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Matthew McDaniel <akhalife@...> wrote:
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From: Matthew McDaniel <akhalife@...>
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 21:27:03 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [akha] Akha Journal: Akha of Laos, web update
Dear Friends:Certainly US Drug War policy has brought calamity to the Akha of Laos.Many news stories have come out about this, but the sound is still somewhat muffled.The US Govt. itself continues propaganda about how successful the opium eradication was, and how minimal the consequences have been.This stretches the imagination given the conditions the Akha face in the villages and given the numbers of Akha who have died.Laotian people readily say there is little they can do against the western demands and pressures as a poor country.The new US Human Rights Report on Thailand is out. Silent last year about the hill tribe, this year it covers many of the points that we fought for year after year, except no mention of course of the removal of Akha children by US missionaries or the fact that much of the abuse related to the drug war is a direct result of the US funding that drug war.I continue to work on the paperwork required for our next Akha Project.The rebuilding of www.akha.org is progressing slowly. I work on it every day a little bit, layer after layer, new index pages, new links, rebuilding content and news articles one by one.The work to rebuild the site takes from time to enter new stories and files. I hope to get the site caught up as soon as possible, lots of late nights.I think that the site is useful to many people. And when it is all rebuilt it will be more secure and faster than the previous system was, as well as more flexible. Maybe a little more work for me to maintain it, but long term it will be a better site.If the website has been useful to you in the past, and you want to support our ongoing work to assist the Akha people, then please take the time to make a donation to help us at this time.You depend on us that we keep working year after year to assist the Akha, and we depend on you for donations to help us accomplish the tasks in front of us.$20 goes a long way, $50, $100 and we can make some real progress.We look forward to your donation and we hope for your support to help us cover the expenses we face at this time.Matthew McDaniel
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