{"id":1015,"date":"2015-09-08T09:52:03","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T09:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stefaniamizara.com\/?p=1015"},"modified":"2026-07-14T10:10:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T10:10:24","slug":"free-burma-rangers","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/stefaniamizara.com\/?portfolio=free-burma-rangers","title":{"rendered":"Free Burma Rangers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1015\" class=\"elementor elementor-1015\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e986d11 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5e986d11\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20db860 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"20db860\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c44cd78 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c44cd78\" 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href=\"https:\/\/stefaniamizara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/StefaniaMizara_Burma50yearsofwar_0036-768x514.jpg\" class=\"gt3pg-lightbox\"  target=\"_blank\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\"><div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/stefaniamizara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/StefaniaMizara_Burma50yearsofwar_0036-768x514.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy gt3-lazy-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"eager\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/stefaniamizara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/StefaniaMizara_Burma50yearsofwar_0036-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stefaniamizara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/StefaniaMizara_Burma50yearsofwar_0036-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stefaniamizara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/StefaniaMizara_Burma50yearsofwar_0036-480x321.jpg 480w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/stefaniamizara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/StefaniaMizara_Burma50yearsofwar_0036-768x514.jpg?is-pending-load=1\" srcset=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAM0AAACJCAYAAACPdbwTAAAACXBIWXMAAA7EAAAOxAGVKw4bAAAAg0lEQVR42u3BAQEAAACCIP+vbkhAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAJcGt2wAAapeMP8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=\" title=\"The Karen tribe in NorthEast Burma have suffered oppression at the hands of successive regimes of that country for decades. Forced re-settlement and labor, incarceration, denial of political representation and citizenship status rights among other human r\" \/><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gt3pg-isotope-item loading \"><div class=\"isotope_item-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stefaniamizara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/StefaniaMizara_Burma50yearsofwar_0035-768x1160.jpg\" class=\"gt3pg-lightbox\"  target=\"_blank\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\"><div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1160\" src=\"https:\/\/stefaniamizara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/StefaniaMizara_Burma50yearsofwar_0035-768x1160.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy gt3-lazy-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"eager\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/stefaniamizara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/StefaniaMizara_Burma50yearsofwar_0035-768x1160.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stefaniamizara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/StefaniaMizara_Burma50yearsofwar_0035-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/stefaniamizara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/StefaniaMizara_Burma50yearsofwar_0035-678x1024.jpg 678w, https:\/\/stefaniamizara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/StefaniaMizara_Burma50yearsofwar_0035-480x725.jpg 480w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/stefaniamizara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/StefaniaMizara_Burma50yearsofwar_0035-768x1160.jpg?is-pending-load=1\" srcset=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAIgAAADOCAYAAADlu0ojAAAACXBIWXMAAA7EAAAOxAGVKw4bAAAAhElEQVR42u3BgQAAAADDoPlTX+EAVQEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACfAbadAAHtAoGNAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC\" title=\"The Karen tribe in NorthEast Burma have suffered oppression at the hands of successive regimes of that country for decades. Forced re-settlement and labor, incarceration, denial of political representation and citizenship status rights among other human r\" \/><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gt3pg-isotope-item loading \"><div class=\"isotope_item-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stefaniamizara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/StefaniaMizara_Burma50yearsofwar_0034-768x493.jpg\" class=\"gt3pg-lightbox\"  target=\"_blank\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\"><div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"493\" src=\"https:\/\/stefaniamizara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/StefaniaMizara_Burma50yearsofwar_0034-768x493.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy gt3-lazy-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"eager\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/stefaniamizara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/StefaniaMizara_Burma50yearsofwar_0034-768x493.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stefaniamizara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/StefaniaMizara_Burma50yearsofwar_0034-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stefaniamizara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/StefaniaMizara_Burma50yearsofwar_0034-480x308.jpg 480w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/stefaniamizara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/StefaniaMizara_Burma50yearsofwar_0034-768x493.jpg?is-pending-load=1\" srcset=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAM0AAACDCAYAAAAu7p91AAAACXBIWXMAAA7EAAAOxAGVKw4bAAAAf0lEQVR42u3BAQ0AAADCoPdPbQ8HFAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADAtQGkLgABzsW5xgAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" title=\"The Karen tribe in NorthEast Burma have suffered oppression at the hands of successive regimes of that country for decades. Forced re-settlement and labor, incarceration, denial of political representation and citizenship status rights among other human r\" \/><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gt3pg-isotope-item loading \"><div class=\"isotope_item-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stefaniamizara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/StefaniaMizara_Burma50yearsofwar_0033-768x515.jpg\" class=\"gt3pg-lightbox\"  target=\"_blank\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\"><div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"515\" src=\"https:\/\/stefaniamizara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/StefaniaMizara_Burma50yearsofwar_0033-768x515.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy gt3-lazy-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"eager\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/stefaniamizara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/StefaniaMizara_Burma50yearsofwar_0033-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stefaniamizara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/StefaniaMizara_Burma50yearsofwar_0033-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stefaniamizara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/StefaniaMizara_Burma50yearsofwar_0033-480x322.jpg 480w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/stefaniamizara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/StefaniaMizara_Burma50yearsofwar_0033-768x515.jpg?is-pending-load=1\" srcset=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAM0AAACJCAYAAACPdbwTAAAACXBIWXMAAA7EAAAOxAGVKw4bAAAAg0lEQVR42u3BAQEAAACCIP+vbkhAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAJcGt2wAAapeMP8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=\" title=\"The Karen tribe in NorthEast Burma have suffered oppression at the hands of successive regimes of that country for decades. Forced re-settlement and labor, incarceration, denial of political representation and citizenship status rights among other human r\" \/><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gt3pg-isotope-item loading \"><div class=\"isotope_item-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stefaniamizara.com\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=1015&#038;action=view\" class=\"gt3pg-lightbox external-link\"  target=\"_blank\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\"><div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/stefaniamizara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/StefaniaMizara_Burma50yearsofwar_0032-768x512.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy gt3-lazy-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"eager\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/stefaniamizara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/StefaniaMizara_Burma50yearsofwar_0032-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stefaniamizara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/StefaniaMizara_Burma50yearsofwar_0032-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stefaniamizara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/StefaniaMizara_Burma50yearsofwar_0032-480x320.jpg 480w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/stefaniamizara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/StefaniaMizara_Burma50yearsofwar_0032-768x512.jpg?is-pending-load=1\" srcset=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAJEAAABgCAYAAAAdFpCfAAAACXBIWXMAAA7EAAAOxAGVKw4bAAAATUlEQVR42u3BMQEAAADCoPVPbQZ\/oAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD4D2eAAAcWKW7MAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\" title=\"Free Burma Ragers\" \/><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gt3pg-isotope-item loading \"><div class=\"isotope_item-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stefaniamizara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/StefaniaMizara_Burma50yearsofwar_0031-768x576.jpg\" class=\"gt3pg-lightbox\"  target=\"_blank\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\"><div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/stefaniamizara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/StefaniaMizara_Burma50yearsofwar_0031-768x576.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy gt3-lazy-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"eager\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/stefaniamizara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/StefaniaMizara_Burma50yearsofwar_0031-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stefaniamizara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/StefaniaMizara_Burma50yearsofwar_0031-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stefaniamizara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/StefaniaMizara_Burma50yearsofwar_0031-480x360.jpg 480w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/stefaniamizara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/StefaniaMizara_Burma50yearsofwar_0031-768x576.jpg?is-pending-load=1\" srcset=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAJIAAABtCAYAAABKvzhCAAAACXBIWXMAAA7EAAAOxAGVKw4bAAAAVUlEQVR42u3BgQAAAADDoPlTX+EAVQEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAlwH5FQABGNeMugAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" title=\"Many people from Burma live in nine camps along the Thai-Myanmar border after fleeing fighting and oppression in their homeland.\u201cSome of the refugees have been here for nearly two decades. Some were born in refugee camps, grew up there and are now rais\" \/><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gt3pg-isotope-item loading \"><div class=\"isotope_item-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stefaniamizara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/StefaniaMizara_Burma50yearsofwar_0027.jpg\" class=\"gt3pg-lightbox\"  target=\"_blank\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\"><div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/stefaniamizara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/StefaniaMizara_Burma50yearsofwar_0027.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy gt3-lazy-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"eager\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/stefaniamizara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/StefaniaMizara_Burma50yearsofwar_0027.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stefaniamizara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/StefaniaMizara_Burma50yearsofwar_0027-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stefaniamizara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/StefaniaMizara_Burma50yearsofwar_0027-480x372.jpg 480w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/stefaniamizara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/StefaniaMizara_Burma50yearsofwar_0027.jpg?is-pending-load=1\" srcset=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADwAAAAuCAYAAAB04nriAAAACXBIWXMAAA7EAAAOxAGVKw4bAAAAIUlEQVRo3u3BAQEAAACCIP+vbkhAAQAAAAAAAAAAAMCrAStOAAFEcm9sAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC\" title=\"The journey started with my filmmaker friend Sofi and me following one FBR team entering illegally into the Burma territory.We walked for 2 nights and one full day following FBR members, porters and soldiers from the Karen Army.\" \/><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gt3pg-isotope-item loading \"><div class=\"isotope_item-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stefaniamizara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/StefaniaMizara_Burma50yearsofwar_0026.jpg\" class=\"gt3pg-lightbox\"  target=\"_blank\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\"><div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"68\" height=\"107\" src=\"https:\/\/stefaniamizara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/StefaniaMizara_Burma50yearsofwar_0026.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy gt3-lazy-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"eager\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/stefaniamizara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/StefaniaMizara_Burma50yearsofwar_0026.jpg?is-pending-load=1\" srcset=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAcAAAAKCAYAAAB4zEQNAAAACXBIWXMAAA7EAAAOxAGVKw4bAAAADUlEQVQY02NgGAX4AQABIgABqEekcwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" title=\"over fifty years of civil war have left Burma one of the poorest countries in the world. 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The military regime attacks the ethnic minorities, killing thousands, and leaving separated families and millions displaced all around Burma.<br \/>The Free Burma Rangers (FBR) is a multi-ethnic humanitarian service movement that brings medical assistance in the war zones of Burma. The medical supplies, cameras, GPS, food and clothing get into Burma carried by porters as persecution and warship does not allow the building of roads or the use of vehicles. From the Burma side it is forbidden to foreigners, medical help, or merchandise, to enter the Karen territory.<br \/>The FBR training center, Kawthoolei camp, is located 30 miles from the border inside the war zone. It is used by the FBR from October to December to train people in medical assistance. 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