Also unsettled by the violence are some of Burma's 67 ethnic groups, all with their own languages and customs, who live in remote hillsides and jungles. An estimated 500,000 Burmese have crossed the border to live in Thailand, and only one-fifth of these are documented refugees, Brown said. The clinic serves up to 20,000 patients per year. The majority are women and children suffering from malaria, cholera, measles epidemics, malnutrition, typhoid fever, respiratory infections, and severe diarrhea, he said. Mothers there often feel helpless, he said.
Moms are moms everywhere.
All these people want to do is to grow their rice and raise their kids. But they're totally broken up. We see a lot of moms hysterical over their kids' illnesses. Then there's stuff that makes no sense at all. It blew apart her leg.