By Douglas Anderson

The Free Burma Rangers, better known simply as FBR, began humanitarian relief missions into the war-torn country of Burma (now called “Myanmar” by the ruling military junta) in 1997. The team risks their lives taking in food, medical supplies, and educational materials to the more than one million internally displaced people (IDPs), who have been forced to flee their villages leaving them shelter-less and stuck foraging for food while hiding in the jungle. Many of these once self-sustaining farmers now rely on the assistance of the Rangers for their survival. Read the rest of this entry »

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