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September 18, 2025 |
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A girl in Karenni State prays during a Good Life Club program. |
Thousands Displaced by Burma Army Attacks |
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In early September, Burma Army attacks in Karen and Karenni states displaced over a thousand civilians while killing and injuring both villagers and resistance fighters. Rangers ran mobile clinics and Good Life Club programs for many of those displaced, treating injured civilians and soldiers, and delivered food, tarps, and training to multiple IDP camps. |
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Villagers cross a river with motorbikes and other belongings as they flee their homes. |
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In Moo (Mone) Township (Kler Lwe Htoo District), the Burma Army shelled one village with 120 mm mortars injuring one person. Approximately a thousand villagers from five other villages fled their homes.
On Sep. 10, in Thi Cha Seik Village, the Buma Army shelled the village with 120mm mortars. Two landed in the village and one woman was injured. On Sep. 8, around one thousand villagers fled their homes from Ter Pau, Myet Ye, Nge Twe Sok, Poe Thaw Suu, and Hsay Pa Le villages. Some were able to take their belongings with them on boats. |
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Left: A Ranger provides dental care for an IDP in Mae Ka Tho Village. Right: Rangers spend time with students from Thit Katike Village. |
Top: A Ranger provides dental care for an IDP in Mae Ka Tho Village. Bottom: Rangers spend time with students from Thit Katike Village. |
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Rangers continued relief efforts with medical care, dental programs, and support for displaced families in Doo Pla Ya District.
On Sep. 8, Rangers from the FBR HQ and Doo Pla Ya teams held a dental clinic and Good Life Club (GLC) program for students in Thit Katike Village, Waw Ray Township. That same day, villagers from multiple communities joined Rangers in Sukali Village to clean and organize the local school, offices, and staff housing, demonstrating strong local cooperation and resilience.
Officials in eastern Kaw T’ree Township reported that 199 IDPs are in urgent need of food and basic supplies. On Sep. 9, the Cobra Column of the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) delivered rice and other food items, but additional assistance is still needed, including female hygiene products, clothing, mosquito nets, blankets, and household goods.
Around Sep. 10, Rangers provided medical care to villagers and provided training in tactical combat casualty care (TCCC) with MARCH, including procedures such as chest tube insertion and management, and needle decompressions. That same day, they held a large dental and GLC program in Mae Ka Tho Village, serving more than 500 displaced students and villagers. On Sep. 10 and 11, Rangers also treated frontline soldiers, one in Mawtu Village suffering from exhaustion, and another in Wawlay Village experiencing stomach pain, vomiting, and dizziness. |
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Left: IDP children laugh as a skit is performed during a GLC. Right: Rangers teach medical skills to students. |
Top: IDP children laugh as a skit is performed during a GLC. Bottom: Rangers teach medical skills to students. |
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In Demosso and Bawlake District, Rangers treated 59 IDPs, trained 18 medics, conducted GLC with 400 IDPs, treated 108 IDPs, provided 3 million kyat in aid and 25 tarps in two IDP camps amid ongoing Burma military operations.
In Demosso Township, Loikaw District, on Sep. 2, Rangers evacuated Pa Tone Ngan villagers as Burma military troops advanced, and resistance forces clashed with Burma military that evening, resulting in two resistance soldiers killed and five wounded. The next day, Burma military launched a drone strike on Pa Tone Ngan Village, injuring one villager. Rangers treated and transported him to the casualty collection point (CCP). On Sep. 7, Rangers and Karenni National Defense Force (KNDF) delivered disease prevention supplies in Daw Lyar Khy Village for use in Loikaw Township. That same day, Burma military carried out drone strikes near Ngwe Taung Ywar Thit Village, killing one People’s Defense Force (PDF) soldier and injuring another. Rangers evacuated and treated the wounded soldier.
Rangers organized a mobile clinic on Sep. 8 at Shaloung IDP camp. They treated 59 IDPs for skin diseases and diarrhea, especially among children. From Sep. 8-9, Rangers trained 18 Karenni frontline medics in emergency procedures and with hands-on practice. On Sep. 11, Burma military Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) 102 mortared Daw Byar Khu Village, hitting and destroying a house, killing Daw Mi Mar (91), Daw Thu Mar (38), and U Ngar Yae (44) while injuring three other members of the same family. Rangers conducted a GLC program and mobile medical clinic on Sep. 12, with the participation of 400 IDPs from Law Palay and Dawkaw IDP camps. Each camp received a school bag and 1 million kyat for general funds and educational support. An additional 1 million kyat was allocated specifically for nutritional support for students attending the GLC program that day. Medics also treated 108 patients in the camp. The IDPs reported an urgent need for food assistance.
On Sep. 10, Rangers supported 510 IDPs with 25 tarpaulins in Pan Tain IDP camp, Mese Township, Bawlake District. |
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Left: Rangers distribute tarps in Saung Phway IDP camp. Right: Rangers train students in first-aid. |
Top: Rangers distribute tarps in Saung Phway IDP camp. Bottom: Rangers train students in first-aid. |
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Rangers distributed three tarps to two IDP camps and schools in southern Shan State, provided navigation and first aid training at a college, transferred a patient, and treated three injured resistance soldiers.
In Phekhon Township, Rangers contributed three tarps on Sep. 10 to the school in Laphankwin IDP camp, which has 107 enrolled students, and another two tarps to Saung Phway IDP camp, home to 222 people. From Sep. 11-12, Rangers provided training on GPS, maps, compass, and combat first aid and showed videos to help students understand how the frontline works.
In Pin Laung Township, Rangers transported a patient suffering from hemorrhoid disease to a hospital for further treatment on Sep. 12. As KNDF, PDF and PNDF-KK were defending against the advancing attack of combined troops of Burma military and PNO (Burma Army proxy force) on Sep. 14, intense fighting broke out between the two groups in Taung Methin Village. Three resistance soldiers were injured during the battle. Rangers served on the frontline and treated the injured resistance soldiers. |
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