Blog – Earth Mission

Snapshots

“My personal Covid-19 story starts in February 2020, just before the pandemic exploded. I could never have imagined at that time that I would be writing this from Bangkok so many months later. It is now day 2 of our family’s 15-day mandatory quarantine on returning to Thailand after 8 months away. In early February […]

Karen Medics Week

I have been thinking recently about encouragement. It’s easy these days to feel dark, gloomy, and depressed with all the bad things going on in the world, the global pandemic, and the ugly effects it has had on humanity. Recently, in the USA, we Emergency Nurses were celebrated on our annual Emergency Nurses Week. The wonderful […]

Naw Lay Lay Poe’s Journey

“My name is Naw Lay Lay Poe. I am a Physician Assistant Year 5 student at Earth Mission Asia (EMA). Before I came to EMA, I heard that EMA was doing physician assistant training by Thara Ray Kaw and Dr. Mitch. Then I asked them how many years this training would be and they said […]

New Experiences

“I spent almost four months at Rain Tree Clinic (RTC), consisting of many good experiences and I am going to talk about three things that I learnt there. Those are similarities, differences, and new experiences. All of the people who are located in the surrounding area are Karen and they practice the same language and […]

Forever Changed

“In 2005 our lives were forever changed when we met the first Karen who arrived at our church in Australia. The Karen community grew rapidly and as we reached out to help them; we were blessed by being part of their lives. We made our first of many trips to the Thai Burma border in […]

Connected & Hopeful

“Uncertain times in our home are not new but practice has not made it any easier. Like an unmarked hairpin turn, September 2020 finds me in a different place than I planned. An 8 week visit to the US as a family ended in August with no viable way to travel back to Asia and […]

T-RAD Clinic in Ler Doh Leads the Way

On 21st Aug 2020, Continuing Medical Education (CME) to the Village Tract Health Centers (VTHCs) Health Workers was conducted at Shwe Gyin Karen Baptist Association Hall which was organized by Ther Ray – Dau Pae (T-RAD) clinic. Three to four health workers from our target VTHCs (4 VTHCs; Htoo Lu, Htee Mu Ta, N’wah Lay […]

Juliet and Romeo

The last time Mitch and Caryl saw each other in person, without a digital chaperon, was on March 13 at the T-RAD clinic in Ler Doh, Myanmar. Caryl returned to Thailand while Mitch stayed to help the clinic prepare for the approaching pandemic. They thought their separation would be maybe a month, although Mitch, being […]

New Beginnings

Naw Thit Paw is in charge of a new initiative that we have started this year at the Rain Tree Clinic. Hepatitis B is a big problem for people in low resource areas as it is possible to pass the infection from mother to baby at birth and the risk of transmission for babies exposed at birth without […]

The T-RAD Clinic Laboratory

At the T-RAD Clinic, only one in five patients come in with a condition that is easily identifiable by a medical doctor without the aid of a lab test. The doctors rely on lab results for diagnoses because there are several diseases common to the area which manifest the same symptoms. If a patient, for […]

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