Blog – Earth Mission

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 […]

Moon and Stars

January nights in the high jungles of Burma are cold. Not the kind of cold that kills quickly, but the kind that slowly numbs as the blood flees limbs and stiffness seeps into muscle and joint. In this season, even sleep turns traitorous. Those who don’t have blankets get up in the middle of the […]

Vital Difference

Recently the Year 3 and 4 students at Rain Tree Clinic were faced with the challenge of multiple trauma patients within a very short period of time. One was a patient who fell out of a tree while cutting branches. He fell about 20 feet and struck his head on the rocky ground. The patient […]

Sharing is Caring

Thailand… people usually take Thailand as a place for a getaway or a party. For me, it’s been totally different. My time in Thailand has been interesting and life changing for me. I was born and raised in a Christian family in a Muslim country, Pakistan. Fortunately, I was introduced to the faith at a very early age. […]

Love and Uncertainty in the Time of COVID

COVID-19 has changed much of our day to day lives all around the world. The separations in families, friends, and work places has made us slow down, learn different ways to communicate, and think about what we are thankful for. Mitch and I were together in Ler Doh, Myanmar until March 13. I left to […]

Three Karen Vignettes

Over and over before coming to work at Earth Mission Asia I heard about how wonderful the Karen people are. Having never met a Karen person I just took it in and nodded my head. As an example of just how wonderful they are, here are a few vignettes from one student, but the stories […]

Stronger Together (COVID-19 Update)

There are probably very few people in the world who haven’t heard of COVID-19, which has been dominating news coverage and our social media timelines. EMA operates internationally, and this pandemic has crippled our ability to travel and severely impacted many parts of our program. With the first official cases of COVID-19 appearing in Myanmar […]

LAB Classroom – Ler Doh, Myanmar

In the Lab classroom at EMA’s T-RAD Clinic, Year 3 PA students are gaining confidence in the lab. Using four microscopes, including an Olympus CX 43 with a camera port for digital imaging, they can learn in real time as slides are prepared. A cell count will be wrong if the slide is not perfectly […]

Yu Hai ThayKhayWa Ka Law – Rat Plague

Almost all families living in Karen state, Burma are subsistence farmers. Even when individuals are employed as teachers, medics, or shop keepers, they also have fields where they grow the rice that feed their families throughout the year. Last year, a remote area of Karen State, Burma experienced a plague of rats that led to a devastation […]

Beautiful Diversity

January found most EMA staff at the EMA conference, held this year in Wattana Village in Mae Sot, Thailand. This annual event brings staff together for encouragement, teaching, and a chance to gather face to face. With offices in Thailand, Myanmar, and the US, it’s vital for EMA to get together and connect with staff […]

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