Approximately 65% of youth who age out of the court system end up homeless, or dead.

On Monday and Thursday evenings, I attend training to be a court appointedChild Advocate to mentor and be the constant in the life of a child. I will select this child from a stack of over 500 files, identified only by numbers. These are children who are ( Read more... )

The soldiers in these pictures are all in their very early 20's. Few have a 10th grade education because their families were forced to flee their homes when the Burmese Military (tatmadaw) attacked; burning villages, murdering families, taking them as porters through the jungle. When asked where they are from, many of these boys may respond, "a ( Read more... )

The e-mail I sent from abroad....

WHAT: A perspective of Burma little known to anyone..even the Burmese.

Where: Burmese jungles to stay with people of the Karen nationality, and KNLA's Brigade 5

When: April - May

Why: Learning, learning, learning.

How: Trucks through riverbeds, and washed out, muddy roads, Boat down the beautiful Salween between ( Read more... )