Letter: KWO appeal letter for the newly arrived families in Tak province

KWO appeal letter for the newly arrived families in Tak province

Dear Friends, Supporters and Donors,
KWO would like to report to you about the situation on the border, and at the same time
appeal for support from you for the needs of recently arrived families in Thailand.
Since June 2, 2009 troops from five battalions of the Burmese regime, The State Peace and
Development Council (SPDC), with three battalions of Democratic Karen Buddhist Army
(DKBA) have been shelling and attacking villages close to the Thai border. This has caused
almost 3,500 villagers from 20 villages, mostly women and children flee to Thailand.
These villagers have not entered refugee camps yet and are currently taking refugee in three
main locations, which are Noh Boe, Mae Salit and Oo Thu Klo under the Royal Thai administration.
The current sites have strong winds, heavy rain and living conditions are very hard.

These newly arrived families need food, cooking materials, shelter plastic roofing, clothing,
mats, mosquito nets, medicine and the protection.
In response to this current incident, community base organizations (CBOs) have come
together to form the Karen Emergency Relief Team to provide support and protection for the
refugees through networking with other NGOs.
KWO have provided 700 sarongs and other clothing for women and children. This is an
emergency and these 3500 refugees do not have enough to address their current and future needs.

We would like to request from all of our friends, supporters and donors if you can give any
thing such as used clothes for both women and children, household kitchen materials, or even
donation it would be greatly appreciate. Any support you give will be distributed to these
needy families.

Sincerely,
Dah Eh Kler
Secretary
KWO