brokers who sit on the edge of the dump and resell the garbage. Most of the dump workers are Guatemalan migrants who crossed the border hoping, at one time, to get to the United States. Now they have settled for an existence on the very edge of Mexican society. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 NOVEMBER 2004 - TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: A teenager walks through the municipal garbage dump in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. About 130 people, the poorest of the poor in Tapachula, work in the dump picking through the garbage hoping to find tidbits they can use or sell to brokers who sit on the edge of the dump and resell the garbage. Most of the dump workers are Guatemalan migrants who crossed the border hoping, at one time, to get to the United States. Now they have settled for an existence on the very edge of Mexican society. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 NOVEMBER 2004 - TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: A woman and her child watch a family eat lunch in the municipal garbage dump in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. About 130 people, the poorest of the poor in Tapachula, work in the dump picking through the garbage hoping to find tidbits they can use or sell to brokers who sit on the edge of the dump and resell the garbage. Most of the dump workers are Guatemalan migrants who crossed the border hoping, at one time, to get to the United States. Now they have settled for an existence on the very edge of Mexican society. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 NOVEMBER 2004 - TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: Carlos Lopez Perez, 12, right, and an adult pick through the garbage in the municipal garbage dump in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. About 130 people, the poorest of the poor in Tapachula, work in the dump picking through the garbage hoping to find tidbits they can use or sell to brokers who sit on the edge of the dump and resell the garbage. Most of the dump workers are Guatemalan migrants who crossed the border hoping, at one time, to get to the United States. Now they have settled for an existence on the very edge of Mexican society. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 NOVEMBER 2004 - TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: Carlos Lopez Perez, 12, right, and an adult pick through the garbage in the municipal garbage dump in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. About 130 people, the poorest of the poor in Tapachula, work in the dump picking through the garbage hoping to find tidbits they can use or sell to brokers who sit on the edge of the dump and resell the garbage. Most of the dump workers are Guatemalan migrants who crossed the border hoping, at one time, to get to the United States. Now they have settled for an existence on the very edge of Mexican society. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 NOVEMBER 2004 - TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: People walk to work through a flock of vultures in the municipal garbage dump in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. About 130 people, the poorest of the poor in Tapachula, work in the dump picking through the garbage hoping to find tidbits they can use or sell to brokers who sit on the edge of the dump and resell the garbage. Most of the dump workers are Guatemalan migrants who crossed the border hoping, at one time, to get to the United States. Now they have settled for an existence on the very edge of Mexican society. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • CIUDAD NEZAHUALCOYOTL, DF, MEXICO: A man carries a stack of cardboard through the garbage in the Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl dump on the edge of Mexico City. Hundreds of people live in the dump and make a living by scavenging through the refuse brought to the dump by Mexico City's garbage trucks.  PHOTO ©  JACK KURTZ   POVERTY  HOMELESS  ECONOMY   SOCIAL ISSUES   LABOUR
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  • CIUDAD NEZAHUALCOYOTL, DF, MEXICO: A man pulls his horse cart through the garbage in the Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl dump on the edge of Mexico City, Sept. 23, 1993. Hundreds of people live in the dump and make a living by scavenging through the refuse brought to the dump by Mexico City's garbage trucks.  PHOTO ©  JACK KURTZ   POVERTY  HOMELESS  ECONOMY   SOCIAL ISSUES   LABOUR
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  • CIUDAD NEZAHUALCOYOTL, DF, MEXICO: A woman sorts through garbage at the Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl dump on the edge of Mexico City, Sept. 23, 1993. Hundreds of people live in the dump and make a living by scavenging through the refuse brought to the dump by Mexico City's garbage trucks. .PHOTO ©  JACK KURTZ   POVERTY  HOMELESS  ECONOMY   SOCIAL ISSUES   LABOUR
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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/ZUMA Press
    Thailand4011.jpg
  • 09 NOVEMBER 2004 - TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: A woman and her child walk through the municipal garbage dump in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. About 130 people, the poorest of the poor in Tapachula, work in the dump picking through the garbage hoping to find tidbits they can use or sell to brokers who sit on the edge of the dump and resell the garbage. Most of the dump workers are Guatemalan migrants who crossed the border hoping, at one time, to get to the United States. Now they have settled for an existence on the very edge of Mexican society. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Mexico5033.jpg
  • 09 NOVEMBER 2004 - TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: Garbage pickers, wait for a garbage truck from Tapachula to unload in the municipal garbage dump in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. About 130 people, the poorest of the poor in Tapachula, work in the dump picking through the garbage hoping to find tidbits they can use or sell to brokers who sit on the edge of the dump and resell the garbage. Most of the dump workers are Guatemalan migrants who crossed the border hoping, at one time, to get to the United States. Now they have settled for an existence on the very edge of Mexican society. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Mexico5028.jpg
  • 09 NOVEMBER 2004 - TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: Daniel Ramirez Lopez, a garbage buyer, waits for garbage pickers to bring him things they found in the garbage in the municipal garbage dump in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. About 130 people, the poorest of the poor in Tapachula, work in the dump picking through the garbage hoping to find tidbits they can use or sell to brokers who sit on the edge of the dump and resell the garbage. Most of the dump workers are Guatemalan migrants who crossed the border hoping, at one time, to get to the United States. Now they have settled for an existence on the very edge of Mexican society. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Mexico5021.jpg
  • 09 NOVEMBER 2004 - TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: A woman and her child watch a family eat lunch in the municipal garbage dump in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. About 130 people, the poorest of the poor in Tapachula, work in the dump picking through the garbage hoping to find tidbits they can use or sell to brokers who sit on the edge of the dump and resell the garbage. Most of the dump workers are Guatemalan migrants who crossed the border hoping, at one time, to get to the United States. Now they have settled for an existence on the very edge of Mexican society. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Mexico5019.jpg
  • CIUDAD NEZAHUALCOYOTL, DF, MEXICO: A woman sorts through garbage in the Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl dump on the edge of Mexico City, Sept. 23, 1993. Hundreds of people live in the dump and make a living by scavenging through the refuse brought to the dump by Mexico City's garbage trucks.  PHOTO ©  JACK KURTZ   POVERTY  HOMELESS  ECONOMY   SOCIAL ISSUES   LABOUR  WOMEN
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  • 25 FEBRUARY 2008 -- MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A Burmese migrant worker hauls what he found in the dump to sell to middlemen 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/ZUMA Press
    Thailand4004.jpg
  • 09 NOVEMBER 2004 - TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: Garbage pickers, wait for a garbage truck from Tapachula to unload in the municipal garbage dump in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. About 130 people, the poorest of the poor in Tapachula, work in the dump picking through the garbage hoping to find tidbits they can use or sell to brokers who sit on the edge of the dump and resell the garbage. Most of the dump workers are Guatemalan migrants who crossed the border hoping, at one time, to get to the United States. Now they have settled for an existence on the very edge of Mexican society. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Mexico5027.jpg
  • 09 NOVEMBER 2004 - TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: Carlos Lopez Perez, 12, center right, and other garbage pickers, wait for a garbage truck from Tapachula to unload in the municipal garbage dump in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. About 130 people, the poorest of the poor in Tapachula, work in the dump picking through the garbage hoping to find tidbits they can use or sell to brokers who sit on the edge of the dump and resell the garbage. Most of the dump workers are Guatemalan migrants who crossed the border hoping, at one time, to get to the United States. Now they have settled for an existence on the very edge of Mexican society. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Mexico5024.jpg
  • 09 NOVEMBER 2004 - TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: Carlos Lopez Perez, 12, right, and an adult pick through the garbage in the municipal garbage dump in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. About 130 people, the poorest of the poor in Tapachula, work in the dump picking through the garbage hoping to find tidbits they can use or sell to brokers who sit on the edge of the dump and resell the garbage. Most of the dump workers are Guatemalan migrants who crossed the border hoping, at one time, to get to the United States. Now they have settled for an existence on the very edge of Mexican society. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Mexico5015.jpg
  • 09 NOVEMBER 2004 - TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: Children work in the municipal garbage dump in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. About 130 people, the poorest of the poor in Tapachula, work in the dump picking through the garbage hoping to find tidbits they can use or sell to brokers who sit on the edge of the dump and resell the garbage. Most of the dump workers are Guatemalan migrants who crossed the border hoping, at one time, to get to the United States. Now they have settled for an existence on the very edge of Mexican society. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Mexico5011.jpg
  • 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/ZUMA Press
    Thailand4007.jpg
  • 09 NOVEMBER 2004 - TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: Children work in the municipal garbage dump in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. About 130 people, the poorest of the poor in Tapachula, work in the dump picking through the garbage hoping to find tidbits they can use or sell to brokers who sit on the edge of the dump and resell the garbage. Most of the dump workers are Guatemalan migrants who crossed the border hoping, at one time, to get to the United States. Now they have settled for an existence on the very edge of Mexican society. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Mexico5026.jpg
  • 09 NOVEMBER 2004 - TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: Carlos Lopez Perez, 12, center right, and other garbage pickers, wait for a garbage truck from Tapachula to unload in the municipal garbage dump in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. About 130 people, the poorest of the poor in Tapachula, work in the dump picking through the garbage hoping to find tidbits they can use or sell to brokers who sit on the edge of the dump and resell the garbage. Most of the dump workers are Guatemalan migrants who crossed the border hoping, at one time, to get to the United States. Now they have settled for an existence on the very edge of Mexican society. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • CIUDAD NEZAHUALCOYOTL, DF, MEXICO: A dog sits in an abandoned couch at the Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl dump on the edge of Mexico City. Hundreds of people live in the dump and make a living by scavenging through the refuse brought to the dump by Mexico City's garbage trucks. PHOTO ©  JACK KURTZ   POVERTY  HOMELESS  ECONOMY   SOCIAL ISSUES   ANIMALS
    jku14030357.jpg
  • CIUDAD NEZAHUALCOYOTL, DF, MEXICO: A man sorts through garbage at the Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl dump on the edge of Mexico City. Hundreds of people live in the dump and make a living by scavenging through the refuse brought to the dump by Mexico City's garbage trucks.  .PHOTO ©  JACK KURTZ   POVERTY  HOMELESS  ECONOMY   SOCIAL ISSUES   LABOUR
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - PHRAEKSA, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND: A person evacuated from a fire buring in a landfill in Samut Prakan sleeps in the evacution center in Phraeksa, Samut Prakan province. Hundreds of people who live near the landfill were evacuated out of the area because of a fire buring in the landfill. A fire apparently spontaneously started in the landfill in Samut Prakan over the weekend and threatens the homes of workers who live near the landfill. The fire Officials said the fire started when garbage in the landfill burst into flames and the flames were spread by hot, dry winds. Hundreds of people have been evacuated because of the fire and acrid smoke from the fire has spread as far as Bangkok. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - PHRAEKSA, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND: A Thai government worker (right) interviews residents of a landfill in the evacution center in Phraeksa, Samut Prakan province. Hundreds of people who live near the landfill were evacuated out of the area because of a fire buring in the landfill. A fire apparently spontaneously started in the landfill in Samut Prakan over the weekend and threatens the homes of workers who live near the landfill. The fire Officials said the fire started when garbage in the landfill burst into flames and the flames were spread by hot, dry winds. Hundreds of people have been evacuated because of the fire and acrid smoke from the fire has spread as far as Bangkok. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThailandDrought2014053.jpg
  • 17 MARCH 2014 - PHRAEKSA, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:  A resident of a landfill wears a breathing mask because of the smoke coming off of a fire buring in the landfill. A fire apparently spontaneously started in the landfill in Samut Prakan over the weekend and threatens the homes of workers who live near the landfill. The fire Officials said the fire started when garbage in the landfill burst into flames and the flames were spread by hot, dry winds. Hundreds of people have been evacuated because of the fire and acrid smoke from the fire has spread as far as Bangkok. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThailandDrought2014046.jpg
  • 17 MARCH 2014 - PHRAEKSA, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:  Residents of a landfill wear breathing filters because of the smoke from a fire burning in the landfill. A fire apparently spontaneously started in the landfill in Samut Prakan over the weekend and threatens the homes of workers who live near the landfill. The fire Officials said the fire started when garbage in the landfill burst into flames and the flames were spread by hot, dry winds. Hundreds of people have been evacuated because of the fire and acrid smoke from the fire has spread as far as Bangkok. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThailandDrought2014044.jpg
  • 17 MARCH 2014 - PHRAEKSA, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:  Residents of a landfill try to put out a fire burning in the landfill. A fire apparently spontaneously started in the landfill in Samut Prakan over the weekend and threatens the homes of workers who live near the landfill. The fire Officials said the fire started when garbage in the landfill burst into flames and the flames were spread by hot, dry winds. Hundreds of people have been evacuated because of the fire and acrid smoke from the fire has spread as far as Bangkok. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThailandDrought2014041.jpg
  • 17 MARCH 2014 - PHRAEKSA, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND: Firefighters try to put out a fire burning in a landfill in Samut Prakan province about 40 miles from Bangkok. The landfill is built on a bog and firefighters and volunteers battling the fire were falling through the matted vegetation into the swamp beneath. A fire apparently spontaneously started in the landfill in Samut Prakan over the weekend and threatens the homes of workers who live near the landfill. The fire Officials said the fire started when garbage in the landfill burst into flames and the flames were spread by hot, dry winds. Hundreds of people have been evacuated because of the fire and acrid smoke from the fire has spread as far as Bangkok. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThailandDrought2014048.jpg
  • 17 MARCH 2014 - PHRAEKSA, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:  A resident of a landfill wears a breathing mask because of the smoke coming off of a fire buring in the landfill. A fire apparently spontaneously started in the landfill in Samut Prakan over the weekend and threatens the homes of workers who live near the landfill. The fire Officials said the fire started when garbage in the landfill burst into flames and the flames were spread by hot, dry winds. Hundreds of people have been evacuated because of the fire and acrid smoke from the fire has spread as far as Bangkok. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThailandDrought2014037.jpg
  • 17 MARCH 2014 - PHRAEKSA, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND: A Thai government worker takes air quality readings in the evacution center in Phraeksa, Samut Prakan province. Hundreds of people who live near the landfill were evacuated out of the area because of a fire buring in the landfill. A fire apparently spontaneously started in the landfill in Samut Prakan over the weekend and threatens the homes of workers who live near the landfill. The fire Officials said the fire started when garbage in the landfill burst into flames and the flames were spread by hot, dry winds. Hundreds of people have been evacuated because of the fire and acrid smoke from the fire has spread as far as Bangkok. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - PHRAEKSA, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND: Firefighters try to put out a fire burning in a landfill in Samut Prakan province about 40 miles from Bangkok. The landfill is built on a bog and firefighters and volunteers battling the fire were falling through the matted vegetation into the swamp beneath. A fire apparently spontaneously started in the landfill in Samut Prakan over the weekend and threatens the homes of workers who live near the landfill. The fire Officials said the fire started when garbage in the landfill burst into flames and the flames were spread by hot, dry winds. Hundreds of people have been evacuated because of the fire and acrid smoke from the fire has spread as far as Bangkok. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - PHRAEKSA, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND: Firefighters try to put out a fire burning in a landfill in Samut Prakan province about 40 miles from Bangkok. The landfill is built on a bog and firefighters and volunteers battling the fire were falling through the matted vegetation into the swamp beneath. A fire apparently spontaneously started in the landfill in Samut Prakan over the weekend and threatens the homes of workers who live near the landfill. The fire Officials said the fire started when garbage in the landfill burst into flames and the flames were spread by hot, dry winds. Hundreds of people have been evacuated because of the fire and acrid smoke from the fire has spread as far as Bangkok. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - PHRAEKSA, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:  Residents of a landfill try to put out a fire burning in the landfill. A fire apparently spontaneously started in the landfill in Samut Prakan over the weekend and threatens the homes of workers who live near the landfill. The fire Officials said the fire started when garbage in the landfill burst into flames and the flames were spread by hot, dry winds. Hundreds of people have been evacuated because of the fire and acrid smoke from the fire has spread as far as Bangkok. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - PHRAEKSA, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:  Residents of a landfill try to put out a fire burning in the landfill. A fire apparently spontaneously started in the landfill in Samut Prakan over the weekend and threatens the homes of workers who live near the landfill. The fire Officials said the fire started when garbage in the landfill burst into flames and the flames were spread by hot, dry winds. Hundreds of people have been evacuated because of the fire and acrid smoke from the fire has spread as far as Bangkok. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - PHRAEKSA, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:  A resident of a landfill wears a breathing mask because of the smoke coming off of a fire buring in the landfill. A fire apparently spontaneously started in the landfill in Samut Prakan over the weekend and threatens the homes of workers who live near the landfill. The fire Officials said the fire started when garbage in the landfill burst into flames and the flames were spread by hot, dry winds. Hundreds of people have been evacuated because of the fire and acrid smoke from the fire has spread as far as Bangkok. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - PHRAEKSA, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND: A Thai government worker takes air quality readings in the evacution center in Phraeksa, Samut Prakan province. Hundreds of people who live near the landfill were evacuated out of the area because of a fire buring in the landfill. A fire apparently spontaneously started in the landfill in Samut Prakan over the weekend and threatens the homes of workers who live near the landfill. The fire Officials said the fire started when garbage in the landfill burst into flames and the flames were spread by hot, dry winds. Hundreds of people have been evacuated because of the fire and acrid smoke from the fire has spread as far as Bangkok. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - PHRAEKSA, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:  Residents of a landfill try to put out a fire burning in the landfill. A fire apparently spontaneously started in the landfill in Samut Prakan over the weekend and threatens the homes of workers who live near the landfill. The fire Officials said the fire started when garbage in the landfill burst into flames and the flames were spread by hot, dry winds. Hundreds of people have been evacuated because of the fire and acrid smoke from the fire has spread as far as Bangkok. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - PHRAEKSA, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:    Residents of a landfill try to put out a fire burning in the landfill. A fire apparently spontaneously started in the landfill in Samut Prakan over the weekend and threatens the homes of workers who live near the landfill. The fire Officials said the fire started when garbage in the landfill burst into flames and the flames were spread by hot, dry winds. Hundreds of people have been evacuated because of the fire and acrid smoke from the fire has spread as far as Bangkok. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - PHRAEKSA, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:  Residents of a landfill wear breathing filters because of the smoke from a fire burning in the landfill. A fire apparently spontaneously started in the landfill in Samut Prakan over the weekend and threatens the homes of workers who live near the landfill. The fire Officials said the fire started when garbage in the landfill burst into flames and the flames were spread by hot, dry winds. Hundreds of people have been evacuated because of the fire and acrid smoke from the fire has spread as far as Bangkok. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - PHRAEKSA, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:    Residents of a landfill try to put out a fire burning in the landfill. A fire apparently spontaneously started in the landfill in Samut Prakan over the weekend and threatens the homes of workers who live near the landfill. The fire Officials said the fire started when garbage in the landfill burst into flames and the flames were spread by hot, dry winds. Hundreds of people have been evacuated because of the fire and acrid smoke from the fire has spread as far as Bangkok. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - PHRAEKSA, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND: People in Phraeksa, Samut Prakan province, wearing breathing filters because of the heavy smoke over the city from a fire in a nearby landfill. A fire apparently spontaneously started in the landfill in Samut Prakan over the weekend and threatens the homes of workers who live near the landfill. The fire Officials said the fire started when garbage in the landfill burst into flames and the flames were spread by hot, dry winds. Hundreds of people have been evacuated because of the fire and acrid smoke from the fire has spread as far as Bangkok. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - PHRAEKSA, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:    People walk through smoke out a landfill in Samut Prakan province. A fire apparently spontaneously started in the landfill in Samut Prakan over the weekend and threatens the homes of workers who live near the landfill. The fire Officials said the fire started when garbage in the landfill burst into flames and the flames were spread by hot, dry winds. Hundreds of people have been evacuated because of the fire and acrid smoke from the fire has spread as far as Bangkok. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - PHRAEKSA, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND: People in Phraeksa, Samut Prakan province, wearing breathing filters because of the heavy smoke over the city from a fire in a nearby landfill. A fire apparently spontaneously started in the landfill in Samut Prakan over the weekend and threatens the homes of workers who live near the landfill. The fire Officials said the fire started when garbage in the landfill burst into flames and the flames were spread by hot, dry winds. Hundreds of people have been evacuated because of the fire and acrid smoke from the fire has spread as far as Bangkok. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - PHRAEKSA, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:  Smoke billows up from a fire burning in the landfill in Samut Prakan. A fire apparently spontaneously started in the landfill in Samut Prakan over the weekend and threatens the homes of workers who live near the landfill. The fire Officials said the fire started when garbage in the landfill burst into flames and the flames were spread by hot, dry winds. Hundreds of people have been evacuated because of the fire and acrid smoke from the fire has spread as far as Bangkok. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - PHRAEKSA, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND: People in Phraeksa, Samut Prakan province, wearing breathing filters because of the heavy smoke over the city from a fire in a nearby landfill. A fire apparently spontaneously started in the landfill in Samut Prakan over the weekend and threatens the homes of workers who live near the landfill. The fire Officials said the fire started when garbage in the landfill burst into flames and the flames were spread by hot, dry winds. Hundreds of people have been evacuated because of the fire and acrid smoke from the fire has spread as far as Bangkok. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: Children play with plastic bags at the Sky Blue School. Their parents use the bags to sort garbade during work at the dump in Mae Sot. There are approximately 140 students in the Sky Blue School, north of Mae Sot. The school is next to the main landfill for Mae Sot and serves the children of the people who work in the landfill. The school relies on grants and donations from Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. The Sky Blue School was not able to pay its teachers for three months during the current school year because money promised by a NGO wasn't delivered when the NGO started to support schools in Burma. The school got an emergency grant from the Burma Migrant Teachers' Association and has since been able to pay the teachers.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: Students run through the hall after class at the Sky Blue School. There are approximately 140 students in the Sky Blue School, north of Mae Sot. The school is next to the main landfill for Mae Sot and serves the children of the people who work in the landfill. The school relies on grants and donations from Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. The Sky Blue School was not able to pay its teachers for three months during the current school year because money promised by a NGO wasn't delivered when the NGO started to support schools in Burma. The school got an emergency grant from the Burma Migrant Teachers' Association and has since been able to pay the teachers.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A teacher works with students at the Sky Blue School. There are approximately 140 students in the Sky Blue School, north of Mae Sot. The school is next to the main landfill for Mae Sot and serves the children of the people who work in the landfill. The school relies on grants and donations from Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. The Sky Blue School was not able to pay its teachers for three months during the current school year because money promised by a NGO wasn't delivered when the NGO started to support schools in Burma. The school got an emergency grant from the Burma Migrant Teachers' Association and has since been able to pay the teachers.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A teacher works with students at the Sky Blue School. There are approximately 140 students in the Sky Blue School, north of Mae Sot. The school is next to the main landfill for Mae Sot and serves the children of the people who work in the landfill. The school relies on grants and donations from Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. The Sky Blue School was not able to pay its teachers for three months during the current school year because money promised by a NGO wasn't delivered when the NGO started to support schools in Burma. The school got an emergency grant from the Burma Migrant Teachers' Association and has since been able to pay the teachers.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A girl thinks about her answer on her final exam for the semester at the Sky Blue School. There are approximately 140 students in the Sky Blue School, north of Mae Sot. The school is next to the main landfill for Mae Sot and serves the children of the people who work in the landfill. The school relies on grants and donations from Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. The Sky Blue School was not able to pay its teachers for three months during the current school year because money promised by a NGO wasn't delivered when the NGO started to support schools in Burma. The school got an emergency grant from the Burma Migrant Teachers' Association and has since been able to pay the teachers.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: Children play marbles with rocks before classes start at the Sky Blue School. There are approximately 140 students in the Sky Blue School, north of Mae Sot. The school is next to the main landfill for Mae Sot and serves the children of the people who work in the landfill. The school relies on grants and donations from Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. The Sky Blue School was not able to pay its teachers for three months during the current school year because money promised by a NGO wasn't delivered when the NGO started to support schools in Burma. The school got an emergency grant from the Burma Migrant Teachers' Association and has since been able to pay the teachers.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 04 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: Students take their final exams at the Sky Blue School in Mae Sot. There are approximately 140 students in the Sky Blue School, north of Mae Sot. The school is next to the main landfill for Mae Sot and serves the children of the people who work in the landfill. The school relies on grants and donations from Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. The Sky Blue School was not able to pay its teachers for three months during the current school year because money promised by a NGO wasn't delivered when the NGO started to support schools in Burma. The school got an emergency grant from the Burma Migrant Teachers' Association and has since been able to pay the teachers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A teacher works with students at the Sky Blue School. There are approximately 140 students in the Sky Blue School, north of Mae Sot. The school is next to the main landfill for Mae Sot and serves the children of the people who work in the landfill. The school relies on grants and donations from Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. The Sky Blue School was not able to pay its teachers for three months during the current school year because money promised by a NGO wasn't delivered when the NGO started to support schools in Burma. The school got an emergency grant from the Burma Migrant Teachers' Association and has since been able to pay the teachers.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A teacher works with students at the Sky Blue School. There are approximately 140 students in the Sky Blue School, north of Mae Sot. The school is next to the main landfill for Mae Sot and serves the children of the people who work in the landfill. The school relies on grants and donations from Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. The Sky Blue School was not able to pay its teachers for three months during the current school year because money promised by a NGO wasn't delivered when the NGO started to support schools in Burma. The school got an emergency grant from the Burma Migrant Teachers' Association and has since been able to pay the teachers.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A boys works on his final exam for the semester at the Sky Blue School. There are approximately 140 students in the Sky Blue School, north of Mae Sot. The school is next to the main landfill for Mae Sot and serves the children of the people who work in the landfill. The school relies on grants and donations from Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. The Sky Blue School was not able to pay its teachers for three months during the current school year because money promised by a NGO wasn't delivered when the NGO started to support schools in Burma. The school got an emergency grant from the Burma Migrant Teachers' Association and has since been able to pay the teachers.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A teacher works with students at the Sky Blue School. There are approximately 140 students in the Sky Blue School, north of Mae Sot. The school is next to the main landfill for Mae Sot and serves the children of the people who work in the landfill. The school relies on grants and donations from Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. The Sky Blue School was not able to pay its teachers for three months during the current school year because money promised by a NGO wasn't delivered when the NGO started to support schools in Burma. The school got an emergency grant from the Burma Migrant Teachers' Association and has since been able to pay the teachers.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A teacher works with students at the Sky Blue School. There are approximately 140 students in the Sky Blue School, north of Mae Sot. The school is next to the main landfill for Mae Sot and serves the children of the people who work in the landfill. The school relies on grants and donations from Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. The Sky Blue School was not able to pay its teachers for three months during the current school year because money promised by a NGO wasn't delivered when the NGO started to support schools in Burma. The school got an emergency grant from the Burma Migrant Teachers' Association and has since been able to pay the teachers.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: Students share colored pencils during final exams at the Sky Blue School. There are approximately 140 students in the Sky Blue School, north of Mae Sot. The school is next to the main landfill for Mae Sot and serves the children of the people who work in the landfill. The school relies on grants and donations from Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. The Sky Blue School was not able to pay its teachers for three months during the current school year because money promised by a NGO wasn't delivered when the NGO started to support schools in Burma. The school got an emergency grant from the Burma Migrant Teachers' Association and has since been able to pay the teachers.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: Students share colored pencils during final exams at the Sky Blue School. There are approximately 140 students in the Sky Blue School, north of Mae Sot. The school is next to the main landfill for Mae Sot and serves the children of the people who work in the landfill. The school relies on grants and donations from Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. The Sky Blue School was not able to pay its teachers for three months during the current school year because money promised by a NGO wasn't delivered when the NGO started to support schools in Burma. The school got an emergency grant from the Burma Migrant Teachers' Association and has since been able to pay the teachers.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: Children play marbles with rocks before classes start at the Sky Blue School. There are approximately 140 students in the Sky Blue School, north of Mae Sot. The school is next to the main landfill for Mae Sot and serves the children of the people who work in the landfill. The school relies on grants and donations from Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. The Sky Blue School was not able to pay its teachers for three months during the current school year because money promised by a NGO wasn't delivered when the NGO started to support schools in Burma. The school got an emergency grant from the Burma Migrant Teachers' Association and has since been able to pay the teachers.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 04 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A girl eats a slice of watermelon in front of the snack stand at the Sky Blue school in Mae Sot. There are approximately 140 students in the Sky Blue School, north of Mae Sot. The school is next to the main landfill for Mae Sot and serves the children of the people who work in the landfill. The school relies on grants and donations from Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. The Sky Blue School was not able to pay its teachers for three months during the current school year because money promised by a NGO wasn't delivered when the NGO started to support schools in Burma. The school got an emergency grant from the Burma Migrant Teachers' Association and has since been able to pay the teachers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 04 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A girl eats a slice of watermelon in front of the snack stand at the Sky Blue school in Mae Sot. There are approximately 140 students in the Sky Blue School, north of Mae Sot. The school is next to the main landfill for Mae Sot and serves the children of the people who work in the landfill. The school relies on grants and donations from Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. The Sky Blue School was not able to pay its teachers for three months during the current school year because money promised by a NGO wasn't delivered when the NGO started to support schools in Burma. The school got an emergency grant from the Burma Migrant Teachers' Association and has since been able to pay the teachers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 04 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: Boys walk past the front of the Blue Sky School in Mae Sot. There are approximately 140 students in the Sky Blue School, north of Mae Sot. The school is next to the main landfill for Mae Sot and serves the children of the people who work in the landfill. The school relies on grants and donations from Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. The Sky Blue School was not able to pay its teachers for three months during the current school year because money promised by a NGO wasn't delivered when the NGO started to support schools in Burma. The school got an emergency grant from the Burma Migrant Teachers' Association and has since been able to pay the teachers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 04 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: Students in a classroom at the Sky Blue School. There are approximately 140 students in the Sky Blue School, north of Mae Sot. The school is next to the main landfill for Mae Sot and serves the children of the people who work in the landfill. The school relies on grants and donations from Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. The Sky Blue School was not able to pay its teachers for three months during the current school year because money promised by a NGO wasn't delivered when the NGO started to support schools in Burma. The school got an emergency grant from the Burma Migrant Teachers' Association and has since been able to pay the teachers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 04 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A teacher in a classroom at the Sky Blue School in Mae Sot. There are approximately 140 students in the Sky Blue School, north of Mae Sot. The school is next to the main landfill for Mae Sot and serves the children of the people who work in the landfill. The school relies on grants and donations from Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. The Sky Blue School was not able to pay its teachers for three months during the current school year because money promised by a NGO wasn't delivered when the NGO started to support schools in Burma. The school got an emergency grant from the Burma Migrant Teachers' Association and has since been able to pay the teachers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 04 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: Students in the Sky Blue School in Mae Sot. There are approximately 140 students in the Sky Blue School, north of Mae Sot. The school is next to the main landfill for Mae Sot and serves the children of the people who work in the landfill. The school relies on grants and donations from Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. The Sky Blue School was not able to pay its teachers for three months during the current school year because money promised by a NGO wasn't delivered when the NGO started to support schools in Burma. The school got an emergency grant from the Burma Migrant Teachers' Association and has since been able to pay the teachers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 04 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A girl works on a test at the Sky Blue School in Mae Sot. There are approximately 140 students in the Sky Blue School, north of Mae Sot. The school is next to the main landfill for Mae Sot and serves the children of the people who work in the landfill. The school relies on grants and donations from Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. The Sky Blue School was not able to pay its teachers for three months during the current school year because money promised by a NGO wasn't delivered when the NGO started to support schools in Burma. The school got an emergency grant from the Burma Migrant Teachers' Association and has since been able to pay the teachers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 04 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A boy walks through the hallway of the Sky Blue School. There are approximately 140 students in the Sky Blue School, north of Mae Sot. The school is next to the main landfill for Mae Sot and serves the children of the people who work in the landfill. The school relies on grants and donations from Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. The Sky Blue School was not able to pay its teachers for three months during the current school year because money promised by a NGO wasn't delivered when the NGO started to support schools in Burma. The school got an emergency grant from the Burma Migrant Teachers' Association and has since been able to pay the teachers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: Children play with plastic bags at the Sky Blue School. Their parents use the bags to sort garbade during work at the dump in Mae Sot. There are approximately 140 students in the Sky Blue School, north of Mae Sot. The school is next to the main landfill for Mae Sot and serves the children of the people who work in the landfill. The school relies on grants and donations from Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. The Sky Blue School was not able to pay its teachers for three months during the current school year because money promised by a NGO wasn't delivered when the NGO started to support schools in Burma. The school got an emergency grant from the Burma Migrant Teachers' Association and has since been able to pay the teachers.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: Students run through the hall after class at the Sky Blue School. There are approximately 140 students in the Sky Blue School, north of Mae Sot. The school is next to the main landfill for Mae Sot and serves the children of the people who work in the landfill. The school relies on grants and donations from Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. The Sky Blue School was not able to pay its teachers for three months during the current school year because money promised by a NGO wasn't delivered when the NGO started to support schools in Burma. The school got an emergency grant from the Burma Migrant Teachers' Association and has since been able to pay the teachers.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: Students run through the hall after class at the Sky Blue School. There are approximately 140 students in the Sky Blue School, north of Mae Sot. The school is next to the main landfill for Mae Sot and serves the children of the people who work in the landfill. The school relies on grants and donations from Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. The Sky Blue School was not able to pay its teachers for three months during the current school year because money promised by a NGO wasn't delivered when the NGO started to support schools in Burma. The school got an emergency grant from the Burma Migrant Teachers' Association and has since been able to pay the teachers.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 04 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: Students' shoes in front of classroom door at the Sky Blue School. There are approximately 140 students in the Sky Blue School, north of Mae Sot. The school is next to the main landfill for Mae Sot and serves the children of the people who work in the landfill. The school relies on grants and donations from Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. The Sky Blue School was not able to pay its teachers for three months during the current school year because money promised by a NGO wasn't delivered when the NGO started to support schools in Burma. The school got an emergency grant from the Burma Migrant Teachers' Association and has since been able to pay the teachers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 04 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: Students take their final exams at the Sky Blue School in Mae Sot. There are approximately 140 students in the Sky Blue School, north of Mae Sot. The school is next to the main landfill for Mae Sot and serves the children of the people who work in the landfill. The school relies on grants and donations from Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. The Sky Blue School was not able to pay its teachers for three months during the current school year because money promised by a NGO wasn't delivered when the NGO started to support schools in Burma. The school got an emergency grant from the Burma Migrant Teachers' Association and has since been able to pay the teachers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: Students run through the hall after class at the Sky Blue School. There are approximately 140 students in the Sky Blue School, north of Mae Sot. The school is next to the main landfill for Mae Sot and serves the children of the people who work in the landfill. The school relies on grants and donations from Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. The Sky Blue School was not able to pay its teachers for three months during the current school year because money promised by a NGO wasn't delivered when the NGO started to support schools in Burma. The school got an emergency grant from the Burma Migrant Teachers' Association and has since been able to pay the teachers.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A teacher works with students at the Sky Blue School. There are approximately 140 students in the Sky Blue School, north of Mae Sot. The school is next to the main landfill for Mae Sot and serves the children of the people who work in the landfill. The school relies on grants and donations from Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. The Sky Blue School was not able to pay its teachers for three months during the current school year because money promised by a NGO wasn't delivered when the NGO started to support schools in Burma. The school got an emergency grant from the Burma Migrant Teachers' Association and has since been able to pay the teachers.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A boys works on his final exam for the semester at the Sky Blue School. There are approximately 140 students in the Sky Blue School, north of Mae Sot. The school is next to the main landfill for Mae Sot and serves the children of the people who work in the landfill. The school relies on grants and donations from Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. The Sky Blue School was not able to pay its teachers for three months during the current school year because money promised by a NGO wasn't delivered when the NGO started to support schools in Burma. The school got an emergency grant from the Burma Migrant Teachers' Association and has since been able to pay the teachers.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: Students in the hallway at the Sky Blue School. There are approximately 140 students in the Sky Blue School, north of Mae Sot. The school is next to the main landfill for Mae Sot and serves the children of the people who work in the landfill. The school relies on grants and donations from Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. The Sky Blue School was not able to pay its teachers for three months during the current school year because money promised by a NGO wasn't delivered when the NGO started to support schools in Burma. The school got an emergency grant from the Burma Migrant Teachers' Association and has since been able to pay the teachers.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: Children play at the side of the school before classes start at the Sky Blue School. There are approximately 140 students in the Sky Blue School, north of Mae Sot. The school is next to the main landfill for Mae Sot and serves the children of the people who work in the landfill. The school relies on grants and donations from Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. The Sky Blue School was not able to pay its teachers for three months during the current school year because money promised by a NGO wasn't delivered when the NGO started to support schools in Burma. The school got an emergency grant from the Burma Migrant Teachers' Association and has since been able to pay the teachers.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 04 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A girl eats a slice of watermelon in front of the Sky Blue school in Mae Sot. There are approximately 140 students in the Sky Blue School, north of Mae Sot. The school is next to the main landfill for Mae Sot and serves the children of the people who work in the landfill. The school relies on grants and donations from Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. The Sky Blue School was not able to pay its teachers for three months during the current school year because money promised by a NGO wasn't delivered when the NGO started to support schools in Burma. The school got an emergency grant from the Burma Migrant Teachers' Association and has since been able to pay the teachers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 04 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A Burmese girl with traditional thanaka powder on her face at the Sky Blue School in Mae Sot. There are approximately 140 students in the Sky Blue School, north of Mae Sot. The school is next to the main landfill for Mae Sot and serves the children of the people who work in the landfill. The school relies on grants and donations from Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. The Sky Blue School was not able to pay its teachers for three months during the current school year because money promised by a NGO wasn't delivered when the NGO started to support schools in Burma. The school got an emergency grant from the Burma Migrant Teachers' Association and has since been able to pay the teachers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 04 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: Burmese girls with traditional thanaka powder on their faces at the Sky Blue School in Mae Sot. There are approximately 140 students in the Sky Blue School, north of Mae Sot. The school is next to the main landfill for Mae Sot and serves the children of the people who work in the landfill. The school relies on grants and donations from Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. The Sky Blue School was not able to pay its teachers for three months during the current school year because money promised by a NGO wasn't delivered when the NGO started to support schools in Burma. The school got an emergency grant from the Burma Migrant Teachers' Association and has since been able to pay the teachers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 04 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A teacher collects final exams from students at the Sky Blue School. There are approximately 140 students in the Sky Blue School, north of Mae Sot. The school is next to the main landfill for Mae Sot and serves the children of the people who work in the landfill. The school relies on grants and donations from Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. The Sky Blue School was not able to pay its teachers for three months during the current school year because money promised by a NGO wasn't delivered when the NGO started to support schools in Burma. The school got an emergency grant from the Burma Migrant Teachers' Association and has since been able to pay the teachers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 04 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: Students take their final exams at the Sky Blue School in Mae Sot. There are approximately 140 students in the Sky Blue School, north of Mae Sot. The school is next to the main landfill for Mae Sot and serves the children of the people who work in the landfill. The school relies on grants and donations from Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Reforms in Myanmar have alllowed NGOs to operate in Myanmar, as a result many NGOs are shifting resources to operations in Myanmar, leaving Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand vulnerable. The Sky Blue School was not able to pay its teachers for three months during the current school year because money promised by a NGO wasn't delivered when the NGO started to support schools in Burma. The school got an emergency grant from the Burma Migrant Teachers' Association and has since been able to pay the teachers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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